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...tale is a typically dispiriting take on American Jewish dysfunction from Samuel G. Freedman's new book Jew vs. Jew (Simon & Schuster; 384 pages; $26). But to the initiated, its message is more specific: the angst of belonging to the group so often stuck in the middle of such rifts. Gottesman is a Modern Orthodox Jew. Just like Joe Lieberman...
...With reporting by Simon Robinson/Nairobi
...Reported by Peter Hawthorne/Cape Town and Simon Robinson/Nairobi
...Even as Stephen King professes affection for his editors and publishers, his plan to make his next novel available online is sure to be breaking hearts at Simon & Schuster, the horror scribe's longtime publisher...
...novelty factor aside, this has to be an extremely worrisome development for the book industry. King says he likes Simon & Schuster, but "The Plant" represents a Cujo-size bite into the hand that has fed him so far. Unlike his previous online release, "Riding the Bullet," a story that readers had to pay up front to download from Simon & Schuster's web site last March, "The Plant" will appear on King's own site, cutting out the middleman altogether. Publishing houses rely on blockbusters ? la King to finance the development of up-and-coming talent, and the prospect...