"All bookselling outlets get to decide what they use this money for. Then they tell us and we bargain with them. If Your Mom's National Chain Bookstore takes 10,000 copies of The Autobiography of Dominar Rygel the 16th, and spends five cents out of coop per book (that seems like a lot, but it's actually not) to promote the book within particular store locations -- well, firstly, that is five cents that isn't being spent on Crichton is an Idiot by Aeryn Sun, and, secondly, it means the book will probably get front of store placement or they will order a "standup" in which they will place sixteen copies of the book in a prominent place in the store.

We say, okay, if you're going to do that, how about we give you an extra two cents to spend on advertising this book we really love, Crichton is an Idiot by a brand new author we think will explode!

Your Mom's National Chain Bookstore says, Feh. But we'll take one cent per book we take (which, as we know, is about 600 copies or whatever), and use that $6 to put a one-inch advertisment in our newsletter."

"I was just talking to Newt Gingrich the other day. And I said to him, 'Don't you want for a gay couple what you had with your first wife? Don't you want that bond that comes with the pledge of fidelity that you had with your second wife? Don't you want what comes with that lifelong bond that you may or may not have with your third wife – I have no idea what's going on there.'"

"You know, Bill O'Reilly always talks about his "traditional values" – as opposed to "the far left's secular humanist values." I didn't realize phone sex was a traditional value. I didn't think the phone had been around long enough. Maybe telegraph sex."

"In conjunction with the comic industry’s upcoming Free Comic Book Day, TwoMorrows Publishing (publisher of the comic industry’s top historical and "how-to" magazines) is offering an opportunity for readers to try a TwoMorrows magazine free-of-charge.

On Saturday, May 6, anyone who visits the TwoMorrows website (www.twomorrows.com) can request any in-stock issue of BACK ISSUE, ALTER EGO, DRAW!, or WRITE NOW!, and it will be mailed to them at no cost the following week. A special banner atop the home page will link to the Free Magazine Page where selections can be made."

" Dark Horse will select a Grand Prize winner to receive an all-expenses paid trip to Comic-Con International 2006. Simply register to win and maybe you'll be heading to San Diego in July.

Grand Prize (1):
- Roundtrip airfare for two.
- Lodging for three days and two nights (July 21-23).
- $500 in spending money.
- 2 passes to the convention (July 21-23).
- "VIP" pass to all Dark Horse Comics-related events"

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"Young Kirk. Young Spock. Mr. Lost.

Those are the components Paramount Pictures has assembled to revive its sputtering Star Trek franchise.

A new big-screen movie, apparently featuring the early adventures of Trek forefathers James T. Kirk and Spock, and boasting the handiwork of Lost creator J.J. Abrams, is being primed for a 2008 release"