Category Archives: Books

Editors’ note

March 6, 2008 – 8:00 am

This story has already blown up, but here is the official Times Editors’ Note:
The Books of The Times review in The Arts on Feb. 26 and an article in House & Home on Thursday described the experiences of Margaret B. Jones, who said that she had been a foster child and gang member in South [...]

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Um, no

February 4, 2008 – 7:36 pm

This was a book developed by the Boston Globe. Background here. Thanks, MJ!

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Sorry for the spat

March 12, 2007 – 8:00 am

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Salon book review reveals error in new Michael Lewis book

December 5, 2006 – 8:00 am

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Erratum note placed in book after author fooled by “scurrilous forgery”

September 25, 2006 – 8:00 am

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Harry Potter And the Mistaken Exams

September 1, 2006 – 10:36 am

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Syndicate says Coulter not a plagiarist

July 11, 2006 – 8:00 am

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NY Post calls Coulter a plagiarist

July 3, 2006 – 8:00 am

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“The Medium Is the Massage”

April 24, 2006 – 6:00 am

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Pass that error along

December 8, 2005 – 8:00 am

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AP celebrates “Lolita”…

October 5, 2005 – 8:00 am

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Mnookin book to add corrections section

July 22, 2005 – 11:13 am

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Times writer pens book where reporter “character” makes errors

April 15, 2005 – 8:00 am

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