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Chipping in to restock books lost to Harvey

As the catastrophic scope of Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey became clear, authors and publishers began rounding up support for victims. Simon & Schuster, for example, offered public libraries, school libraries and booksellers books to restore their collections or sales inventory, and said it hoped to help provide books at places like shelters. A number of young-adult authors tweeted that they'd made donations and invited others to follow. Some said they'd match $1,000, or donate $2,000 when $30,000 was reached. Authors included Marie Lu ("Legend"), Maureen Johnson ("13 Little Blue Envelopes") and Tim Federle ("Better Nate Than Ever"). (Publishers Lunch, Entertainment Weekly)

In case you missed it: A YA debut author, Lani Sarem, landed coveted New York Times' best-seller status for "Handbook for Mortals." But then fellow YA authors, suspicious, claimed that the novel's sales numbers had been manipulated (via "bulk sales"). The Times investigated and removed the title from the Young Adult Hardcover list for Sept. 3. (Publishers Weekly)

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Nook Press canceled the accounts of several self-published authors, and removed their books from sale, citing its new content policy and their erotica. (Publishers Weekly)

Hampton Roads Writers is having its ninth annual conference Sept. 14 through 16 at the Beach. Next week, our Bill Ruehlmann talks with the main speakers, authors John DeDakis and Austin Camacho. There'll be workshops, agents, critiques and more. $230 and $265 through Thursday, then $275. www.hamptonroadswriters.org.

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From Nancy Pearl, "America's Librarian": "George & Lizzie" (Touchstone, 288 pp.). This "clever, inventive and funny" debut novel, which builds on happenstance and a bowling alley mishap that ruins a likely 200 game, "examines what it takes for young lovers to finally come into their own, deal with their pasts and places in the world and solidify their relationship." (Shelf Awareness)

"Shooting Ghosts: A U.S. Marine, a Combat Photographer, and Their Journey Back From War" by Thomas J. Brennan and Finbarr O'Reilly (Viking, 336 pp.). Listen to NPR's interview. You hear the torment. In Publishers Weekly a reviewer writes, "Brennan and O'Reilly strip away any misplaced notions of glamour, bravery, and stoicism to craft an affecting memoir of a deep friendship – one that nourishes their will to survive the memories of horrors that most noncombatants will never fully understand."

"Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary" by Walter Stahr (Simon & Schuster, 743 pp.). Historian Harold Holzer says this book should be "the new, standard biography of the ill-tempered man who helped save the Union: It is fair, judicious, authoritative and comprehensive." And then: "It is not, however, a literary triumph. Mr. Stahr's narrative, though well-paced, is straightforward, unadorned and sometimes didactic. Much like Edwin M. Stanton." (Wall Street Journal) – Erica J. Smith

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