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• Trufans. “I want the new book by Author X.” And sure, I’ll try to help you with that. The Trufan ignores three salient points: 1. the author may not have a new book; 2. despite ads or reviews or internet rumors, the author’s new book may not be coming out for another 3 months, or 6 months, or a year (or ever); & 3. the author may in fact be dead.

The second one would always get me. I used to hate it when NPR would review a book a week or a few months before it came out, because everyone would be like, “I know there’s a new such-and-such,” and I’d have to be like, “Nope. Not until [whenever].” This would be my fault.

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