The Millions

Online literary magazine

For the band, see The Millions (band). For the film, see The Millions (film).

The MillionsAvailable in| English

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Owner| PWxyz, LLC
Created by| C. Max Magee
URL| www.themillions.com
Launched| 2003; 22 years ago (2003)

The Millions is an online literary magazine created by C. Max Magee in 2003.[1][2] It contains articles about literary topics and book reviews.

The name was chosen as a play on Magee's name, Maximilian, and because Magee thought the site would be millions of interesting things.[1] In 2011 the blog released between three and four reviews per week.[3] According to the scholar Sebastian Domsch, "The postings reveal the characteristic mixture of a very strong emphasis on personal experiences and viewpoints on the one side and an extensive practice of intertextual opening up by way of hyperlinks on the other."[4] The Sudbury Star's Jessica Watts wrote, "My favourite part of this site is the feature The Future of the Book, which includes a number of articles looking at the rise of the digital age and the increase in use of digital books and media (of particular interest for me, someone working in a library".[5]

The Millions posted an open letter to the Swedish Academy in 2011 asking it to "stop the nonsense and give Philip Roth a Nobel Prize for Literature before he dies."[6]

In 2019 The Millions was acquired by Publishers Weekly.[7]

## References

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1. ^ a b http://weblog.blogads.com/2011/01/12/c-max-magee-appealing-to-the-millions-of-book-enthusiasts-since-2003/ C. Max Magee: Appealing to the millions of book enthusiasts since 2003, January 11, 2011
2. ^ "The NS Recommends: US Magazines". New Statesman. Vol. 141, no. 5102\. 2012-04-23. p. 45\. ProQuest 1010281114.
3. ^ Ciabattari, Jane (September–October 2011). "Back From the Dead: The State of Book Reviewing". Poets & Writers. Vol. 39, no. 5\. ProQuest 905248650.
4. ^ Domsch, Sebastian (2009). "Critical genres: Generic changes of literary criticism in computer-mediated communication". In Giltrow, Janet; Stein, Dieter (eds.). Genres in the Internet: Issues in the Theory of Genre. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 229\. ISBN 978-90-272-5433-7. Retrieved 2022-06-13 – via Google Books.
5. ^ Watts, Jessica (2010-10-30). "The best book blogs; A Good Read". The Sudbury Star. p. C4. ProQuest 2211703468.
6. ^ "Nobel for Literature to Be Awarded Thursday, October 3, 2011". The New York Times Artsbeat. October 3, 2011.
7. ^ Rosenfield, Kat (2019-01-09). "The Millions Will Live on, But the Indie Book Blog Is Dead". Vulture. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2022-06-13.

## External links

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* The Millions, official site.