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This is the third in an ongoing series of reports on the take-over of the Republic Doors and Windows factory in Chicago by Washington Post staffer Kari Lydersen … Chicago,… 2 / Read more »

A Publishers Weekly report by Jim Milliot reminds us that New Yorkers don’t have the current crisis all to themselves: San Francisco’s Chronicle Books — famous for doing huge print… Read more »

A cautionary tale from Clifford Coonan in The Independent. A reputable German research institute—the Max Planck Institute—wanted some classical Chinese verses to adorn the front cover of the latest issue… Read more »

After he published his novel Memories of my Melancholy Whores in 2004, Gabriel Garcia Marquez said he was done writing. But recent rumors that he’s working on a new novel… Read more »

In the wake of mass firings, wage and benefit freezes and the stoppage of acquisitions, some shocking news out of a New York lawsuit: Judith Regan collected a cool $10.75… Read more »

The man who built the Great Wall of China, Qin Shi Huang, was “one of the most notorious and prolific book burners in history,” according to a post on the… Read more »