Join us at AWP in Chicago
Paul Oliver
We’re taking AWP by storm, with a special 10th Anniversary party hosted by STOP SMILING on Friday, March 2nd that will run from 9pm until… We’re doing more than just… Read more »
Elsevier backs down in response to academic uprising … or does it?
Dennis Johnson
The “academic spring” uprising of professors against academic publishing giant Elsevier has led to at least a partial victory: in a statement released late Monday, the publisher announced it was… Read more »
Google says it didn’t mean to kick lots of little indies out of its affiliates program … but not everyone believes them
Dennis Johnson
In one of the most transparent fibs of the year, and amidst a wash of bad publicity, Google announced yesterday that it hadn’t meant to kick numerous indie booksellers out… Read more »
Should a bookstore have to sell everything?
Kelly Burdick
Seth Godin’s newest commentary for The Domino Project, “Who Decides What Gets Sold In The Bookstore?”, doesn’t explicitly reference Amazon’s boycott of indie titles from IPG, but it says something… Read more »
On the BFG, Basil Fawlty and Lars Iyer: fictional characters inspired by real people
Ellie Robins
Words was oh such a twitch-tickling problem to the BFG. He knew exactly what words he was wanting to say, but somehow or other they was always getting squiff-squiddled around.… Read more »
La Oprah shows them how it’s done
Valerie Merians
View the video below to see Oprah Winfrey as she promos the ultimate book club, in a skit on Jimmy Kimmel’s post-Oscar show — Oprah’s “Book Club Fight Club.”
Day in Review
Dennis Johnson
Katy Manning plagiarism scandal 9 Foreign Words the English Language Desperately Needs Charlotte Bronte lost story to be published Libraries opening … used bookstores? 15 unsuccessful adaptations of “unadaptable” books… Read more »
