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The news that former Publishers Weekly editor Sara Nelson was hired by Amazon.com yesterday was another one of those stories that take the wind out of your sails: A beloved… Read more »

“The history of bookmaking hasn’t been without its challenges, but never was its craft as painstaking as during the era of illuminated manuscripts,” says Maria Popova. Well, try laying out… 2 / Read more »

Tomorrow afternoon the author of Aurorarama (and its forthcoming sequel: Luminous Chaos), the learned Jean-Christophe Valtat, will make his way by ”transaerian psychomotive” airship to Boston for a three-day steampunk festival.… Read more »

Publishers Weekly reported this week that DC Comics will be releasing collections of their New 52 series as books — some hardcover and some paperback — this week. A revamp… Read more »

What authors are thinking when they’re photographed The Atlantic doesn’t care about SEO James Joyce manuscripts online One word book titles Stories without reporters FL libraries ban 50 Shades of… Read more »