February 13, 2015

There are no home runs left: What Jon Stewart’s departure from The Daily Show may mean for the publishing industry

Alex Shephard

For most of the last decade, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report were the two most important television shows in book publishing—and indeed, The Daily Show,… Read more »

Big publishing

Is Bill Gates the new Oprah? (No, of course not.) — Ena Brdjanovic
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover — Kait Howard
Castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga denies eating his companion — Taylor Sperry
Crowdsourced Taylor Swift book announced, latest in a grand publishing tradition — Liam O'Brien

Bertelsmann continues to take on the world. Next up: Brazil, China, and India

Bertelsmann, the German media giant that owns that little publisher Penguin Random House, has decided to grow in the education and digital media markets abroad. The company announced yesterday that it… Read more »

Gov. Chris Christie to rewrite NJ law so he can get a book deal.

Taylor Sperry

There are lots of rules about the way tax payer dollars can contribute to presidential campaigns. But Claude Brodesser-Ackner’s report for NJ.com suggests there’s something rotten in the works in… Read more »

Jon Snow pleads “Leave George R.R. Martin alone!”

Julia Fleischaker

On an internet filled with vicious trolls, hurtful bullies, and, uh, defenders of ethical journalism, it seems that nobody is safe from hate. Not even Game of Thrones author George… Read more »

Beware of self-satisfying word search puzzles!

Wah-Ming Chang

Fifty Shades of Grey opened in movie theaters today, and some parents in Monessen, Pennsylvania, are freaking out. Not about the movie or about the book, but about a word search puzzle… Read more »

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