God is cutting to the chase, just smiting indie bookstores with lightning now
In perhaps the most explicit sign yet of his continued hatred of indie bookstores, God just went ahead and burned one down with a lightning bolt earlier this month. “An… Read more »
How should book perfumes really smell?
It’s among the most fetishized of scents, (or at least the most socially acceptable to fetishize). That smell of dust and lignin and aging glue: sometimes it seems almost as… Read more »
Why does the evangelical community take book jacket design so seriously?
The fallout continues in Christian publishing over a recent book titled God and the Gay Christian. WaterBrook Multnomah, the widely respected evangelical publishing wing of Pengiun Random House, has been forced… Read more »
Chinese publisher of dissident literature sentenced to ten years for ‘smuggling’
Goddamnit, China. Earlier this month I wrote that I’d like to see more nuance in our discussions of Chinese publishing, something beyond the tired stories of censorship, juxtaposed with stories… Read more »
Seven Melville House books made obsolete by rising sea levels
When the globe is hit with a ten foot rise in sea level, which of our books will suddenly become fantastic? We’ve known the general figures for some time now,… Read more »
Giovanni’s Room—the nation’s oldest gay bookstore—could have been saved
Philadelphia’s beloved Giovanni’s Room has announced its closure later this month, but that comes as a surprise to the group that have been in talks to purchase the bookstore since… Read more »
Amazon now lets you buy pre-moistened toilet wipes on Twitter. Great. Important news. Great.
Have you ever stared up at the sky for a while and just willed with all your might that a massive meteor—like, Chicxulub Crater massive—would come barreling through the atmosphere straight… Read more »
What we talk about when we talk about publishing in China
Chinese publishers censor books. Chinese novels are unpopular abroad. Two common stories, both reflect the same toxic trope. The fantastic Chinese translation blog Paper Republic points us to two items… Read more »
Amazon-screws-everyone-not-least-its-own-workforce link roundup!
Amazon mistreats its employees. It may not mistreat them worse than some employers. It may not mistreat all of them. Some of the mistreatment might be laid at the feet… Read more »
“Wait, ‘Gravity’ grossed HOW MUCH? Yeah… I definitely wrote that one.”
The author of a novel titled Gravity has decided that her book was, in fact, the inspiration for the film and she’d like credit for that. Yes, credit in the… Read more »