Nancy Pearl says if she had it to do all over again …
In a remarkable post on the New York Times’ Bits blog, technology reporter David Streitfeld — whose beat includes Amazon.com — talks to librarian Nancy Pearl about the reaction to… Read more »
Former intern sues Harper’s Bazaar seeking unpaid wages
Xuedan Wang, represented by the firm Outten & Golden, has filed a suit against The Hearst Corporation claiming the company owes wages to their unpaid interns. Wang claims that she worked 40-55… 11 / Read more »
Poll: Should plagiarist Quentin Rowan write a book about his crimes?
Last week, Quentin Rowan, the disgraced serial plagiarist whose spy novel Assassin of Secrets proved to be massively plagiarized from dozens of other sources, wrote an essay at The Fix comparing… 4 / Read more »
Book blogging: a review copy debate
The other day, Carolyn Kellogg at the Los Angeles Times brought up some interesting points about book blogging and review copies as a result of an unintentionally brusque e-mail from… 3 / Read more »
British courts say it’s OK to swear
Fuck yeah, it’s OK to swear. That’s the message being sent out by the British courts, which have ruled in favour of a man who ‘repeatedly used an expletive while… Read more »
In defense of Romenesko
It seemed a big revelation: yesterday a Poynter Institute veteran named Julie Moos (“Director of Poynter Online and Poynter Publications”) accused pioneering media blogger Jim Romenesko of “a pattern of… Read more »
Please form an orderly, single-file line
In a fundraising email sent to supporters yesterday, presidential candidate Michele Bachmann offered signed copies of her forthcoming memoir, Core of Conviction, My Story. A stampede ensued as bibliophiles, collectors,… 1 / Read more »
Book by Ukranian president found to be largely plagiarized
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been accused of plagiarism in his new book, according to a wire report from the Associated Press. “Some parts of Opportunity Ukraine bear a striking… Read more »
The 9%: Women on Wikipedia
Remember the surprisingly unsurprising news from the New York Times way back in January, that fewer than 15% of Wikipedia contributors were women? Then there was the even more depressing… 6 / Read more »
It was a casual exit interview with outgoing New York Times editor Bill Keller, but it’s almost unbelievable that the interviewer, Esquire reporter Scott Raab, posed the question so bluntly.… Read more »