Many of us in the book trade are experiencing burnout this week on the topic of previously “lost” works by iconic authors. Which is unfortunate, because Lazarus books are one… Read more »

“Much Madness is divinest Sense,” and the other way around, of course. It turns out that Lorem Ipsum, the dummy text that printers and typesetters use as a placeholder, can… Read more »

A previously unseen letter written by Lewis Carroll, the pseudonym of Charles Dodgson, has revealed his strong dislike of fame, and the regret he felt over his Alice in Wonderland… Read more »

Buzzfeed features 35 book plates from famous people, many of which are presidents and Hollywood stars. But the authors put up a good fight! Some book plates from famous authors… Read more »

On this day 185 years ago Jules Verne was born in Nantes, France. One of the most imaginative writers of the nineteenth century, he wrote about air, space, and underwater… Read more »

Two years ago, Carolyn Kellogg at Jacket Copy wrote about a few pricey holiday gifts that bibliophiles will swoon over, such as a first edition of Ulysses published in 1922… 3 / Read more »