Poor Bill O’Reilly can’t seem to catch a break. Last time we checked in with America’s most insecure blowhard, the writer and TV host was trying—unsuccessfully—to wage war against Publishers… Read more »

By now, it’s safe to assume you’ve read all about sock puppet reviews on Amazon. Crime writer R.J. Elroy was censured last year after posting pseudonymous reviews of his book A Quiet… Read more »

Last week, Pablo Dittborn (the Editor-in-Chief of Random House Chile) discussed issues with transcontinental publishing with Andres Hax in Publishing Perspectives. Their conversation was thought provoking and surprising, since we… Read more »

Most of you have probably read by now about Assassin of Secrets, Q.R. Markham (aka Quentin Rowan)’s debut thriller that lifted choice bits from spy novels and political thrillers. The… 6 / Read more »

The Pulitzer, the Booker, the NBCC, and NBA—there’s a glut of literary book prizes to be had. But only ONE PRIZE is awarded each year to the best book trailer.… 2 / Read more »

Bill Morris at The Millions drew our attention to this Marketing Science research paper that  explores the impact of negative New York Times book reviews on sales. Here’s a taste… 1 / Read more »

In Lapham’s Quarterly “Celebrity Issue,” novelist Charles Baxter provides a sharp postmodern reading of Phineas Taylor Barnum’s 1855 autobiography The Life of P. T. Barnum. Baxter makes a case that Barnum–the… Read more »

More and more, we find ourselves in awe of the quality, depth and variety of places on the internet talking about books. Thus, we’ve decided to take a year-end look… Read more »

Charlotte Roche, British-born author of the sexually explicit bestseller Wetlands, has offered to sleep with German president Christian Wulff if he votes against legislation to extend the life of Germany’s… Read more »

“Hey! It sure looks like Extraordinary Renditions is getting a lot of press.” “Not any more, you idiot. No one cares about a book a month after it’s published.” Shelf… Read more »