Penguin sues its own authors for non-delivery … and wants interest too Penguin “filed lawsuits against several prominent writers who failed to deliver books for which they received hefty contractual advances”… Read more »
Talking shop with an indie bookseller This is a new and occasional series that asks some of our favorite independent booksellers a handful of simple questions. The questions are the same, but the answers (predictably) vary.… Read more »
J. K. Rowling’s new novel is not terrible enough J. K. Rowling’s latest novel is hitting stores Thursday, and that means reviews are finally coming out for the closely-guarded book. The Casual Vacancy is Rowling’s first novel meant squarely… Read more »
An extraordinary record of human skullduggery The Rare Books and Manuscripts Department of Johns Hopkins University has just received an extraordinary addition: informally called the “Bibliotheca Fictiva,” it’s the Arthur and Janet Freeman Collection of Literary… Read more »