What does Amazon want from Hachette? Pretty much everything.
Amazon and Hachette have been squaring off for months now, but with neither company saying much to the press, the details of their dispute have been difficult to discern. Nearly… Read more »
Doctor Zhivago is easy to smuggle if it’s small, and other publishing tips from the CIA
What are the repercussions for the CIA funding most American cultural and literary institutions over the course of the Cold War? We’re still working on that one, but it’s clear… Read more »
Revelations from Proust’s questionnaire
In the mid-nineteenth century, filling out confession albums was a popular pastime in English households and French salons. In 1886, at age 14, Marcel Proust filled out answers to an… Read more »
The real Mary Poppins revealed
An almost entirely unknown story by P.L. Travers — the author who created Mary Poppins — about the real-life woman who inspired the character will be released this fall, Alison Flood… Read more »
Scientists study brains of writers, attempt to make creativity boring
In what can be only described as an attempt by the scientific community to strip writers of their sexy, mysterious qualities, a group of German researchers studied the neurological activity… Read more »
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