Serial killer’s book shoots to the top of Amazon charts—then disappears
An author’s fascinating or salacious backstory can be key to a book’s allure (and marketing campaign). But the taste of the reading public isn’t infinitely flexible, and this is nowhere… Read more »
Can Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga save B&N?
Last week, the Wall Street Journal’s Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg reported on a new Barnes & Noble television commercial created by B&N chairman Leonard Riggio, starring Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett.… Read more »
Re-discovered dead letter archive offers rare insight into 17th-century life
There’s mystery and romance in the idea of an unread letter, used as a plot device by such writers as Shakespeare, Colum McCann, and Martin Amis. The recent rediscovery of… Read more »
Jonathan Safran Foer finally sells extremely expensive and incredibly located apartment—to ex-wife Nicole Krauss
Today, in news that’s not at all indicative of the reality of being a writer, author Nicole Krauss has bought out her ex, fellow writer and boyfriend-to-Michelle-Williams Jonathan Safran Foer,… Read more »
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