In desperate need to understand the Dutch stock market of the 1600s? Have we got a book for you.
Last week, the international auctioneer Sotheby’s sent the first known book on the stock market to auction. Starting price? About $300,000. According to James Tarmy at Bloomberg Money, the book dates… Read more »
A Pushcart Prize nominated poet is suspected of plagiarism
Following mounting allegations of plagiarism that surfaced on Twitter this past weekend, Pushcart Prize-nominated poet Ailey O’Toole’s forthcoming book has been cancelled, and many of the publications that previously published her… Read more »
An ever-shifting online media landscape: BuzzFeed offers membership plan; Mic sold to Bustle
Announced earlier in November, BuzzFeed News is offering its readers exclusive access through a new subscription service, writes Anthony Ha at Techcrunch. According to Ha, readers of one of the newest sections of… Read more »
Bookshop that partially inspired the movie “Notting Hill” is a go-to engagement spot for many book and movie lovers
In Tuesday morning’s Shelf Awareness, readers were reminded of the inextricable link between romance and bookshops with a charming story on Notting Hill Bookshop – an increasingly sought-after engagement destination for book… Read more »
Under recent propaganda law, Russian publishers are erasing queer stories from forthcoming titles
A Russian publisher is deleting queer stories from children’s books, reports Daria Litvinova for Reuters via the Huffington Post. The most recent book attacked by this particularly troubling censorship is the… Read more »
We will not be rid of fake news until we learn how to detect it
One media professor is taking our country’s reluctance to discern critical information to heart, and teaching students how to detect fake news in social media and more traditional media. For… Read more »
Missing Halloween? A new service brings stories to life and into readers’ homes
Are you one of those horror fiends who spends most of the year prepping for Halloween? A spooky goblin eagerly awaiting the blanket of night to cause havoc and fear amongst… Read more »
Will a new tech competition solve the adult literacy crisis in the US?
It’s easy enough for those in the publishing industry to focus our efforts on the reading public, furiously vying for their attention. But there is a troublingly large population of… Read more »
George Orwell’s watching out! New Prize to honor political writing in the UK
This year–in light of the current political climate, no doubt– the Orwell Foundation is hoping to honor more political writing with a new award. According to Shelf Awareness, George Orwell’s… Read more »
What can ya get for $1? The film rights to a Stephen King short story, apparently
The master of horror is also the master of charity. Stephen King continues a 40-year project of offering film students adaptation rights for some of his short stories for one dollar.… Read more »