Stop copying and start working on your craft
Every time self-publishing inches closer to becoming a more acceptable and viable choice for writers, something like this happens. In fact, it keeps happening. The idea of self-publishing affords a degree… Read more »
Christian witches claim the Bible is a “work of sorcery”
Rev. Valerie Love, an ordained minister of spiritual consciousness, founder of the Covenant of Christian Witches Mystery School, and member of a group of “Christian witches,” is about to host… Read more »
In California, sell that signed Neil Gaiman at your own risk!
A new California law prohibiting the sales of autographed memorabilia without a certificate of authenticity may have unintended repercussions for booksellers in the state. Rebecca Rego Barry at Fine Books &… Read more »
Is the Voynich Manuscript just high-concept bullshit?
Ah, the Voynich manuscript! It’s old, it’s weird, and nobody knows who wrote it or what it means. Every few years somebody claims to have made a breakthrough, but it still continues to baffle linguists and… Read more »
And the award for oldest book in the Americas goes to…
For a month and a half in early 1971, the Grolier Club in New York City (which bills itself as “America’s oldest and largest society for bibliophiles and enthusiasts in the graphic… Read more »
Romanian businessman prosecuted for plagiarism after publishing his way out of jail
It seemed like a great idea at the time. But a 2013 provision in Romanian criminal sentencing law allowing prisoners to shorten their sentences by writing “books of scientific value” was quickly… Read more »
Is there a Cthulhu commissioned by Houdini in your magic trunk?
The Hungarian-American Erik Weisz—better known by his stage name, Harry Houdini—was a man of many talents. We know him best, of course, as one of the world’s foremost illusionists and escape… Read more »
Notorious art forger claims ‘‘La Bella Principessa’’ as his own
Controversy has been compounded with more controversy in the story of a drawing thought by some to be a lost work by Leonardo da Vinci. La Bella Principessa features an aristocratic… Read more »