Locked up with Vonnegut
Sal Robinson
One intrepid individual has an especially close relationship with the author… Read more »
Kurt Vonnegut
Somewhere in France, the Anglomaniacs meet the Germans: Nina Katchadourian’s Sorted Books Project
Sal Robinson
Nina Katchadourian is an artist who photographs the covers or spines of certain books next to each other, so that the titles form a connected series. Such as: Katchadourian has… Read more »
The dark visions of Alberto Vitale
Kelly Burdick
Former Random House CEO Alberto Vitale is back from the dead, expounding on the future of publishing and desperately trying to seem relevant in a long interview posted on Publishing… 2 / Read more »
VIDEO: Kurt Vonnegut on the Daily Show
Dennis Johnson
How did we miss this? It seems the perfect match-up — Kurt Vonnegut talks to Jon Stewart. About a book he did with a small press, no less (Seven Stories).
SLIDE SHOW … Making the cover: The Last Interview
Christopher King
Starting a new series design is always a fun challenge—each book in the series needs to stand on its own, but the set should add up to more than the… Read more »
In praise of readability
Melville House
In John Self’s latest missive in the Guardian, he discusses the idea of “an easy read,” which is defined as a book that is “not too hard going.” But what… 2 / Read more »