“Brenda’s Beaver Needs a Barber” is Going to be the Next Breakout Kid’s Book
If you liked the offbeat satirical humor of Go the Fuck to Sleep, you're going love Brenda's Beaver Needs a Barber. Originally published in 2016 by...Continue reading
Category: humor
Barnes & Noble is Selling Nook to Author Solutions
I think we just found out why B&N Press has been periodically adding new features while at te same time B&N has been stripping any sign...Continue reading
Infographic: Top Ten Book Titles, As Recommended by Librarians
Names are important. Choose the wrong name for a book or series and you can kill its sales before it even reaches the market. This is...Continue reading
Romance Author Arrested, Charged With Murdering Her Husband
It looks like someone may have put a little too much research into their next book. NBC reports that a Portland-area author has been arrested on...Continue reading
Shelf Awareness Launches B&N CEO Hunt
Barnes & Noble is currently looking for its fifty millionth CEO in the past five years, and the Shelf Awareness newsletter wants to help. They have...Continue reading
The Book of My Enemy Has Been Remaindered
Editor's Note: The following poem was written by Clive James. I haven't been able to reach the author and secure permission for posting it here, so...Continue reading
“If Animals Could Talk” is the Next Great NSFW Kid’s Book
Remember a few year's back when Samuel L Jackson delighted parents everywhere with his narration of the NSFW humor book Go the F*** to Sleep? I think...Continue reading
The Boston Typewriter Orchestra (video)
Reduced to a museum piece, the typewriter is now good for little more than confusing kids and giving curmudgeons a last bulwark against modernity. And it...Continue reading
An Audio Tour of a New Indie Bookstore
CBC Radio has a satirical take on the growing trend of bookstores devoting less stock to books and replacing them with gewgaws: Local bookstore Epilogues sells...Continue reading
“The Last Jedi” Plot Summary Leaked Onlined
There has been much speculation about the next Star Wars movie, The Last Jedi, and the online frenzy only doubled when the Spanish, German, and other language versions...Continue reading
James Patterson Now Blurbs His Own Books
Ask any expert in book marketing about blurbs and they will tell you that you should get the biggest name you can find to recommend your...Continue reading
Erotic Novelist Chuck Tingle Launches Breitbart Parody
The most recent news about the president-elect is so absurd that you might think political satire is dead, but Chuck Tingle doesn't think so. He's just...Continue reading
Here are Cats. With Books
What with everyone and their second cousin urging you to go out and perform a civic duty today, I thought my readers could do with some...Continue reading
Life Imitates Art – Truman Capote’s Ashes Sold for $44,000
Here's a story which should sound familiar to Star Trek fans. The Guardian reports that Truman Capote's mortal remains were sold at auction this week: The ashes...Continue reading
Infographic: How to Publish Your Novel During a Skeleton Apocalypse
Tom Gauld has just published a handy little visual guide which explains how indie authors can get their book published during the skeleton apocalypse. Basicallt he...Continue reading