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Jeffsum is a Jeff Goldblum Lorem Ipsum Generator

9 September, 20199 September, 2019humor, WritingOne Comment

Back before we had bots almost capable of writing non-gibberish, designers used filler text called lorem ipsum. And with the rise of the internet, developers have...

“Brenda’s Beaver Needs a Barber” is Going to be the Next Breakout Kid’s Book

25 July, 201925 July, 2019humor2 Comments

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...

Barnes & Noble is Selling Nook to Author Solutions

1 April, 201919 June, 2019April First, Barnes & Noble, humor25 Comments

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...

Infographic: Top Ten Book Titles, As Recommended by Librarians

29 October, 201829 October, 2018humor, InfographicLeave a comment

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...

Romance Author Arrested, Charged With Murdering Her Husband

7 September, 20189 September, 2018humorLeave a comment

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...

Shelf Awareness Launches B&N CEO Hunt

23 August, 201823 August, 2018Barnes & Noble, humor3 Comments

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...

The Book of My Enemy Has Been Remaindered

4 December, 20174 December, 2017Book Culture, humorLeave a comment

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...

“If Animals Could Talk” is the Next Great NSFW Kid’s Book

5 October, 201718 October, 2017humor3 Comments

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...

The Boston Typewriter Orchestra (video)

13 September, 201726 September, 2017humorLeave a comment

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...

An Audio Tour of a New Indie Bookstore

23 April, 201723 April, 2017Bookstore, humor2 Comments

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...

“The Last Jedi” Plot Summary Leaked Onlined

1 April, 20174 April, 2017April Fool's, humor8 Comments

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...

James Patterson Now Blurbs His Own Books

26 March, 20174 April, 2017humorOne Comment

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...

Erotic Novelist Chuck Tingle Launches Breitbart Parody

11 January, 201714 January, 2017humor, Web Publishing2 Comments

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...

Here are Cats. With Books

8 November, 20168 November, 2016humorLeave a comment

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...

Life Imitates Art – Truman Capote’s Ashes Sold for $44,000

26 September, 201626 September, 2016humorOne Comment

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...