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...Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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