The Department of Justice is suing several large publishers, plus Apple, for
alleged price collusion on e-books.
How not to squander a book advance:
a primer from Emily Gould. (Hint: leather vests don't count as investments, whatever the lady at the shop may say.)
Meanwhile at the Awl:
how not to ruin a book tour. Servicey!
Wuthering Heights
… home of wind turbines? Concerns over wind farms in Brontë country.
While rhapsodizing about the "smell of books" is something of a personal peeve,
this video, in which University College London chemists analyze the distinctive perfume, is interesting. Apparently, the bouquet is "a combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an underlying mustiness."
Welcome to the
Storyverse.
Günter Grass speaks out on his ban from Israel.
Published on April 12, 2012 05:09