Publishing NewsFifty Shades / film adaptations / print v digital / rare books / Samhain-publishing / theft13 Comments
Mission: Impossible-style raiders ‘cut through skylights and abseiled into warehouse to steal antique books worth £2m’ – Dropping into a Heathrow warehouse, thieves stole books so rare that they are “impossible to fence” and therefore likely targeted by at least one collector. A theft of this scope and style is apparently unprecedented in ... more >
Publishing Newsbook-covers / Fifty Shades / men on Romance / private libraries / technology7 Comments
Romance Novels Brought Me Closer To My Mom, Even After She Was Gone – What a lovely essay by Adam Winter, whose mother was a Romance reader. After her untimely death, he struggles with his own embarrassment at her reading tastes, eventually tackling her books himself, in an effort to understand ... more >
Publishing NewsArt / book cover / director / Facebook / Fifty Shades / Film / Harper Lee / news / technology5 Comments
Facebook May Host News Sites’ Content – I think I reported on this a while ago, but since then the plan seems to have taken a substantial step forward. Facebook, in its quest to take over the world, will be partnering with news providers and hosting their content right on ... more >
Publishing NewsApple. emojis / BDSM / crowdfunding / diversity / Fifty Shades / games / gender / Kickstarter / sexual fantasy / Sherlock Holmes8 Comments
Lost Sherlock Holmes story discovered in man’s attic – Arthur Conan Doyle contributed a short story to a small book produced to support the building of an iron bridge in Selkirk, Scotland, after the original wood bridge was destroyed. Conan Doyle was apparently a frequent visitor to Selkirk and a ... more >
Publishing NewsAlpha Male / BEA / children's literature / diversity / Ebooks / Fifty Shades / free books / interview / Nora-Roberts / parody4 Comments
Nora Roberts: By the Book – Whatever you think of her books, you have to give it to the Nora Roberts Publicity Machine, because it is most definitely well-oiled and smooth. An interview in the New York Times just as her 40th In Death book is releasing. There’s even some ... more >
Publishing Newsbias / Comics / E. L. James / fan-fiction / Fifty Shades / Film / gender / Hugo Award / privacy / Samsung / Scribd / smart tvs / subscription service / voice recognition5 Comments
Scribe Unlimited Comics – The latest development in the battle between subscription services is Scribd’s offering of more than 10,000 comic books. This one might finally push me over the edge and into signing up. Check out the launch page for more details, and per the press release, features include: ... more >