Continents for Your Comparable Title are Running Out
In the publishing world (and movies, music, theater, and elsewhere I would imagine), books are often pitched by referring to a popular title and then putting a spin on it. This helps prospective editors contextualize the book and, hopefully, convince them to offer a deal. Coincidentally, I just noticed a trend that’s hit really quickly,…
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Proposed Budget Zeroes Out Arts Funding
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget was released this morning. And, as bookish folks feared, it’s not pretty for the arts. The Washington Post has a useful interactive webpage that shows just how departments are affected. The National Endowment for the Arts is among several being zeroed out. Zilch. Nada. To see the potential literary impact…
continue readingMost Expensive Books Available
For giggles, I periodically check out different sites to look for the most expensive books available. So if you’ve got a couple of mill, or a few hundred thousand bucks laying around, here are your options. First, for $1.5 million on eBay, you can pick up this prayer book from 1706 from the collection of…
continue readingLiving Writers with Most Film Adaptations
I had no idea the 2004 film Christmas with the Kranks was connected to John Grisham. Over at LitHub, Emily Temple presents an interesting infographic and rundown on the living writers with the most film adaptations. I bet you won’t find the number one ranked writer all that surprising. I didn’t. But as you work…
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Review: The Art of Invisibility
Given the recent media attention paid to surveillance, technology, wire tapping, and technical tomfoolery, we should all strive to improve our security practices. Even if you’re not a bad guy, privacy is still a precious resource to be protected. That’s Kevin Mitnick’s argument in The Art of Invisibility: The World’s Most Famous Hacker Teaches You…
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