We surveyed nearly three dozen bookstores with more than a thousand years of bookselling experience between them to find out how the new coronavirus outbreak has altered the work that they do. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Man Booker winner Marlon James says he was turned down 78 times before getting published, and his long search for recognition is not unique. Find out how much you know about the history of literary rebuffs with our quiz on the great rejected books1. Whose novel was rejected as “Overwhelmingly... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A long time ago in a corporate licensing office, far, far away, someone started granting permission to make Star Wars merchandise to just about anyone with a pulse and a checkbook. The result was Jar Jar Bink’s Tongue Sucker, Boba Fett misters and a Star Wars tackle box. So when you hear the... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]