Who Wrote Chilly Scenes of Winter? The Untold Story of Ann Beattie’s Debut
A young author named Ann Beattie sat down somewhere in the middle of the 1970s to write a book that, […]
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The Invisible Army That Turns a Manuscript Into a Phenomenon
No one, living or dead, has ever successfully read a book that is kept in a climate-controlled vault at Yale
The Business Behind Award-Winning Books: What Nobody Tells You Before You Enter
When you walk into any Barnes & Noble, you’ll almost instantly notice the gold and silver foil stickers that are
Translated Fiction Reshapes Culture – And Young Readers Are Leading the Charge
The organizers of the International Booker Prize ceremony in London this past May revealed a series of numbers that caused
Why Publishers Decide What Gets Published – And Why Authors Have Less Control Than They Think
Almost all authors experience an uncomfortable realization at some point, usually between signing a contract and getting a finished copy
What Your Library Card Can Save You Every Year
Most households have a number of monthly expenses that they no longer give much thought to. A free trial of
Robinson Crusoe Author Daniel Defoe: Bankrupt, Jailed, and Still the Most Important Writer of His Century
The fact that Daniel Defoe was almost sixty years old when he published Robinson Crusoe is somewhat noteworthy. By that
These Books Didn’t Just Tell History – They Made You Feel It in Your Bones
Fiction is the only way to arrive at a certain kind of knowledge. Not because nonfiction is false, but rather
The Publishing Secrets Every Reader Deserves to Know – And Authors Are Too Afraid to Say
There’s a moment every writer recognizes — sitting with a finished manuscript, or something close to it, and realizing they