- Get out the credit card: AbeBooks lists Edith Wharton’s baby rattle (Entertainment Weekly) and “Wicked Bible” featuring misprint promoting adultery up for auction. (GalleyCat)
- The profitable trend of politicians buying their own books in bulk. (New Republic)
- J.K. Rowling says Harry Potter play to serve as continuation of the series. (The Bookseller)
- ABC picks up Romeo & Juliet TV adaptation from Shonda Rhimes. (Variety)
- Airbnb faces backlash over ads attacking San Francisco library system. (Inc.)
- Indonesian government pressures writers’ festival to cancel events related t0 1965 massacre. (The Guardian)
- “College textbook publishers charge vast and extortionate amounts for their textbooks for one simple reason: because they can.” (The Washington Post)
- A crash course in typefaces. (The Daily Beast)
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