The New York Times – Music:
Simon & Schuster sold 900 signed copies of the singer’s new essay collection, but superfans and internet sleuths noticed something wasn’t right with the autograph. Now the publisher is issuing refunds.
Category: Book Trade and Publishing
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The Independent Bookstore, as Imagined by a Corporate Lobbyist
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Bradley Tusk, a Bloomberg and Uber fixer who has opened a new bookstore in downtown Manhattan, thinks running that kind of business can be seen as philanthropy.
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‘Desperate Characters’ and the Chaos That Lies Beneath
The New York Times – T Magazine:
Paula Fox, the author of the 1970 novel, writes Sigrid Nunez, had a keen sense of the thin veneer of civilization, and how little it takes to fall through.
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The Upside of a Lockdown
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
How the pandemic reshaped the careers of design professionals in three different countries.
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Chris Madden, Lifestyle Author and Personality, Dies at 73
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
An early HGTV host, she lent her name to furniture and housewares lines. In the late 1990s, her book on women’s private sanctuaries touched a nerve.
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Wilbur Smith, Best-Selling Author of Swashbuckling Novels, Dies at 88
The New York Times – Film:
His books were full of lovers, dysfunctional families, pirates and hunters, and set in locations from ancient Egypt to colonial Africa. They sold in the millions.
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In Confessional Book, a Nike Exec Omits the Name of the Man He Killed
The New York Times – Sports:
Larry Miller has written a book revealing that at age 16, in 1965, he murdered someone. The disclosure blindsided the family of the victim, whose name he never mentioned.