Bestseller status, five stars, a large number of reviews—there’s a whole host of ways to figure out if a book on Amazon is good or…
G-R POWER
The word “girl” also used to mean “boy”
A “girl” in the strictest sense is a young female person. But “girly” or “girlish” or “like a girl” stereotypically suggest pink, curlicues, high-pitched, fruity,…
STAFF NEWS
Hillary Clinton is a manager first in her new book, with 170 pages of thanks to campaign staff
Hillary Clinton’s new book, What Happened, is a 450-page naughty-or-nice list. The defeated US presidential candidate released a memoir this week in which she lays…
WHAT HAPPENING
Amazon just deleted over 900 reviews of Hillary Clinton’s new book
During the 2016 US presidential election, Donald Trump galvanized a small but powerfully vicious fan base in his campaign against Hillary Clinton. Ten months after…
EXPLAIN YOURSELF
Some New Yorkers queued for 15 hours to get Hillary Clinton’s version of the 2016 election
Last November, throngs of people gathered outside New York City’s Jacob Javits Center in hopes of seeing the first American woman president. Ten months later,…
IT FIGURES
A children’s picture book of “Hidden Figures” is coming
Last year’s most popular hidden heroes are getting a new look. Publishers Weekly announced last week the completion of a book deal for a picture-book…
FOR EDIT
The UK’s biggest independent children’s book publisher is recalling a book that tells boys “what breasts are for”
A British publisher of children’s books has some soul searching to do, as it attempts to figure how to explain to boys: What, exactly, are…
HOLLYWOOD SO WHITE
Michael Lewis says a “Flash Boys” movie won’t happen because Hollywood can’t cast an Asian lead
A Hollywood movie about subprime mortgages? No sweat. A Hollywood movie with an Asian-American lead? No way. Saturday at the National Book Festival in Washington,…
REQUIRED READING
How to access free and legal copies of English and American classic literature online
Add up all the textbooks and calculators that students need to buy and September can be rough for American parents and their children. While schools…
UN4CHANATE
Pepe the Frog’s creator has shut down an Islamophobic children’s book based on his character
There are no innocent frogs. A children’s book called The Adventures of Pepe and Pede, written by Eric Hauser and illustrated by Nina Khalova, is…
THE PLOT UNRAVELS
A first-time author unwittingly exposed the house of cards beneath “bestseller” books
It’s been an awkward few days for America’s most powerful books ranking. On Aug. 24, the New York Times issued a rare correction to one…
FAK NEWS
You can probably thank 18th-century British thieves for the “fake” in “fake news”
US president Donald Trump has popularized the phrase “fake news.” But not too long ago these words in combination would have meant little to everyday…
