Doubts About a
Spy Memoir: In a new memoir, Jamie Smith claims to have worked
for the CIA and to have helped found Blackwater. Even as CIA veterans question
his tale, his publisher is doubling down.
Publishing
Startup Raises $1.2M: Booktrope, a Seattle-based startup with a
platform and service for book authors, has raised $1.2 million of a planned
$2.3 million funding round, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission.
Bookstores
Thriving in Argentina: Argentine passion for reading and a
protectionist economy make Buenos Aires a world bookstore capital.
The Harry Potter
Behavior Effect: New research suggests that school kids who read
and identify with Harry Potter display more positive attitudes toward people
from disadvantaged groups.
Rare Dylan Thomas
Notebook to Be Opened: A lost notebook that belonged to the
Welsh poet, rediscovered after lying forgotten in a drawer for decades, is to
go on limited public display later this month.
No comments:
Post a Comment