Books

July 1, 2013

There's something quite hypnotic about the stranded cloud of words slowly gyring across the screen on the page of the Visual Thesaurus. In this trial screen grab we travel from Nerd to Wizard. Stopping at Ex... Read More...

See It, Read It – Book Trailers For Self-Publishers

Max Magnus

June 29, 2013

Every book needs a trailer these days. At least with this teaser ad for the soon to be released iBooks title Fracture Wolf, a small collection of poems, short stories and animated artworks by C S Hughes, the wo... Read More...

Penguin Publishes Racist Cannibal Cookbook

June 26, 2013

Books, Ridiculam Mundi

One of the most famous misprints in publishing history is the so called 'Wicked' or 'Adulterous Bible' of 1631. The printers, Barker & Lewis, left out an important 'not' in Exodus 20:14; the seventh command... Read More...

Raymond E. Feist : Life After Midekemia

June 26, 2013

Books, Events

Raymond E. Feist came all the way to Frankston last night for the Melbourne stage of his Australian Tour. Hosted by Robinson's and Voyager, Ray came out to promote the final book in the Midkemia universe, Magic... Read More...

The Girls of Enid Land

June 24, 2013

I count our successes those who learn to be good-hearted and kind, sensible and trustable, good, sound women the world can lean on. Miss Grayling – First Term at Malory Towers A girl of Enid-Blyton-Land m... Read More...

Publishers Pretending 50 Shades of Grey is the Bestselling Book of All Time – But it Hasn’t Beaten Harry Potter

June 21, 2013

Books, Harry Potter

In August last year Random House claimed that 50 Shades of Grey had become Britain's bestselling book of all time, selling 5.3 million copies in the UK. That's right 5.3 million copies of the first book, and... Read More...

Famous and Almost Famous Book Cover Models

Carmel Bourke

June 18, 2013

Books, People

Over the last few years of selling teen romance books on ebay and on my website, Sweet Hearts Romance Books, I have spotted a few faces that sort of looked familiar. Some I have worked out who the now famous or... Read More...

Penguin’s Science Fiction – A Brief Trip Through Time

June 12, 2013

Books, Sci Fi Covers

Time out of Joint by Philip K. Dick. Cover illustration by Peter Tybus From the iconic orange and white covers to the amazing modern art and superb children's illustrators, Penguin Books has always been the... Read More...

Paul Raymond Gregory – Lord Of The Rings Illustrations

April 14, 2013

Paul Raymond Gregory has been painting stunning renditions of scenes from The Lord Of The Rings since the early 80s. You can check out his magnificent work and order a new hardcover volume of his paintings at h... Read More...

Classic SF & Fantasy Hard Cover Editions | Harper Voyager Books

March 23, 2013

Awesome collection of SF & Fantasy cloth bound classics to be released by Harper Voyager, UK on 28th March. Including Isaac Asimov's I Robot, Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, J R R Tolkien's The Hobbit, Geo... Read More...

The Three Faces of Enid Blyton

March 20, 2013