Peter Carey is inteviewed at the Independent, and snaps at yet another reporter asking about his ex-wife.
Joseph Bednarik, marketing director of Copper Canyon Press, wonders how we might turn an ever-proliferating pool of MFAs into a resource to bolster the ever-diminishing market for literary fiction (Via Bookninja).
Pen names: sometimes it’s not good when your cover gets blown. Like when you’re a children’s author who starts writing hard-core erotica.
Janet Maslin on why some books – including The Da Vinci Code – don’t necessarily make good movies. Or good books, even. But great tools for making a bazillion dollars, anyway.
The life expectancy of bestsellers has plummeted in recent decades (Via BoingBoing).