How did Knopf arrive at the now-ubiquitous cover design for Wall Street Journal has a slideshow of rejected cover ideas for the American edition. (I still prefer the French versions.) See all the covers here.--David E

I recently read Nature Noir: A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra. It's a work memoir by Jordan Fisher Smith, about his time working at a park in California--dust, boredom, flood control issues, suicides, doughnuts, campers, cougars, and so on. I recommend it highly.So I was charmed to find this video of the author reading … Continue reading Author. Reading.

Working as I do in a bookstore, I am several times a day asked imponderable questions such as, "What's the fourth book in the Dragonlance series?" or "What is the latest Sweet Valley High book?" Until very recently I've used a combination of Google and bluster to answer these queries, but no longer. The invaluable … Continue reading God Bless the Kent District Library