Steven Jan Vander Ark, webmaster of the Harry Potter Lexicon and would-be author of a book based on the site's explanations of all things Potter, broke down on the stand yesterday, under the withering gaze of author JK Rowling. She and her publisher are suing Vander Ark for plagiarism.For details , see the New York … Continue reading JK Rowling Makes 50-Year-Old Fan Cry
In My Father’s (Brick) House, There Are Many Mansions
I just stumbled upon the book from the folks at The Brick Testament. Clearly no bible collection is complete without these gems.--David E
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Thomas Kohnstamm's new memoir Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? is causing great anxiety among the folks at Lonely Planet. It turns out that Kohnstamm faked his contributions to a dozen of the publisher's books, including their guide to Columbia. “I wrote the book in San Francisco,” he confessed. “I got the information from a … Continue reading Rough Guides
Musings from Magers and Quinn 