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Classic Penguin: Cover to Cover

I do not own a lot of Penguin books, but some of my favorite books about books are about Penguin books! As a publisher, they are worthy of every bit of attention, fandom, and cult status they have ach…

2d ago·4 min read·606 words

5 Fantastic Books about Mystery Books

Here are five of the best books about detective fiction and the whole mystery genre that I have read to help us cap off 2026 National Mystery Month. Each May, the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) hol…

4d ago·5 min read·880 words

Book Collecting and the Search for Reality

This is the slimmest of slim volumes, coming in at only 19 pages. Book Collecting and the Search for Reality by Jack Matthews is the printed version of a speech he gave at Wichita State University, on…

May 19·3 min read·446 words

Three Books about Publishing Books

The history of book publishing is the history of the modern world. It is filled with the wackiest book ideas, business models, and so many larger-than-life characters that it all sounds like fiction. …

Feb 2·3 min read·437 words