What’s going on in Hong Kong? Last week, a man by the name of Lee Bo became the fifth member of the Hong Kong-based publishing house Mighty Current, which specializes in provocative tomes about Beijing leaders, to vanish mysteriously. A few of those missing have been in sporadic communication with worried family members, letting them know in opaque terms that they are “helping with an investigation.”
Curious Case of the Missing Publishers
Preserving Ephemera
Courtney Traub talks with Kevin Begos, Jr, publisher of Agrippa, a Book of the Dead, a 1992 book that contains an encrypted poem by William Gibson set to self-erase after a single reading. Begos explains his intentions when creating the book, and Traub recounts the difficulties Oxford recently had when deciding how to archive a work that deliberately resists preservation. Gibson's newest book, Distrust That Particular Flavor, made our list of the most anticipated releases of 2012. Also don't forget to read our review of Gibson's 2010 novel, Zero History.
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Adams to Adapt Martin
Amy Adams "has set her sights" on producing and starring in a movie adaptation of Steve Martin's 2010 novel An Object of Beauty, New York reports.
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Rowling on “the Literati.”
Does The Silkworm, which came out last week, give readers insight into how its author, Robert Galbraith – er, J.K. Rowling – feels about the publishing community? Elizabeth Winkler takes a look.
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