Who Will Save Our Books?...

With multiple books on the New York Times... ...ided to raise the call for help for the publishing industry: So do you think a bail...

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/24/Who-Will-Save-Our-Books/

Study: Adding Nonsensical Math to a Paper Improves Its Perceived Quality...

Is math not your strongest subject? Don't let that... ...let that hold you back when it comes to scholarly publishing . Just shove some complex-looking mathematical exp...

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/14/Study-Adding-Nonsensical-Math-to-a-Paper-Improves-Its-Quality/

The Truth About Rejection Letters...

One of publishing 's best-kept secrets is out.All rejection letters...

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/13/The-Truth-About-Rejection-Letters/

Scholarly Journal Agrees to Publish Computer-Generated Article Filled with Gibberish...

Well, of course not.Like, duh.Marcie Rathke of the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople submitted a manuscript to the peer-reviewed journal Advances in Pure Mathematics. It was a long string of fake mathematical...

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/19/Scholarly-Journal-Agrees-to-Publish-Computer-Generated-Article-Filled-with-Gibberish/

Let Rob Liefeld Show You How A Comic Book Is Made...

(YouTube Link) Iconic comic book illustrator Rob Liefeld, aka the Man who Never Ages, and celebrated cartoonist Ty Templeton starred in this enlightening episode of the Canadian TV show The Anti Gravity Room from 1996,...

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/12/09/let-rob-liefeld-show-you-how-a-comic-book-is-made/

10 Best-Selling Books That Were Originally Rejected...

Aspiring writers know how it is -those rejection slips just keep piling up. It can be discouraging. But that doesn't necessarily mean your book is bad. Some of the biggest selling books ever were published only after a s...

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/10/04/10-best-selling-books-that-were-originally-rejected/

Muphry’s Law...

Here's a law that strikes home here at Neatorama. There have been times when I've proofread, edited, and corrected the same thing ten times, but somehow a typo appears in the published version. I blame extraterrestrials....

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/18/muphrys-law/

Reinventing Abandoned Places...

Many cities and urban centers these days are d... ...eft as empty rusting hunks of man-made waste. One publishing company is trying to brainstorm a solution in an... ...in a bid to fund his book, Fall Apart Park, and a publishing company called The Afterwords Archive. The proj...

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/06/03/reinventing-abandoned-places/

Making a Book...

(YouTube link) Printing a book was different... ...ontrast this process with a more modern method of publishing . -via Metafilter

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/03/06/making-a-book/

Scholarly Journal Promises to Reject Your Submission...

Lately, I've been trying to get an essay published in a scholarly journal. Maybe I have a chance with this one! The Journal of Universal Rejection, hosted by Pacific University, offers a timely response and permits sim...

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/01/23/scholarly-journal-promises-to-reject-your-submission/

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