publishing American Dirt was too big to fail Rob Beschizza

russian academy of sciences More than 800 Russian academic articles retracted after "bombshell" report reveals plagiarism and other misconduct Cory Doctorow

ken liu How Ken Liu went from engineer to lawyer to SF writer to the foremost translator of Chinese sf into English Cory Doctorow

publishing "Asset" is a magazine about miniature donkeys John Struan

medicare for all Crowdfunding "Vital," an sf anthology about the future of health care Cory Doctorow

the entombed edition Kickstarting a deluxe "Dracula" edition in a suitcase full of "primary source materials" from the novel Cory Doctorow

dragons Kickstarting a new feminist bicycle science fiction: this one's about dragons! Cory Doctorow

tonky Kickstarting a two-book collection of Anthony "Tonky" Clune's street photos Cory Doctorow

mit MIT Sloan Management Review drops its paywall for 72 hours Cory Doctorow

banana shown for size Just look at this Emshwiller galactic 1961 F&SF banana Cory Doctorow

computer liberation 2600 Magazine is finally available as a digital publication Cory Doctorow

nanowrimo Gollancz announces a £4,000 prize for sf writing by people of color Cory Doctorow

feudalistic markets in everything They told us DRM would give us more for less, but they lied Cory Doctorow

skin fade Anthropodermic bibliopegy: the grotesque history of books bound in human skin Cory Doctorow

hulk hogan's revenge Gawker's new owners demand right to search journalists, ban encrypted email and institute dress code Cory Doctorow

afrofuturism An appreciation for Samuel Delany Cory Doctorow

gnu/linux RIP, Linux Journal Cory Doctorow

scholarly publishing Elsevier: "It's illegal to Sci-Hub." Also Elsevier: "We link to Sci-Hub all the time." Cory Doctorow

big data Crowdfunding a picture book about resisting surveillance Cory Doctorow

shopping maul Kickstarting "The Decline of Mall Civilization," a sequel to the long-out-of-print "Malls Across America" book Cory Doctorow