The International Copyright Law, passed by Congress in 1890, required publishers to pay royalties to foreign authors. Selling at less than five cents a copy, the paperback industry was doomed until the arrival of pulp paper.
In the original story, String of Pearls: A Romance, published in 1846, Sweeney Todd was a demon barber who used his razor to torture his victims before turning them into meat pies.
Similar to reading a newspaper, dime novels and penny dreadfuls were meant to be read quickly and discarded, unlike the hardbound high literature that was written in volumes and published for the elite.
A publishing craze that hit both America and England from the mid- to late nineteenth century attracted the readership of the semiliterate working class.
Miley Cyrus sparked outrage when she posed semi-naked for America's Vanity Fair magazine. She did quickly condemn the images after they were published.
An article published in Scientific American says that American pig farms are virtually "flu factories," and that the next pandemic virus could come from pigs.
Google’s plan to digitize every book ever published and make them widely available was derailed when a federal judge rejected a sweeping $125 million legal settlement.
Google’s plan to digitize every book ever published and make them widely available was derailed when a federal judge rejected a sweeping $125 million legal settlement.
Recent research suggests that 1% of papers published in academic journals are strikingly similar to papers already published, leading to a growing concern about the rise of scientific plagiarism.
Green Lantern, one of DC Comics' oldest and most enduring heroes, is serving as a beacon for the publisher again, this time as a proud, mighty and openly gay hero.
Five suspected terrorists have been arrested for planning to attack a Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005, which is considered blasphemous.
Five suspected terrorists have been arrested for planning to attack a Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005, which is considered blasphemous.