Rogues, Widows and Orphans (Hardback)
When Words Go Wrong and Other Bookish Misadventures
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An entertaining romp through bookish mishaps, exposing all the weird, wow! and wtf? moments that the literary world has to offer
It's a long journey from a writer's mind to a finished book - and a lot needs to go right along the way. But isn't it more interesting when things go wrong?
With an expert Penguin editor as your guide, dive into the dark-side of the book world: a secret history fizzing with scandals, rivalries, cock-ups and con jobs. We'll discover how the tiniest of typos can have oversized consequences, unearth horrifying examples of bad taste and worse style, and peek into tales of forgeries and feuds as dramatic as any thriller. We'll unredact the most egregious cases of censorship, expose hoarders and thieves, and ask: is AI really an existential threat to the literary universe? Or are we our own worst enemies?
Rogues, Widows and Orphans (Ebook)
When Words Go Wrong and Other Bookish Misadventures
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An entertaining romp through bookish mishaps, exposing all the weird, wow! and wtf? moments that the literary world has to offer
It's a long journey from a writer's mind to a finished book - and a lot needs to go right along the way. But isn't it more interesting when things go wrong?
With an expert Penguin editor as your guide, dive into the dark-side of the book world: a secret history fizzing with scandals, rivalries, cock-ups and con jobs. We'll discover how the tiniest of typos can have oversized consequences, unearth horrifying examples of bad taste and worse style, and peek into tales of forgeries and feuds as dramatic as any thriller. We'll unredact the most egregious cases of censorship, expose hoarders and thieves, and ask: is AI really an existential threat to the literary universe? Or are we our own worst enemies?
Reviews for Rogues, Widows and Orphans
Praise for How Words Get Good:
'Fascinating and funny
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Sunday Times
Lucy Mangan
Financial Times
Stephen Poole Guardian
Mail on Sunday
Shaun Bythell, author Diary of a Bookseller
Rebecca Lee
Rebecca Lee is an editorial manager at Penguin Random House. She's spent twenty years managing hundreds of high-profile books from delivery of manuscript to finished copies, signing off millions of words as fit to go to print with only the occasional regret.