Kempton Mooney Less Profundity, More Secundity

This past week I read Franny and Zooey. This is the first Salinger I have read since the obligatory tour of The Catcher in the Rye during high school. Much has been made about Holden Caulfield’s over-the-top colloquialisms and character. The same style is found in Franny and Zooey, which captures a specific, if overly [...]

Recently, the AAP/BISG joint venture Bookstats released its figures on 2011. Overall the publishing industry was flat compared to 2010 (there was a decline, but less than 1%). Trade publishing (including Adult, Juvenile, and Religious) was flat as well. Both Adult and Juvenile saw declines of less than 1%, but these declines were made up [...]