It’s marketing for publishers in the age of cutbacks. [Thanks to Janice Gelb] Let me introduce myself. My name is Gineen Klein, and I’ve been brought on as an intern to replace the promotion department here at Propensity Books. First, let me say that I absolutely love “Clancy the Doofus Beagle: A Love Story” and […]

The National Security Agency seems to have won its turf war with the Department of Homeland Security over control of the nation’s cyber security efforts. Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander is the director of the National Security Agency, the largest intelligence agency in the government, and with little public fanfare he has been setting up […]

Here’s the preliminary cover for the British mass-market edition of This Is Not a Game. There’ll be some tweaking between now and the final version, but it’s mainly in place. The binary code actually spells out This Is Not a Game. How cool is that?

An Italian scientist has succeeded in duplicating the Shroud of Turin, which he says exposes the Shroud as a fake.Garlaschelli reproduced the full-sized shroud using materials and techniques that were available in the middle ages. They placed a linen sheet flat over a volunteer and then rubbed it with a pigment containing traces of acid. […]