{"id":36987,"date":"2012-08-13T08:59:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T12:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=36987"},"modified":"2012-08-13T07:53:06","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T11:53:06","slug":"rich-writers-niche-bookstores-darwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/13\/rich-writers-niche-bookstores-darwin\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich Writers, Niche Bookstores, Darwin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/handmadebook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36988\" title=\"handmadebook\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/handmadebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/handmadebook.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/handmadebook-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>Check out the handmade books of Berlin-based\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsnicethat.com\/articles\/palefroi\" target=\"_blank\">Palefroi<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>Maria Papova presents the <a href=\"http:\/\/literaryjukebox.brainpickings.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">literary jukebox<\/a>, in which quotes are matched to thematic songs. <\/li>\n<li><em>Forbes <\/em>lists the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jeffbercovici\/2012\/08\/09\/women-on-the-rise-among-the-worlds-top-earnings-authors\/\" target=\"_blank\">highest-grossing authors<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A salute to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flavorwire.com\/317911\/10-of-the-coolest-niche-bookstores-from-around-the-world\" target=\"_blank\">niche bookstores of the world<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>The fate of dead books: <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/news\/intelligencer\/houghton-mifflin-harcourt-jonah-lehrer-2012-8\/\" target=\"_blank\">a history of pulping<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>Prior to proposing to Emma Wedgwood, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayinsci.com\/D\/Darwin_Charles\/DarwinCharles-Quotations.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Darwin<\/a> did a cost-benefit analysis of marriage, with one of the deficits listed as\u00a0\u201cless money for books.\u201d<\/li>\n<p>[tweetbutton]<\/p>\n<p>[facebook_ilike]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the handmade books of Berlin-based\u00a0Palefroi. Maria Papova presents the literary jukebox, in which quotes are matched to thematic songs. Forbes lists the\u00a0highest-grossing authors. A salute to niche bookstores of the world. The fate of dead books: a history of pulping. Prior to proposing to Emma Wedgwood, Charles Darwin did a cost-benefit analysis of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2512],"tags":[7184,8406,8405,8404,149,20543,8407,7723],"class_list":["post-36987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-shelf","tag-charles-darwin","tag-forbes","tag-literary-jukebox","tag-maria-papova","tag-news","tag-on-the-shelf","tag-palefroi","tag-roundup"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rich Writers, Niche Bookstores, Darwin by Sadie Stein<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 13, 2012 \u2013 Check out the handmade books of Berlin-based\u00a0Palefroi. 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