No deal for Google digital book plan

NEW YORK (AFP) – A US judge dealt a major setback to Google’s plans for a vast digital library and online bookstore, rejecting a settlement hammered out by the Internet giant with authors and publishers..MORE

Sequel to Catcher in the Rye ‘banned in USA

A book billed as the sequel to JD Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye has been banned from release in the US, according to reports…

According to the late author’s lawyers, the book – published in the UK in June 2009 – was “a rip-off, pure and simple”.

The Swedish author claimed his book – which features a character based on Salinger’s anti-hero Holden Caulfield – was a literary commentary and not a sequel….MORE http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12181223

Vintage “McCall’s” Magazines

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Leon Carroll’s Beautiful Flowers

Here are four lovely examples of Leon Carroll’s talent as an illustrator:
“House Beautiful – Combined with Home & Field” Magazines 1935-1936. Covers by Leon Carroll.

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