...readers choose the “steamiest” option for a romance title in which explicitness is customizable. Coliloquy has published eight books since launching in January and has deals with 17 authors....

...a renewed interest in science startups, reports The New York Times. -A spate of books by YouTube stars portends a wave of titles from these online celebrities, reports The Wall...

...will face that their parents didn’t. -An Ozy columnist looks at the expansion of the market for pet products and services. -A BuzzFeed writer ponders the future of books. –The...

...as for families and organizations, of over-connection and of technology-driven distraction. At the personal level, the appearance of books like Nick Carr’s The Shallows and Sherry Turkle’s Alone Together, Catherine...

...likely to shop online than our US sample. UK respondents were more likely than US respondents to use online channels to buy electronic devices (57% vs. 44%), books (55% vs....

– “A Very Murray Christmas” signals that Netflix “defines how TV works now,” says Wired. –Pity the naked millennial: the New York Times looks at how gym design...

...books currently on the shelves. Few books out there were specific to millennial pain points when it comes to finance. Not many books talked about student loans. They weren’t addressing...

...only partly about shopping, with unique experiences and environments becoming more important for physical stores. Here, visitors can relax on sofas to look through the “inspirational books,” attend an event...

...happiness? You see more of that in the positive psychology pop literature. There are a lot of good books that have been written by the serious academics, but they end...

We’ve been talking about Objectifying Objects—fetishizing the physical and tactical as objects get replaced by digital/virtual counterparts—since putting it on our 100 Things to Watch in 2011 list;...