Has anyone noticed the seeming plethora of new titles being published about BOOKS?

[Dr. Drib]

It seems like everywhere you turn, another fiction title has been published that concerns itself with bookstores and/or books.

Or is it just me, exposed to too much second-hand smoke?

A "hearty handclasp"* to anyone who can predict the next fad.

*W.C. Fields (The Bank Dick)


ADDED: I feel there's also a revival taking place in the sword & sorcery field, which is one of my favorite sub-genres.

[John F]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

It seems like everywhere you turn, another fiction title has been published that concerns itself with bookstores and/or books.

Or is it just me, exposed to too much second-hand smoke?

A "hearty handclasp"* to anyone who can predict the next fad.

*W.C. Fields (The Bank Dick)


ADDED: I feel there's also a revival taking place in the sword & sorcery field, which is one of my favorite sub-genres.

And libraries.

And romance novels with German Shepards on the cover.

[Quoth]

Beware the Left-handed Booksellers of London and The Sinister Booksellers of Bath.

I read the first, so I don't need to read the sequel.

It's been going on for a while:
The Never Ending Story
Inkscape

Or do you mean books on how to write or sell books? I've some of those going back to 1930s.

No-one ever knows the next fad.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

ADDED: I feel there's also a revival taking place in the sword & sorcery field, which is one of my favorite sub-genres.

I've not noticed the revival in Sword & Sorcery. I'll have to pay more attention. Do you have some recommendations?

I mostly ignore the Fantasy field because for the most part I am uninterested in yet another High Fantasy or Urban Fantasy

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

ADDED: I feel there's also a revival taking place in the sword & sorcery field, which is one of my favorite sub-genres.

There will be a Dungeons and Dragons movie. Also a MAGIC: THE GATHERING movie.
movie
Personally I thought Sindy was a more wholesome toy doll than Barbie. My sister cut open the boot on Sindy's red sports car for my brother's Action Man's weapon and bag. They also squeezed into a small tent together. AM & S, not my siblings. Our tent was big enough for all three of us, but the candle on Sindy's cooker set the tent on fire. Not Action Man's tent, but our tent.
The boy from down the street woke my parents; "The tent is on fire and they are in it!"
Of course my panicked parents found the 3 of us and the alarming lad's sister quite unsinged and staring at the ashes.

I don't remember were Action Man and Sindy where that morning. The door never closed properly on the plastic cooker after that.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by Quoth

Beware the Left-handed Booksellers of London and The Sinister Booksellers of Bath.

I read the first, so I don't need to read the sequel.

It's been going on for a while:
The Never Ending Story
Inkscape

Or do you mean books on how to write or sell books? I've some of those going back to 1930s.

No-one ever knows the next fad.

No, I meant only fiction titles - there seem to be so many newly-published titles lately.

[Quoth]

Oh, and a Play Doh movie.

Not sure why they want movies of Peppa Pig, Transformers and My Little Pony too as they are already TV series that sell the toys, books and games.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I've not noticed the revival in Sword & Sorcery. I'll have to pay more attention. Do you have some recommendations?

I mostly ignore the Fantasy field because for the most part I am uninterested in yet another High Fantasy or Urban Fantasy

Check out this website:

https://dmrbooks.com/print-books
https://dmrbooks.com/releases

from dmr books.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

No, I meant only fiction titles - there seem to be so many newly-published titles lately.

It's a bit meta isn't it?

Haven't you one too? Or at least written a fictional person writing about a fictional writer?

That's sort of hyper-meta?

[SomeSteve]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

It seems like everywhere you turn, another fiction title has been published that concerns itself with bookstores and/or books.

Or is it just me, exposed to too much second-hand smoke?

Better check the smoke alarm.

I have noticed it lately on Kobo, just on their daily deals, a.k.a. ebook savings, though today I only see two: The Littlest Library and Murder at the Bookstore. In a couple of others, a library plays a role, though it's not in the title: Booked for Murder ("Her new life as a librarian suits her") and The Dark Archive (an Invisible Library novel).

[shalym]

Originally Posted by Quoth

There will be a Dungeons and Dragons movie. Also a MAGIC: THE GATHERING movie.
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The Dungeons and Dragons Movie was released in theatres in March of this year in the US, and is available to stream on Amazon for a price.

Shari

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by SomeSteve

(an Invisible Library novel).

I read the first one. Should have listed it too!

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by shalym

The Dungeons and Dragons Movie was released in theatres in March of this year in the US, and is available to stream on Amazon for a price.

Shari

Then there will be another one!

[SomeSteve]

Re: An Invisible Library novel.

Originally Posted by Quoth

I read the first one. Should have listed it too!

As I said, I noticed this phenomenon on their "ebook savings," so I listed only those that showed up as deals yesterday.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Quoth

There will be a Dungeons and Dragons movie. Also a MAGIC: THE GATHERING movie.
movie
Personally I thought Sindy was a more wholesome toy doll than Barbie. My sister cut open the boot on Sindy's red sports car for my brother's Action Man's weapon and bag. They also squeezed into a small tent together. AM & S, not my siblings. Our tent was big enough for all three of us, but the candle on Sindy's cooker set the tent on fire. Not Action Man's tent, but our tent.
The boy from down the street woke my parents; "The tent is on fire and they are in it!"
Of course my panicked parents found the 3 of us and the alarming lad's sister quite unsinged and staring at the ashes.

I don't remember were Action Man and Sindy where that morning. The door never closed properly on the plastic cooker after that.

There already is a Dungeons & Dragons movie and I saw it yesterday at home.