Books & Publishing

Study finds increase in number of new titles -- and their share of all new scholarly books.

A new academic book on the AMC series is a good conversation starter about the condition of "being a fan" in the everyday, typical sense, writes Scott McLemee.

How Would You Like to Pay? explores the anthropology of the expanding new world of smartphone wallets and other forms of mobile payments, writes Scott McLemee.

Science article explores how hackers can hijack scholarly journals. Fortunately, preventing it can be as simple as paying a bill on time.

Renting textbooks is a popular option for frugal students, but one company has for years -- and without notice -- erroneously sent students to collection agencies, in some cases demanding hundreds of dollars in replacement fees.

Two recent books give a much thicker account than daily news reports of the group behind the Paris attacks, writes Scott McLemee. But he doesn't recommend them for anyone whose nerves are easily jarred.

Author discusses new book arguing that China's universities are rising while America's are in decline.