Chicklit writer Sarah Billson explains why she rewrote her second novel between its UK and US editions to add more recession. Not sure that reality getting grimmer will mean that readers want more real life mixed into their escapism; but then it doesn't sound as if the revised version is too short on wish-fulfilment.
• Neither edition of the book has wellies on the cover, which apparently makes it a rarity these days.
• Why Joshua Ferris used to avoid reading George Saunders.
• Patrick Kurp receives a press release for something he refuses to call a book. I imagine that may reduce the flow of hopeful emails for a while.
• And the voiceover on that Pynchon book trailer? It was him.
