Book Links: Toronto‘s peddling book pedlar; the easy way to smell like an old bookstore

A rude rejection letter could cost you the next J.K. Rowling or George Orwell, U.K. publisher warns. (The Indepedent)
It beats getting socks for Christmas: all Swedish 16-year-olds to receive free copy of Chimamnda Ngozi Adichie’s We Should All Be Feminists. (GalleyCat)
Parfumier creates an old-booked-scented perfume, Paperback by Demeter (“Never Judge a Book By Its Cover!” – you can use that, Demeter). (The Guardian)
Toronto’s Book Pedlar brings great literature to the streets. (The National Design Collective)
Survey shows what authors really think of their publishers. (Agent Hunter)
Male audiobook actors mimicking female voices … please stop. (Book Riot)
The English language is really weird. (Aeon)

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