Paul McCartney explained why he wrote The Beatles’ “Paperback Writer.” He said the song was partly inspired by “archetypal” paperbacks. Paul revealed what John Lennon said as his bandmate wrote the ...

Pulp. Beach reads. Trashy stories. Romance novels. These are all examples of paperback books. Maybe it’s not the cream of the crop, the stuff they put on hardcover. But it’s something. It’s in your ...

The Beatles’ “Paperback Writer” came out days after The Rolling Stones‘ “Paint It Black.” Subsequently, Keith Richards said this was intentional. Notably, one of these tracks was ever so slightly more ...

In the annals of Beatles singles, we have what we might think of as a game-starter in “Please Please Me,” a game-ender in something like “Let It Be,” and a host of game-changers, the most important of ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. There are a few ...

Last November, John Lennon‘s Gretsch guitar, the instrument the rock legend used to record the Beatles‘ 1966 classic “Paperback Writer,” hit the auction block, with TracksAuction, the company selling ...

If you’re a big fan of The Beatles and you were hoping to collect some really important memorabilia anytime soon, you may want to check your bank account, because the cost of owning truly special ...

As you read this, thousands of writers hoping to be the next Stephen King or Anne Rice are toiling in obscurity, sending off manuscripts, and waiting on tenterhooks for Random House to ring their bell ...

U ntil I met Harlan Coben, I was only vaguely familiar with his name. It was one of dozens I would see on the short paperbacks that line the shelves of airport news shops. I had an even fuzzier ...

MONEY & MEDIA:Malcolm Gladwell - author of bestsellers The Tipping Pointand Blink- has redefined success for writers and may be the adrenaline shot the ailing publishing industry needs THE GLADWELL ...