Books

Everyone used to say “the book was better”. Then it became: “I’ll wait for the movie”. Now it’s “who owns books?” Still, these flops prove that not all bestsellers make good source material for the Hollywood machine.

Books were those treats you could have before bedtime. They sat waiting for you quietly on the shelf and they might well have been the very things that taught

How-To books are amongst the most popular genres in the world for two reasons: practically anyone can write one (assuming they're capable of doing something, of

It’s not a big mystery as to why there’s a market for how-to books. People want to educate and better themselves, and learn useful skills that will either help them get ahead in life or simply serve to further a fun hobby. However, not all how-to books are created equal. Some are so utterly bizarre that it’s amazing they were ever written in the first place. In some cases, it’s just a strange choi

Publishing platforms have very few restrictions, meaning you'll have to wade amongst a lot of c**p in search of a genuinely good book when looking online. But the worst books on Amazon have got to be how-to guides. Anyone claiming any experience can write about anything, and there will always be people who are gullible, desperate, or simply too trusting who end up dropping cash on total garbage. H

It’s unlikely; barring living in a bubble, severe child abuse, or being locked in a prehistoric time capsule, that you aren’t familiar with the idea of

Previously on Weird Worm we've discussed psychics (and one crazy leader) who made ground breaking predictions that mysteriously went absolutely nowhere. At this