This infographic on gothic novels is quite funny, and also made me want to dive into the old, castley stuff. I mostly know gothic from later pastiches or parodies. "Northanger Abbey" comes to mind. One filmed version had longish extracts from such novels, which really added to the story.

Oh, and "Noah"'s being banned, in one way or the other, here and there. Nearly makes me want to see it. But I doubt it's as good as "Life of Brian".

Speaking of raising... I came across this crowdfunding book-publishing thingy, Unbound. Intriguing, although it seems you can only be a wonderful funder, not a regular old buyer. I'm not quite sure I'd want to pay £10 for an ebook. And I'm not interested in having my name in the back.