Yes, Knopf threw itself a grand party “in honor of its authors” — with over 200 of them in attendance — as well as a celebration of 100 years of publishing at the New York Public Library on Thursday night. The event was complete with a rented klieg light truck, six real borzoi dogs greeting guests at the door, a musical number from author of M Train Patti Smith, and even an exclusive after-party. But they are also celebrating with a hardcover book, provided to last night’s one thousand or more guests, that “offer[s] the simple facts of our century […]