Melville House Books

Harry Potter’s American publisher, Scholastic, and two of its subsidiaries, Scholastic-at-Home and Grolier, “have agreed to settle allegations that they violated laws enforced by the FTC in marketing their negative… Read more »

The first book deal related to the Michael Jackson trial has been announced. An Associated Press wire story says reporter Diane Dimond, who covered the case for Court TV, has… Read more »

Yesterday would have been the 100th birthday of Jean-Paul Sartre, but the day “passed off with little comment in France,” according to a wire story from the Agence France Presse.… Read more »

It seemed like a good idea at the time: “Moscow didn’t have an English language bookstore that specialized in American books,” so in 1996 American Mary Duncan and a Russian… Read more »

“The come-to-Jesus conference call happened last fall,” says publisher Doug Seibold of Agate. “The sales leadership of my distribution company had assembled to lay down the word about how my… Read more »

“From Christian chick lit to frank discussions of sexuality and how to avoid temptation, the shelves of both Christian bookstores and secular chains offer a variety of wholesome reading that… Read more »