Melville House Books

This is the seventh installment in the two-week series “What Bolaño Read” by former Shaman Drum Bookstore manager Tom McCartan. The seriescelebrates the publication of Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview… 5 / Read more »

Most insiders agree there are two things — two really crippling things — wrong with the book business: returns and discounts. Most also agree that these are two things that… Read more »

Today, Nielsen announced that, as part of the sale of all of its publications, it would be shutting down Kirkus Reviews (and its 125-year old co-publication, Editor & Publisher, as… Read more »

At Oxford University, where they have this really over-valued poetry chair, which they had a really revealing campaign for a few months ago, which was won by a woman, Ruth… Read more »

It’s official: One of the country’s most prominent indie booksellers, Seattle’s Elliott Bay Book Co., is leaving its home of 36 years to try and survive its troubles (as per… Read more »

The first generation Nook E-Reader is getting fairly hammered by reviewers, including two of the tech world’s biggies: In a Wall Street Journal review, Walter Mossberg says “I found the… 2 / Read more »