Amazon buys robot army for robot apocalypse
In an interesting turn of events, Amazon has acquired its very own army of droids. Robert Cyran reports on Slate that Amazon has bought Kiva systems, a manufacturer of bright orange… 1 / Read more »
Google bookstore coming to France
eBookNewser reports that Google is bringing its digital bookstore to France in the near future. While there is no set date yet, French literary magazine Actuallité says that Philippe Colombet, head… Read more »
Turnabout is fair play: France proposes taxing Amazon for indie bookstore fund
After innumerable stories about Amazon simply refusing to obey the law and collect sales taxes, along comes perhaps the most delicious bit of news since that bit of belligerence whereby… Read more »
Guus Kuijer wins lucrative Astrid Lindgren Award for children’s books Two novels dish the dirt on NYC Hari Kunzru discusses Gods Without Men Robert Silvers at the Paris Review Criticizing… Read more »
The role of the agent: an international view
There’s more fascinating commentary about changes in India’s booming publishing industry. MobyLives reported a few weeks ago on an influx of bogus literary agents preying on authors in the market,… Read more »
Did Jeff Bezos teach Mike Daisey how to lie?
An interesting side note to the ongoing controversy over Mike Daisey’s monologue about Apple, “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs”: In what Jack Shafer calls a fresh “fabulist… 1 / Read more »
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