April 13, 2012

The book industry was abuzz yesterday with discussion of the decision by the Department of Justice to sue five of the Big Six publishers for their effort to stop Amazon.com.… Read more »

The DOJ's publishers lawsuit

MobyLives’ coverage of the DOJ lawsuit

Leading booksellers and authors' groups join together to file pro-Apple petition with Supreme Court — Simon Reichley
Apple generously offers government one last chance to do the right thing — Liam O'Brien
Apple loses antitrust appeal — Alex Shephard
Apple's appeal: Hey, did anyone in the government notice that Amazon owned 90% of the ebook market? — Kirsten Reach

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Melville House Books

How do you respond when the government not only protects a monopoly, but prosecutes its opponents?

Dennis Johnson

From Friday the 13th to All My Children

Kevin Murphy

Bookshelves more creative than yours

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Video: Happy Birthday, Samuel Beckett

Kevin Murphy

Day in Review

Kevin Murphy