Melville House Books

Nine of the country’s largest indie publishers have joined forces to criticize the Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple and five of New York’s Big Six publishers, and in particular… Read more »

This week Melville releases Wolf Haas’ Brenner and God—about which Carl Hiaasen, no less, has said “Brenner and God is one of the cleverest—and most thoroughly enjoyable—mysteries that I’ve read in a… Read more »

Internet publishing is well established as a legal minefield, and now an advisor to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has further increased the confusion (or lessened it, depending on… Read more »

The Library of Congress has opened an exhibition this week celebrating “Books That Shaped America,” a display of 88 books that they’ve deemed to have the most influence on American… Read more »

RIP Nora Ephron Let it rain (poems) Behind the scenes with W.S. Merwin Charting the cuts made to library funding Interview with Sheila Heti Reflections on a friendship: Bernard Faÿ and… Read more »