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Last week, Melville House co-founder Dennis Johnson participated in “The Great Amazon Debate,” a podcast hosted by The Naked Book. Also included in the conversation is publishing consultant Sheila Bounford;… Read more »

The internet is bulging with apps and platforms hoping to offer new ways of reading online, but every so often one comes along that seems genuinely interesting. The former publisher… Read more »

Peter Jackson—Oscar-winning director of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy—recently completed filming his follow-up project, the film adaptation of The Hobbit. His plan is to split the book into… Read more »

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