July 24, 2012

‘A splendid feather in our cap.’ That’s how Mayor of London Boris Johnson described the recently announced Amazon ‘digital media centre’ in London. I can think of a few other words:… Read more »

Amazon

After removing its books from Amazon, children’s publisher reports record profits — Kait Howard
Amazon picks up The Last Tycoon adaptation, casts Kelsey Grammer in lead — Liam O'Brien
Book spotted in San Bernardino shooting suspects' home inspires Amazon review battle — Liam O'Brien
Amazon shows New Jersey a thing or two about traffic — Liam O'Brien

The ebook pricing debate gets heated in the U.K.

Dustin Kurtz

Ire about ebook pricing has fallen out of the tubes and into the streets. And one no longer has to be a cartoonishly naive agent of the Department of Justice… 5 / Read more »

Pearson, the London-based parent company of Penguin Books has bought Author Solutions, one of the largest “grassroots” publishers, for $116 million. According to Vanessa Thorpe in The Guardian, “The idea is that… Read more »

Judging a book by its cover, 6-year-old style

Valerie Merians

Recently, Shelf Awareness pointed us to this wonderful survey of a six-year-old’s judgments on classic books by their covers. The blogger-mom at Strollerderby asked her daughter to tell her what… Read more »

Day in Review

Kevin Murphy

An ebook primer Inspired by riches Volunteer libraries threaten author royalties? Celebrating our demise The art of social creativity Listening to the voices in your head Six minutes of Anna… Read more »

Melville House Books

Amazon, the non-UK company, plans major London office

Ellie Robins