October 09, 2012 » MobyLives! Archives

News reached us last week of Jeff Bezos’ latest venture. According to Tom Simonite of the MIT Technology Review our favorite temp-scalding billionaire has just invested thirty million dollars in… 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

Haruki Murakami is the odds-on favorite to win the Nobel Prize

Nick Davies

This year’s Nobel Prize in Literature will be given out this week, so it’s time to get your bets in! GalleyCat reports that Haruki Murakami is the favorite to win the… Read more »

Julian Assange to publish new book

Ariel Bogle

The close quarters of the Ecuadorian embassy have not wearied Julian Assange. The United States’ OR Books have just announced that on November 26 they will publish his new book, Cypherpunks: Freedom and the… 1 / Read more »

Writers now earning fractions of pennies per word

Ellie Robins

The unspeakable glamour of the writer’s life: Gawker reports on a new low in writers’ wages, stumbled upon in this Craigslist ad. The as-yet untraced company in Portland, Oregon, is searching… Read more »

Melville House Books

October 9, 2012

Why does Jeff Bezos need a quantum computer?

Dustin Kurtz