October 26, 2012

The news that the world’s two largest publishers, Random House and Penguin, are in talks about a merger should not have come as a surprise. It’s been rumored for months… 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

Amazon UK stripped of ebook tax advantage

Ellie Robins

This one’s pretty sweet: Amazon will soon be deprived of one of its (many) tax-dodging schemes. MobyLives reported earlier this week that Amazon UK had been paying the Luxembourg sales… Read more »

Defining “ownership” for ebooks

There’s been debate in the past week about what constitutes ownership of ebooks, particularly when libraries get involved. A Library Journal article entitled “Random House Says Libraries Own Their Ebooks,” seemed… Read more »

Orson Welles’ 1945 broadcast of Fitzgerald’s The Diamond as Big as the Ritz

Kevin Murphy

This January, Melville House is releasing F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Diamond as Big as the Ritz as part of its Art of the Novella series. The book, which displays many of Fitzgerald’s… Read more »

FRIDAY SOMETHING-OR-OTHER-TO-DO-WITH-BOOKS MUSIC VIDEO: Elvis Costello

Christopher King

Bob Dylan aside, few rockers are praised for the literary quality of their songwriting more than Declan MacManus, a.k.a. Napoleon Dynamite, a.k.a. The Right Reverend Jimmy Quickly, a.k.a. Elvis Costello.… Read more »

Melville House Books

Your tax dollars at work: Say hello to the world’s biggest-ever publisher, Random Penguins

Dennis Johnson