A Kindle killer?
Kelly Burdick
BookShout shows that it’s possible to disrupt the hugely expensive work that Amazon and Barnes and Noble have done to “lock” users… Read more »
Plagiarism claims dog this year’s Guadalajara Book Prize winner
Sal Robinson
It’s been oh, a month or two, since the last big plagiarism scandal broke — though Jonah Lehrer’s banality always seemed like more of a problem than his self-plagiarism —… Read more »
Talking shop with an indie bookseller
Kevin Murphy
This is an occasional series that asks some of our favorite independent booksellers a handful of simple questions. The questions are the same, but the answers (predictably) vary. If you’re… Read more »
Books for consoling your favorite disheartened millionaire
Dustin Kurtz
Sometimes things don’t go your way. Sometimes you’re chugging along, shaking hands, grinning, the wind at your back and the sweaty palm of the free market on your shoulder, when… Read more »
End of an era for Macmillan dictionaries
Ellie Robins
Macmillan has announced that as of next year it will no longer print its monolingual dictionaries for learners of English; they’ll be available online only. Editor-in-chief Michael Rundell is quoted… Read more »
