November 22, 2012

In the midst of the usual Thanksgiving sales on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, this weekend will mark the third year for Small Business Saturday.… Read more »

Independent Booksellers

News and interviews from the wild, wild world of independent bookselling.

Otto's---one of the country's oldest bookstores---is up for sale — Chad Felix
Barnes & Noble takes penultimate step to exiting Queens — Liam O'Brien
Penguin Random House UK announces possible warehouse layoffs due to ebooks — Liam O'Brien
In the city that spends the most on books, it's only indies now — Julia Irion Martins

Amazon destroys the English language

Kelly Burdick

In a brilliant post on the joint efforts of Amazon and Tim Ferriss to promote Ferriss’ Amazon-published The 4-Hour Chef, New York Times reporter David Streitfeld wonders if the first victim of… Read more »

Our exciting new book trailer for A Country Doctor’s Notebook

Dustin Kurtz

Melville House is proud to present the trailer for our upcoming book, A Country Doctor’s Notebook by Mikhail Bulgakov. As with all independent presses, promotions for our books are very… Read more »

Thanksgiving lesson: Harry Houdini on how to address a crowd

Kevin Murphy

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Chances are at some point this week you will have the opportunity to speak to a larger than normal group of people. Be it family, friends, or… Read more »

The Pope’s new book

Sal Robinson

It’s probably a good time for the Pope to put out a new book, the third in his “Jesus of Nazareth” series, preceded by Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism… Read more »

Melville House Books

Consumers heading to bookstores for Small Business Saturday

Nick Davies