February 26, 2013

On Monday, five of the United States’ largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) initiated the new Copyright Alert System, so now would be the time to start downloading Girls on your neighbor’s… Read more »

Mein Kampf to be published in Germany for the first time since 1945 — Simon Reichley
Who wrote Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl? — Taylor Sperry
Author accuses 60 Minutes of stealing idea from his book — Julia Fleischaker
This week in legislative ineptitude: State of Georgia wildly misconstrues purpose and meaning of the word "copyright", sues man for helping people understand the law of the land — Simon Reichley

Barnes & Noble’s founder wants to buy the business, but not the Nook

Kirsten Reach

Remember last June, around the time of the BEA, when Barnes and Noble released its comments to the Department of Justice about the issues of collusion, the agency model, etc.?… Read more »

Literary roster as mirror: the Tokyo International Literature Festival

Dustin Kurtz

This spring, Tokyo reminds us all of their status as one of the world’s cultural capitals with an impressive new International Literature Festival. The festival is slated to run March… Read more »

Writing is a vice, explains William Faulkner

Valerie Merians

The University of Virginia library’s archive is an absolute treasure trove of audio clips of 20th century authors reading and discussing both their own work and that of others. A… Read more »

Queen Anne Book Company reopening in Seattle

Nick Davies

Back in October, one of Seattle’s great independent bookstores, Queen Anne Books, shut its doors somewhat abruptly after twenty-four years in business. The store, which won the WNBA’s Pannell Award for… Read more »

Melville House Books

Anti-piracy three strike system begins this week

Ariel Bogle