March 19, 2013

The Christian Science Monitor ran a cover story by Yvonne Zipp yesterday about the rise of independent bookstores in the U.S. Business is getting better! Zipp credits the fall of… Read more »

Arts & Culture

Protesting sexism, comic book artists pull out of running for Angoulême Grand Prix — Liam O'Brien
Barnes & Noble takes penultimate step to exiting Queens — Liam O'Brien
Fifth employee connected to Hong Kong bookstore goes missing — Liam O'Brien
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover — Kait Howard

Naming Amazon’s new literary publishing imprint, Little A

Dustin Kurtz

Uncle Jeff: Okay gather around guys, time to talk strategy. We have this new publishing imprint to make our own … what are we making? Sycophant 1: Books, Jeff. Uncle… Read more »

Women’s Fiction Prize longlist announced

Ariel Bogle

The Women’s Prize for Fiction, formerly the Orange Prize, has announced this year’s longlist. A member of what some call the “trinity” of UK book prizes, including the Man Booker… Read more »

Shalom Auslander: How to give an acceptance speech

Dennis Johnson

“I’m as surprised as many of you are, I’m sure, that Hilary Mantel didn’t win, since she seems to win everything — either her or Junot Diaz,” says Shalom Auslander… Read more »

SLIDESHOW: Literary graffiti

Nick Davies

The folks over at Buzzfeed are always good for a fun photo set, and on Friday they posted one that will appeal to book nerds and street art enthusiasts alike.… Read more »

Melville House Books

Independent bookstores doing better than ever in 2012

Kirsten Reach