May 29, 2013

Poor Apple. In an unorthodox move, the judge who will decide the case between Apple and the US Department of Justice, dropped hints last week that electronics giant doesn’t have… Read more »

The DOJ's publishers lawsuit

MobyLives’ coverage of the DOJ lawsuit

Leading booksellers and authors' groups join together to file pro-Apple petition with Supreme Court — Simon Reichley
Apple generously offers government one last chance to do the right thing — Liam O'Brien
Apple loses antitrust appeal — Alex Shephard
Apple's appeal: Hey, did anyone in the government notice that Amazon owned 90% of the ebook market? — Kirsten Reach

German Amazon workers strike again

Alex Shephard

Two weeks ago, over 1,000 staffers at two German Amazon warehouses walked off the job in a one-day work stoppage. On Monday, hundreds of workers staged another short-term strike, as their demand… Read more »

40 voices celebrate 50 years of Sylvia Plath’s Ariel

Zeljka Marosevic

In the year that marks the 50th anniversary of Sylvia Plath’s death, the story that has stood out hasn’t been about Plath at all, but about the controversial cover redesign… Read more »

Duke University Press launches the first transgender studies journal

Nick Davies

Duke University Press announced that it will publish the first non-medical academic journal dedicated to transgender studies, Carleigh Stein reports for the university’s student newspaper, the Chronicle. The Transgender Studies Quarterly… Read more »

New threat to publishing jobs: the Grammar Hound

Kirsten Reach

I thought we’d all be replaced by robots, but it seems the publishing industry is going to the dogs. This article from Science News reports that nine-year-old border collie Chaser… Read more »

Melville House Books

Judge in antitrust suit: Apple probably doesn’t stand a chance

Ariel Bogle