Melville House Books

On the face of it it seems absurd. Selling Kindles in indie bookstores? It’s as if Amazon is conducting some sort of troop strengthening exercise. If their team can withstand… Read more »

The news came out this week in English-language media, that Luo Li, the founder and former head of one of China’s largest literary websites, Qidian, has been arrested, though there are… Read more »

Shortly after Jane Eyre was first published, a skeptical male critic picked up a copy and started reading. “I found myself unable to put it down. At midnight I was on… Read more »

To kick off its summer reading program, the Seattle Public Library set out to break one of the great literary records: the longest book domino chain in the world. If… Read more »