June 11, 2013

Apple, the shockingly wealthy manufacturer that people still respect, somehow, held another of their sweaty moodlight product announcements on Monday and—surprise!—Apple has a few new products. There’s a shiny new… Read more »

Publishing

Barnes & Noble takes penultimate step to exiting Queens — Liam O'Brien
Fifth employee connected to Hong Kong bookstore goes missing — Liam O'Brien
After removing its books from Amazon, children’s publisher reports record profits — Kait Howard
Castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga denies eating his companion — Taylor Sperry

Nook Snaps vs. Kindle Singles: what’s the difference?

Sal Robinson

These days, literature’s sounding ever more like cookies: Barnes & Noble announced this week that it will be devoting renewed attention to its Nook Snaps program. Nook Snaps, like Kindle Singles, are… Read more »

An incomplete list of cats Jonathan Franzen wants to kill

Alex Shephard

“The bird community’s position is, we need to get rid of the feral cats, and that means cats must die. We feel bad about that, but we can morally justify… Read more »

Court affirms prisoner’s right to read werewolf erotica

Ariel Bogle

The right of all men and women to read werewolf erotica in jail has been affirmed by a California court. Inmate Andres Martinez, currently residing in Pelican Bay State Prison, had… Read more »

Little Free Libraries around Lower Manhattan

Kirsten Reach

Have you picked up your summer reading yet? Ten Little Free Libraries opened in Lower Manhattan in May and will remain open until September 1. Holding no more than about… Read more »

Melville House Books

Apple brings iBooks to OSX for that lucrative masochist market

Dustin Kurtz