June 21, 2013

When the Department of Justice’s case against Apple began three weeks ago, things did not look good for the consumer electronics giant. Back in the heady, wild days of early… 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

Nation shocked to learn that Dan Brown has bland taste in books

Dustin Kurtz

Fires from the tumult of Thursday night are still raging across the hills of this shaken nation. The mobs of a disaffected and grieving public that swarmed through every city… Read more »

Sam Taylor-Wood to direct 50 Shades of Grey Film

Zeljka Marosevic

Yesterday it was announced that the artist formerly known as Sam Taylor-Wood, who now goes by her married name of Sam Johnson Wood (more on that later) will direct the… Read more »

For there she was: a day for Mrs. Dalloway

Kirsten Reach

It’s a shame Virginia Woolf set Mrs. Dalloway in “the middle of June,” rather than on a day readers could remember and plan around each year. Clarissa Dalloway, like Leopold… Read more »

The Paris Literary Prize announces its 2013 winners

The famous Paris bookstore Shakespeare & Company, in collaboration with The White Review, announced the winners of the 2013 Paris Literary Prize at a ceremony on Bloomsday, June 16th, 2013.… Read more »

Melville House Books

Judge says “issues have shifted.” Does Apple stand a chance against the DOJ?

Alex Shephard