September 11, 2013

After nearly 50% of managers leave their positions, Daunt’s Waterstones restructure is almost complete

Zeljka Marosevic

In May, I wrote about the news that Britain’s biggest chain bookshop Waterstones had begun a major restructure, which threatened to result in hundreds of job losses at the company.… Read more »

Booksellers & bookselling

Ask a bookseller---Book Court's Bonnie Chau — Melville House
Customer threatens Northshire Bookstore for displaying the Qur’an — Kait Howard
Isis Books & Gifts changes signage, dodges blind wrath of ignorant brick-throwers — Simon Reichley
Barnes & Noble takes penultimate step to exiting Queens — Liam O'Brien

I never liked the World Trade Center. / When it went up I talked it down

Kirsten Reach

So begins David Lehman’s “World Trade Center,” written in 1996, about the way his feelings toward the Towers changed over time. This poem is the frontispiece in Poetry After 9/11,… Read more »

Good Pkhentzes

Josh Billings

One thing that science fiction writers appear to have agreed on over the years is that the future will not be funny. Shiny? Yes. Jumpsuited? I think we can count… Read more »

Shortlist for Booker Prize announced

The shortlist for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, Britain’s most prestigious literary award, has been released. The six finalists are: We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton… Read more »

Oyster, a “Netflix for ebooks,” launches to much fanfare

Julia Fleischaker

Oyster, a new book subscription app, launched this week to much fanfare. Already being called a “Netflix for books,” (by Mashable, GigaOm, the LA Times, and many more), Oyster works… Read more »

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