September 16, 2013

Last week, Google released a report that appears to have been aimed at pacifying some of its critics who claim that the company doesn’t do enough to combat piracy. The… Read more »

Mein Kampf to be published in Germany for the first time since 1945 — Simon Reichley
Who wrote Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl? — Taylor Sperry
Author accuses 60 Minutes of stealing idea from his book — Julia Fleischaker
This week in legislative ineptitude: State of Georgia wildly misconstrues purpose and meaning of the word "copyright", sues man for helping people understand the law of the land — Simon Reichley

On the horrors of agreeing with Jonathan Franzen

Dustin Kurtz

It will happen to everyone at some point. Maybe it’s because you’re aging. Maybe you feel stuck in a life you never meant to build; the things that once delighted… Read more »

The booksellers of the Arab world

The single-minded devotion of booksellers and bookbuyers can at times be astounding—take, for example, Colin Franklin, who in his recent memoir about antiquarian bookselling, Obsessions and Confessions of a Book Life, recounts… Read more »

A letter to Morrissey

Zeljka Marosevic

Dear Morrissey (Moz), Stop me if you’ve read this one before. But after the news broke that you had cancelled your book deal with Penguin, I wanted you to… Read more »

J.K. Rowling will write a screenplay for Harry Potter spinoff

Nick Davies

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling recently announced that she will expand her considerable empire by penning the script for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a feature film based on… Read more »

Melville House Books

A report from Google on its anti-piracy measures leaves some questions unanswered

Sal Robinson