November 07, 2013 » MobyLives! Archives

UPDATE: Even more indie bookseller reactions added below. It’s a rarity, but I have to give credit where it’s due. Amazon did a good thing on Wednesday: they made me… Read more »

Amazon

After removing its books from Amazon, children’s publisher reports record profits — Kait Howard
Amazon picks up The Last Tycoon adaptation, casts Kelsey Grammer in lead — Liam O'Brien
Book spotted in San Bernardino shooting suspects' home inspires Amazon review battle — Liam O'Brien
Amazon shows New Jersey a thing or two about traffic — Liam O'Brien

New magazine focuses on Quebec literature

Sal Robinson

The relatively small degree of overlap between the Canadian and U.S. literary scenes is one of the mysteries of American publishing: we all live on the same continent, after all,… Read more »

Happy 100th birthday, Albert Camus

Julia Fleischaker

November 7 is the 100th anniversary of Albert Camus’ birth. The author of The Stranger, The Plague, and The Fall, among others, Camus remains a huge presence in French literature,… Read more »

James Joyce’s Dublin in pictures

The Google Cultural Institute has compiled a number of images from James Joyce’s time to supplement his fiction with visual references. The funeral services and seaside probably look the same… Read more »

J.K. Rowling is not going to make a list of “favorite Scottish books” anytime soon

Michael Elmets

From Robert Burns and Walter Scott to Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Hugh MacDiarmid, the list of names associated with Scottish literature is littered with some of the… Read more »

Melville House Books

November 7, 2013

“We are not Amazon franchises”: booksellers respond to Amazon Source

Dustin Kurtz