December 11, 2013

Authors from across the world have signed a petition condemning state surveillance like that carried out by the NSA, as revealed by Edward Snowden earlier this year. Their petition, which… Read more »

Arts & Culture

Protesting sexism, comic book artists pull out of running for Angoulême Grand Prix — Liam O'Brien
Barnes & Noble takes penultimate step to exiting Queens — Liam O'Brien
Fifth employee connected to Hong Kong bookstore goes missing — Liam O'Brien
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover — Kait Howard

Amazon drones under attack

Kirsten Reach

Nicholas Lund argued in Slate this week that Amazon’s new drone program has underestimated its most powerful competitors. He’s not talking about publishers and collusion: he’s talking about birds and… Read more »

It’s a bird… it’s a plane…it’s a drone in the New York Public Library!

Claire Kelley

“I have a friend who has a drone.” So begins a post on the New York Public Library blog by Morgan Holzer, Information Architect in the Web Group. No, she’s… Read more »

Rare portrait of Jane Austen sells for $270,000

Julia Fleischaker

Sotheby’s in London has auctioned a rare portrait of Jane Austen; the watercolor was sold to an anonymous private collector for $270,6000. According to The Guardian, the portrait dates from 1869,… Read more »

Minnesota charity collects books for Africa

Nick Davies

‘Tis the season for charity and good will and all those warm, fuzzy feeling. Maja Beckstrom wrote a piece for the St. Paul Pioneer Press this weekend about a local… Read more »

Melville House Books

Over 500 authors from across the world speak out against state surveillance

Zeljka Marosevic