December 17, 2013

Three indie bookstores had their lawsuit against Amazon and the Big Five dismissed, in every sense of the word, last week. As we’ve discussed twice previously this suit, filed last… 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

WORD opens in Jersey City

Kirsten Reach

WORD Bookstore opened its highly anticipated second location in Jersey City last weekend, just in time for the holiday season. Set just a few steps from the Grove Street PATH station… Read more »

This month in 1913: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice becomes The Magic Mountain, D.H. Lawrence’s blood is true, and the future is open

Melville House

Just before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century’s most exciting year . . . It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt in his car factory, and the… Read more »

Random House buys rights to unearthed 1850s prison memoir

Nick Davies

Random House has acquired the rights to a nineteenth-century memoir believed to have been written by an African American prisoner, Julie Bosman writes for the New York Times. Bosman also… Read more »

Melville House Books

Anti-corporate judge dismisses indie bookseller suit against Amazon

Dustin Kurtz