February 05, 2014 » MobyLives! Archives

According to accounts filed by Amazon in the US, Amazon UK’s sales growth slowed in 2013. Although UK sales grew by 12.6% to £4.5bn last year, this marked a major… 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

What’s coming for Kobo, and what happened to its CEO?

Kirsten Reach

Even with 18 million users and 4 million e-book titles, Kobo feels like the underdog of the ebook world. At the end of January, Kobo and Amazon tied for “online… Read more »

Has a botanist solved the mystery of the Voynich Manuscript?

Since it was discovered in 1912, the Voynich Manuscript has confounded scholars and researchers. Named for the collector who discovered it, the manuscript is a seeminly untranslatable text, in an… Read more »

No, really guys, Philip Roth is done writing fiction (also he thinks your book club is dumb)

Amy Conchie

Philip Roth is definitely never writing another book again. Really. Please stop asking. In an interview with Cynthia Haven on January 3rd, Roth said, “you better believe me, because I… Read more »

Rare piece of Jane Austen’s handwriting discovered

Nick Davies

A book recently purchased by the Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton, England, was discovered to have a treasure beyond the book itself, which was a first edition of The… Read more »

Melville House Books

February 5, 2014

Why has Amazon’s growth slowed in the UK?

Zeljka Marosevic