March 19, 2014

In the middle of a cold, dark week, is there any greater gift than a new interview with Andrew Wylie? The man is tougher, more concise, and more quotable than… 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

Judge rules in Julie of the Wolves digital rights case

Nick Davies

A New York judge made a ruling this week in a dispute between HarperCollins and digital publisher Open Road, over the e-book rights to Jean Craighead George’s Newbery Award-winning novel… Read more »

Diet book author and pitchman gets 10 years in prison

Julia Fleischaker

Kevin Trudeau, TV pitchman, dedicated and persistent con man, and author of The Weight Loss Cure ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About, Natural Cures ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know… Read more »

Let Books Be Books: UK group asks children’s publishers to stop gender marketing

Sadie Mason-Smith

Recently, the impact of children’s reading habits on their self-image has received a great deal of attention. Yesterday, we discussed two pieces in the New York Times, in which Walter… Read more »

Poet Hugo Williams seeks kidney donor

Zeljka Marosevic

A campaign is under way to find a new kidney for the T.S. Eliot Prize-winning poet, Hugo Williams. Williams, who has published numerous poetry collections over a long career, has… Read more »

Melville House Books

Andrew Wylie advises you “pick the plague!” over Amazon

Kirsten Reach