March 21, 2014

In February, the Commissioner of Competition in Canada told Kobo it had forty days to abandon the agency model. Those forty days were supposed to expire on Wednesday… but on… 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

774 words you can’t say on a Mongolian website

Julia Fleischaker

Here at MobyLives, our position is clear. Censorship is wrong. But, can it also be completely hilarious? Judging by the list of 774 words that the Mongolian government has deemed… Read more »

Books make great gifts, but don’t underestimate the greed of readers

Zeljka Marosevic

Books make great gifts. Relatively cheap, easy to wrap, covering subjects to suit the most boring or interesting of recipients, they really are the gift that keeps on giving. Or… Read more »

Twitter Fiction Festival: how technology is changing the face of fiction

The conclusion of the third annual Twitter Fiction Festival last week left a small legacy of interesting and innovative experiments in ergodic literature, and a greater sense that fiction is… Read more »

Librarian Q&A: Santa Barbara Public Library

Claire Kelley

The Santa Barbara Public Library is located in a city where the average annual rainfall is only about 15 inches per year, and the temperature never seems to fall out… Read more »

Melville House Books

Kobo prepares to challenge ebook case

Kirsten Reach