April 17, 2014

Amazon is offering warehouse employees a cash buyout to leave, according to USA TODAY. This being Amazon, the offer is composed of a bland and unappetizing dollar amount wrapped in a jagged,… 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

Once more into the breach, dear friends: Apple’s next antitrust trial begins July 14

Alex Shephard

U.S. v. Apple is the trial that never ends. It goes on and on, my friends. Well, not U.S. v. Apple exactly—Apple is still waiting on an appeal of the… Read more »

“Clean teen” is a dirty word

Zeljka Marosevic

Yesterday Bloomsbury Children’s Books, one of the leading publishers of children’s fiction (whose authors include JK Rowling, Neil Gaiman and Benjamin Zephaniah), announced a new global strand of publishing: clean… Read more »

A conversation with a community bookseller

Claire Kelley

John Scioli has been in the book business for over forty years. “It started with my ex-wife when we founded the Community Bookstore on 7th Avenue in Park Slope in… Read more »

This week in robot takeover: they got our news media

Martin Rouse

Run for the hills! Ah! Robots are taking over everything! Just kidding—we like robots these days. But, it never hurts to remind them that we know what they’re up to.… Read more »

Melville House Books

Amazon offers an employee buyout with a side of condescension

Dustin Kurtz