April 28, 2014

Poor Amazon.com. For two decades—aka the entirety of the company’s existence—critics like me have pointed out the hard-to-believe fact that it’s never posted an annual profit. Granted, for a lot… Read more »

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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

New ComiXology app cuts Apple out of the profits

Sal Robinson

You wonder sometimes why the CEOs of newly acquired businesses bother making statements about how nothing will change, why there isn’t at least some consumer trust to be gained by… Read more »

Sorry, internet, but there’s no problem with asserting copyright over translations of Marx

Dustin Kurtz

A radical British publisher is enforcing their copyright over the Collected Works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The internet commentariat, predictably, finds this unjust and ironic. It’s neither. Sorry, internet, but… Read more »

Gay Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina makes the Time 100

Nick Davies

In January, Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina came out as gay, following the passage of a wave of anti-gay laws in Africa. Having grown up in a country where homosexuality is… Read more »

Visit the library! It’s like getting a two-thousand dollar raise

Claire Kelley

A study by the UK’s Department for Culture, Media & Sport has found that frequent library use is valued at about two thousand dollars (£1,359 to be exact) per person… Read more »

Melville House Books

Wall Street finally says maybe Amazon should, you know, make some money

Dennis Johnson