May 09, 2014 » MobyLives! Archives

Sony is slipping out of the ereading market. Readers in the UK, Germany, Austria, and Australia will find their Sony accounts switching over to the Kobo bookstore on June 16.… 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

Kew Bookshop: under threat, but there’s hope yet

Zeljka Marosevic

The independent bookshop Kew Bookshop in West London is under threat because the building’s landlords want to demolish the building that houses it. The bookshop is currently located in a… Read more »

World’s Best Dad arrested while protesting his daughter’s “triple-X-rated” reading assignment

Julia Fleischaker

A father in Gilford, NH was arrested for disorderly conduct at a school board meeting, while protesting the sexual content in Jodi Picoult’s Nineteen Minutes, which had been assigned to… Read more »

The final frontier of book-making: Elisabeth Tonnard’s “Invisible Book”

As the market for physical books shrinks and shifts, writers, publishers, and assorted others have been experimenting with the possibilities of the form. How about die-cutting your way through it?… Read more »

“Burn bras not books”: topless book club is back on the streets, in all its glory

Martin Rouse

Loyal readers know that MobyLives has quite the penchant for nudity. Recent examples include a nude French book cover, a nude French children’s book, and nude French booksellers protesting censorship… Read more »

Melville House Books

May 9, 2014

Sony readers move to Kobo in the UK, Germany, Austria, and Australia

Kirsten Reach