June 05, 2014 » MobyLives! Archives

This has been a fine, fine couple of weeks for translation. First, there was BookExpo America in New York last week, which dedicated all of Wednesday to translation as part… Read more »

Translation

Protesting sexism, comic book artists pull out of running for Angoulême Grand Prix — Liam O'Brien
Chinese translation of Indian poet draws criticism from state and scholars alike — Chad Felix
Siren İdemen wins inaugural Talât Sait Halman Translation Prize — Chad Felix
Lost Pablo Neruda poems---found and crowdfunded — Chad Felix

John Green thinks Amazon is a bully; The New York Times editorial board thinks it should back off

Alex Shephard

Earlier this week, we wrote that Amazon had lost Malcolm Gladwell over its nasty fight with the bestselling author’s publisher, Hachette. Over the past few days, Amazon has gained two… Read more »

5 other Melville House authors that ought to be on US currency

US currency is decidedly unliterary compared to its international counterparts: no Jane Austen, air-brushed or not; no Alice Munro, weighing down your pocket on a $5 coin; no Gabriela Mistral… Read more »

Crunching the numbers: does gender matter in book advances?

Julia Fleischaker

Jane Friedman at Scratch Magazine wondered whether there was a gender disparity in book advances, and decided to crunch some numbers. Using data from Publishers Marketplace, Friedman narrowed her study… Read more »

Who says books can’t change the world? 400-year-old pirate feud solved by bestseller in Japan

Amy Conchie

How long do you think you could feasibly hold a grudge? It doesn’t matter, because I can guarantee that this group of Japanese pirates have you beaten. In 1576 (that’s… Read more »

Melville House Books

June 5, 2014

Moving the needle in the world of translation: BEA, LBF, and “The Translator Writes Back”

Sal Robinson