Independent bookstores take on Amazon
Over the past few weeks, we’ve written quite a bit about the fight between Amazon and Hachette. If you’ve been living under a rock for the past month, here’s the… Read more »
New Hatchards at St Pancras
Lisa Campbell reports at The Bookseller that Waterstones is about to open a Hatchards store at St Pancras station in London. The space is about 2,000 square feet, will boast… Read more »
It’s extremely difficult for prisoners to get books. These nonprofits are here to help.
Though it seems like it’s pretty easy to go to jail—there are more than two million incarcerated persons in the United States alone—one thing that has had a tough time… Read more »
Bill Watterson’s secret return to the funny pages
Bill Watterson, the prolific comic strip author of Calvin and Hobbes, has remained notoriously reclusive since ending his popular comic strip in 1995. Last week, though, he made a secret,… Read more »
NYRB v. CIA
The CIA better watch its back—at least in the Twittersphere. As The Guardian reports, the government agency’s inaugural tweet—which, inexplicably, was met with giddy admiration by the mainstream media—inspired The… Read more »
