June 12, 2014

Over the past several months—no one’s exactly sure how long—Amazon and Hachette have been playing chicken with each other while negotiating a new contract. Of course, “playing chicken” isn’t an… 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

Amazon Anonymous campaigners take to Amazon to demand the Living Wage

Zeljka Marosevic

A group of campaigners fighting to get the Living Wage for Amazon employees have come up with an ingenious way of getting Amazon’s attention. Amazon Anonymous, a group campaigning on… Read more »

The Ivy League gets with the program: Jennifer Crewe named first female director of an Ivy university press

Sal Robinson

The Ivy League is known for many things: academic excellence, of course, but also less admirable features such as seafoam-green chinos, early morning crew practice, and far, far too many… Read more »

Can BookReels be the MTV of book trailers?

Martin Rouse

When speaking with Publishers Weekly about his new website BookReels, screenwriter-director Dan Rosen was unabashedly direct—and hip—about what he hopes it will be. He insisted that, “What MTV did for… Read more »

James Franco’s perpetual James Franco-ness manifests itself in the form of a new story

Bradley Babendir

James Franco, who has starred in critically acclaimed films like This is the End, Spider-Man 2, and Your Highness has made another foray into (probably-maybe) fiction this year, with his… Read more »

Melville House Books

Amazon is now fighting a three-front war against Hachette, Bonnier, and Warner Home Video

Alex Shephard