June 19, 2014

Amazon seeks a “dramatic shift” in terms with suppliers (like Hachette), unveils new small business-destroying phone

Amazon and Hachette have both been quiet about their months-long contract dispute, but on Tuesday—the day before Amazon unveiled its new smartphone, Steve Jobs-style—The Future Book’s Philip Jones published an illuminating… 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

South Carolina forces two public universities to “balance” gay-themed reading assignments with the study of “American ideals”

Julia Fleischaker

In a totally not ironic move, the South Carolina state legislature has voted to punish two public universities for assigning gay-themed literature, by forcing them to use the money they’ve… Read more »

Join the Navy, read The Lord of the Rings at the bottom of the sea

Sal Robinson

Sounds great, right? You, Frodo, Gandalf, and a hundred-and-forty seamen who really, really don’t want to take your “Which LOTR character are you?” quiz again? But they may not have… Read more »

Jeanette Winterson went on a bunny-killing rampage, and I love it

Martin Rouse

Jeanette Winterson has been many things in her lifetime: the award-winning author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, an officer of The Order of the British Empire, and a… Read more »

NYPL reading room to remain closed for six months

Bradley Babendir

In late May, a piece of plaster tumbled down from the ceiling of the New York Public Library’s famous, if somewhat superfluously named, Deborah, Jonathan F.P., Samuel Priest, and Adam… Read more »

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