June 20, 2014

There are many people who would like to see a bunch of publishers locked up in jail: failed writers, pissed-off agents, booksellers with back-ache and of course, Jeff Bezos. You can’t… 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

Unpublished Pablo Neruda poems discovered in Chile

Kirsten Reach

Researchers have discovered twenty unpublished poems among Pablo Neruda’s papers. The Spanish publisher says (an unbiased proclamation, I’m sure) that this is “the greatest discovery in Spanish letters in recent… Read more »

Penguin Design Award winners announced

Christopher King

While we await the results of the most recent 50 Books/50 Covers design contest in the US, another competition has concluded in the UK. Now in its seventh year, The Penguin… Read more »

Martin Scorsese documentary stars Bob Silvers and the New York Review of Books

Claire Kelley

A Martin Scorsese documentary starring Bob Silvers and the New York Review of Books was screened at the Sheffield Documentary Festival earlier this month, and will be coming to the… Read more »

Bertelsmann To Shut Down German Book Club Division

Benjamin Sandman

If you live in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland, and, by some chance, belong to Bertelsmann’s book club, I’ve got some bad news: from now on, you’ll have to buy your… Read more »

Melville House Books

Lock up the publishers!

Zeljka Marosevic