July 11, 2014

In a time when Amazon discounting has become so steep, hardly anyone is buying a book for the cover price, should the U.S. consider combating Amazon with fixed book prices?… 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

Beloved children’s author Allan Ahlberg rejects Amazon-sponsored award

Zeljka Marosevic

The children’s author Allan Ahlberg responsible for beloved (and possibly the most English-sounding) children’s books The Jolly Postman, Burglar Bill and Each Peach Pear Plum has shown that we can continue… Read more »

Libraries offer alternatives to our culture of surveillance

Claire Kelley

Melissa Morrone, a librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library, helps patrons navigate the internet safely and securely every day. In an essay for Waging Nonviolence, she describes how digital information… Read more »

Singapore library withdraws and pulps LGBT-friendly children’s books

Julia Fleischaker

Another front in the war on tolerance has been established. Singapore’s National Library Board followed up on a controversial decision to remove three insufficiently “pro-family” books from their shelves, by… Read more »

“Take two ‘Ulysses’ and call me in the morning”: translating Joyce for health and pleasure

Sal Robinson

Our past investigations on this blog into the singular world of translators who’ve embarked on books by James Joyce have indicated that translating Joyce is not good for your health… Read more »

Melville House Books

Are the French right? Should we fix book prices in America?

Kirsten Reach