September 25, 2014

I: A Tale of Two Letters Over the past several months, Authors United, a group of over 1,000 writers led by Douglas Preston has emerged as a leading critic of… 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

Arizona Booksellers and Librarians Sue State over Revenge Porn Law

Mark Krotov

As a rule, state legislators tend to devote their efforts to issues that are not always of the foremost public urgency—issues like how to maximally enrich state legislators. But every… Read more »

UMass Libraries acquires the archives of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, relatively few bad puns are made

The University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries announced a major acquisition earlier this week: the archives of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML. This represented a… Read more »

David Mitchell (not that one, the other one) eloquently compares Amazon to malaria, pimps

Liam O'Brien

I have no problem with David Mitchell (the novelist). I even saw the Cloud Atlas movie twice for some laughable reason. But I have much more love for David Mitchell… Read more »

Sub Pop was into haiku before it was cool, and they have the book to prove it

Julia Fleischaker

Perhaps following the lead of Jack White, the venerated record label Sub Pop has decided that music is great and all, but what it really wants is a piece of… Read more »

Melville House Books

What Amazon can’t do: on Authors United, Hachette, and self-publishing

Alex Shephard