September 30, 2014

Authors United already boasts over 1,000 authors, but the group isn’t resting on its laurels and it isn’t done growing. Two weeks after writing a powerful open letter to Amazon’s… 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

Amazon expands warehouses, should anticipate more problems in the U.S. and Eastern Europe

Kirsten Reach

Scott Wingo, CEO of Channel Advisor, has been investigating the spread of Amazon Fulfillment Centers on his blog. He noticed he was getting next-day shipments even when he hadn’t requested… Read more »

David Cronenberg becomes novelist; other directors decide to pull a Cronenberg

Mark Krotov

Decades from now, you’ll probably be asked where you were the day David Cronenberg’s debut novel was published. Naturally, there will only be one right answer to this question: “reading… Read more »

Royal Shakespeare Company’s Wolf Hall headed to Broadway

Nick Davies

No longer content merely to perform William Shakespeare’s history plays about the Lancastrian and Tudor kings, the Royal Shakespeare Company started performing stage adaptations of Hilary Mantel’s historical novels, Wolf… Read more »

Williamsburg dive bar is home to mostly-secret writer’s workshop/literary social club/email list

Rachel Smitley

Walk into a dive bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on any given Sunday and I bet you aren’t expecting to find a group of men and women, from all walks of… Read more »

Melville House Books

Andrew Wylie is backing Authors United. Here’s why that matters

Alex Shephard