The final word at the Times? “Amazon hurts America,” says Paul Krugman
The rising criticism of Amazon.com growing out of its dispute with Hachette ratcheted up significantly this morning when Paul Krugman attacked Amazon in his New York Times column, saying, “Amazon.com, the giant online retailer, has too… Read more »
British legal case so weird that pithy headline is impossible
Books and legal issues have converged in some odd ways over the last few weeks. First there was Arizona’s controversial revenge porn law, which was opposed by booksellers and librarians,… Read more »
Fake Scholastic Swindler suspect arrested, revealing a tale of pizza and woe
You may remember when we reported on the fake Scholastic textbook scam, in which schools received phony invoices from “Scholastic School Supply LLC” for books they hadn’t actually purchased. The Daily… Read more »
Finnish parliament to consider crowdsourced copyright law…. sike!
Oh haha, Finland. You almost had us convinced you were serious about hearing your citizens’ ideas on copyright. When you announced your Citizen’s Initiative Act, where any proposed bill that… Read more »
Why flight attendants want our eyes on them and them only
A year ago, the Federal Aviation Administration allowed passengers to start using portable electronic devices during takeoff and landing. Hooray! everybody cried. But last Friday, the Association of Flight Attendants sued the FAA for… Read more »
Harper’s runs “PBS Self-Destructs,” and PBS pulls ads
Democratic Massachusetts senator Ed Markey once said, “The problem is that once the debate on PBS begins, then Big Bird shows up and says, ‘Why are you trying to kill… Read more »
Vivienne Westwood accused of plagiarism in her memoir
The grand dame of punk fashion and designer of Pharrell’s hat, Dame Vivienne Westwood, is facing accusations of plagiarism. Adam Sherwin reports for the Independent that a writer is alleging… Read more »
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