December 08, 2014 » MobyLives! Archives

Last week, Amazon unveiled its own line of diapers called Amazon Elements, which, according to Time, “sets the online retailer up as a competitor with its suppliers,” and according to… 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

British prison book ban overturned

Liam O'Brien

Controversial restrictions placed by the UK’s Ministry of Jusice on packages sent to prisoners, which effectively banned the receipt of books, have been lifted. The Guardian reports that the restriction, which was… Read more »

Inside the Periodical Room and Map Division at the New York Public Library

Claire Kelley

Correction: An earlier version of this post indicated that Ken Weine’s answer to my question was that the books removed from the historic stacks would be returned in two years.… Read more »

The Art of the Novella challenge 6: Fanfarlo

Jonathan Gibbs

Title: Fanfarlo Author: Charles Baudelaire First published: 1847, in Bulletin de la Société de Gens des Lettres Page count: 61 First line: Samuel Cramer, who authored some of his Romantic… Read more »

Amazon has a monopoly on India’s conservative president’s new book

Nick Davies

The president of India, Pranab Mukherjee, has written a book that’s due to come out this week, about Indira Gandhi’s reign as prime minister. But, in a move that Kim… Read more »

Melville House Books

December 8, 2014

Amazon gets into the diaper business; Melville House gets into the toilet paper business

Mark Krotov