February 06, 2015 » MobyLives! Archives

Last week, we used the case of self-described asshole Tucker Max’s shift into bro-entrepreneurialism to ask an important question: what purpose do books serve? The answer, according to Max’s enterprise,… 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

Coke draws the line at making Mein Kampf happy

Julia Fleischaker

Coca-Cola’s entry into the Super Bowl ad wars, #MakeItHappy, may have been a display of “courage and optimism,” if you believe The Verge, but mostly it was an invtiation to… Read more »

Morgan Entrekin launches Lithub.com

Kirsten Reach

The next Bookish is here. Well, something between Bookish and the Paris Review Daily. As a Wall Street Journal report details, Grove Atlantic has created a new website for critical… Read more »

50 Shades-mania is coming to a strip mall near you

Adly Elewa

Toy and movie tie-ins are a well-worn tradition, not to mention famously super lucrative. I heard George Lucas took a tiny salary to retain all merchandising rights on Star Wars. 35 years later… Read more »

Melville House Books

February 6, 2015

Gun stored in book reveals exciting new use for books: gun storage containers

Mark Krotov