February 10, 2015

Alex: Hi Mark! I hope you’re doing well. This is normally the time when we make small talk, but we have a lot to get to this week. I understand… Read more »

Arts & Culture

Protesting sexism, comic book artists pull out of running for Angoulême Grand Prix — Liam O'Brien
Barnes & Noble takes penultimate step to exiting Queens — Liam O'Brien
Fifth employee connected to Hong Kong bookstore goes missing — Liam O'Brien
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover — Kait Howard

The person missing from the Folio Prize announcement: Lord Gavron

Kirsten Reach

One person was missing from yesterday’s Folio Prize announcement, and it wasn’t a snubbed author. Saturday, just before the shortlist announcement, the owner and chairman of the Folio Society passed away. Lord Gavron was 84 and… Read more »

Our official Winter Institute checklist

Liam O'Brien

Right now Melville House is at the ABA Winter Institute for the very first time! It’s a big deal to attend such a major bookselling/publishing event, and we’re collectively stoked to… Read more »

An interview with the editor of The Improbable, where independent booksellers review books from independent publishers

Taylor Sperry

In January, L.A.’s Siglio Press launched The Improbable, “a highly curated, monthly collection of short reviews written by booksellers for booksellers about unusual and wondrous books that live at the… Read more »

Casino honoring Wizard of Oz author draws controversy

Nick Davies

A Native American tribe in Chittenango, NY has come up with what Michael Schaub rightly describes in the Los Angeles Times as “an obvious idea”—a casino dedicated to the town’s… Read more »

Melville House Books

Two for Tuesday: Is Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman a new book?

Mark Krotov & Alex Shephard