April 09, 2015 » MobyLives! Archives

The Director of London’s British Museum, Neil MacGregor is to step down from his job at the end of this year. MacGregor has been at the helm of the institution… 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

Oyster is selling ebooks now. But is it targeting Amazon?

Alex Shephard

Since launching in the fall of 2013, the ebook subscription app Oyster has set out to create a f”comprehensive e-reading environment.” The company has grown significantly in its eighteen month… Read more »

Things that I, a first timer at AWP, have experienced in my first 6 hours

Liam O'Brien

1) The running of the beards 2) A chorus of “hey, it’s super adorable here” in perfect harmony 3) Paul Westerberg saying “you know nothing of my work” 4) The… Read more »

Princeton acquires the library of Jacques Derrida

Taylor Sperry

On the heels of this winter’s record-breaking donation to their rare books collection, Princeton has just announced that they’re adding Jacques Derrida’s library (nearly 14,000 books and other papers) to… Read more »

Artisanal pencil store opens in Manhattan

Adly Elewa

According to Gothamist there is a new artisanal pencil shop now open on the Lower East Side. Of course there would be. I never cease to be amazed at the lengths people go to find things… Read more »

Melville House Books

April 9, 2015

The book that changed a museum

Zeljka Marosevic