May 26, 2015 » MobyLives! Archives

Amazon has stopped exploiting loopholes, started paying increased taxes in the U.K., Germany, Italy, and Spain

Last year, we reported on Amazon UK’s Christopher North, who defended—with great vigor—his employer’s decision to funnel its sales through Luxembourg—and thus avoid paying anything close to the tax rate… Read more »

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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

Negotiations between Amazon and Penguin Random House UK are getting tense

Alex Shephard

Last year during BEA, the ongoing, increasingly bitter dispute between Amazon and Hachette was the talk of the conference—that is, when people had time to talk between stuffing suitcases and… Read more »

Two For Tuesday: What time is it? BEA time!

Mark Krotov & Alex Shephard

Topics discussed: BEA, BookCon, ReedPop, Tom Jones, the title of this post refers to BEA but we don’t get to it until something like word 1,500, oh well, live with… Read more »

Scalzi signs 13 $261K deals at once

Kirsten Reach

John Scalzi, sci-fi author and blogger, made headlines yesterday for his $3.4 million dollar deal. The deal is not for one, but thirteen books, with Tor that will play out… Read more »

Agatha Christie’s forgotten memoir

Nick Davies

In addition to writing more than 60 mystery novels, Agatha Christie also once wrote a travel memoir about the time she spent in the Middle East, traveling with her archaeologist… Read more »