June 24, 2015

After Charleston, Amazon joins Wal-Mart, Sears, eBay and others in taking Confederate flag off the market

After the fatal shooting of nine black people at Emmanuel African Methodist Church in Charleston, SC, last week, Amazon announced on Tuesday that it will join Wal-Mart, Sears, Target, eBay,… 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

Advanced Advance Reading Copies

Zeljka Marosevic

The season of big books won’t be upon us until the Autumn, so this is the season of most anticipated books, a time where we move through the present but… Read more »

Multi-racial character will officially take over as Spider-Man this fall

Nick Davies

Major comic book publishers DC and Marvel have been slowly introducing more diversity into their titles in recent years. While there’s still a long way to go, the current iteration… Read more »

Yale’s Rare Books Library acquires Chipotle cups

Julia Fleischaker

Can cups be books? Can anything sold by Chipotle really be considered rare? The Rare Books Library at Yale University thinks the answer to both questions is yes, as it… Read more »

Marvel enters the race for the next Great American Coloring Book For Adults

Andrew Karpan

The Long Book! The Short Book! But what of the coloring book? Over here at Moby Lives!, we’ve been affording due coverage to the skyrocketing trend of these newfangled “grown-up… Read more »

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