July 01, 2015 » MobyLives! Archives

Yesterday, a Federal Appeals Court located in New York City delivered a 2-1 decision upholding Judge Denise Cote’s verdict that Apple committed antitrust violations by conspiring to fix ebook prices… Read more »

The DOJ's publishers lawsuit

MobyLives’ coverage of the DOJ lawsuit

Leading booksellers and authors' groups join together to file pro-Apple petition with Supreme Court — Simon Reichley
Apple generously offers government one last chance to do the right thing — Liam O'Brien
Apple's appeal: Hey, did anyone in the government notice that Amazon owned 90% of the ebook market? — Kirsten Reach
What's the real story behind the Amazon-S&S deal? — Dennis Johnson

The Art of the Novella challenge 31: The Poor Clare

Jonathan Gibbs

Title: The Poor Clare Author: Elizabeth Gaskell First published: 1856 Page count: 92 First line: December 12th, 1747. – My life has been strangely bound up with extraordinary incidents, some… Read more »

Media continues to ignore TV host and author Bill O’Reilly, says Bill O’Reilly on his TV show

Julia Fleischaker

In a move that Erik Wemple at the Washington Post rightly notes “combined chest-beating self-congratulation with chest-beating self-promotion of the sort only possible on a show with no adult supervision,”… Read more »

House where Fitzgerald wrote “The Great Gatsby” is for sale

Kirsten Reach

The word “house” appears in The Great Gatsby 95 times, and the house where F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the first three chapters of this book is currently for sale. It’s a… Read more »

Berkeley’s Revolution Books relocating with help from crowd-funding

Nick Davies

Revolution Books, an institution in Berkeley, CA, is looking to move to a new location, and are hoping a crowd-funding campaign on Indiegogo will help them make the transition. Emily… Read more »

Melville House Books

July 1, 2015

Apple loses antitrust appeal

Alex Shephard