July 17, 2015

Have you ever reached the end of a book and wished for something more? Then you know how many British readers felt this week as they approached the final moments… 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

Ted Cruz cracks the NYT bestseller list after complaining of partisan bias

Julia Fleischaker

As we wrote about earlier this week, Ted Cruz, Republican presidential candidate and author of the coloring book Cruz to the Future, smelled a conspiracy when his new book, A… Read more »

‘Go Set A Watchman’ breaks sales records, probably makes Dan Brown cry

On Tuesday, amid controversy and excitement, Harper Lee’s Go Set A Watchman was released to the world. From bookshops to grocery stores in mid-Missouri, it seems that Watchman is available pretty much everywhere.It turns… Read more »

Nuclear agreement with Iran no signifier of poetic agreement with Iran

Andrew Karpan

During the lip-biting anxiety (in certain circles, at least) of the negotiations that preceded the final nuclear deal with Tehran earlier this week, a number of news sources caught on… Read more »

Melville House Books

Some copies of British edition of “Go Set a Watchman” have no ending, due to printing error

Kirsten Reach

Ted Cruz cracks the NYT bestseller list after complaining of partisan bias

Julia Fleischaker

‘Go Set A Watchman’ breaks sales records, probably makes Dan Brown cry

Bradley Babendir

Nuclear agreement with Iran no signifier of poetic agreement with Iran

Andrew Karpan