November 05, 2015 » MobyLives! Archives

Another week, another alleged fraudster siphoning huge sums of ill-gotten cash out of the book business. At this point, MobyLives readers may be experiencing deja vu—and that’s perfectly understandable. But for all… Read more »

Big publishing

Is Bill Gates the new Oprah? (No, of course not.) — Ena Brdjanovic
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover — Kait Howard
Castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga denies eating his companion — Taylor Sperry
Crowdsourced Taylor Swift book announced, latest in a grand publishing tradition — Liam O'Brien

Author accuses 60 Minutes of stealing idea from his book

Julia Fleischaker

You’d be hard-pressed to find a publicist who hasn’t watched or listened to a news story with the sinking knowledge that they had pitched the same story to the same… Read more »

Carrie Brownstein: musician, writer, actress … minister?

Taylor Sperry

Earlier this year, we made what we thought was a foolproof, ironclad argument against having author Q&As at the end of literary readings: these events are often held on or shortly after… Read more »

Could Donald Trump make publishing great again?

Simon Reichley

I don’t go to too many book signings. This is because they are boring. Mostly, you just stand in line, wait for a brief encounter with a person who will… Read more »

Melville House Books

November 5, 2015

Did Houghton Mifflin Harcourt bribe the corrupt former head of Chicago Public Schools?

Liam O'Brien