December 08, 2015 » MobyLives! Archives

We recently wrote about how Sandy Hook truthers use Amazon reviews to harass an author and mother of one of the victims, and how this is due to lax review screening standards on Amazon’s… Read more »

Amazon

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
Amazon shows New Jersey a thing or two about traffic — Liam O'Brien
Dangdang.com to open 1,000 bookstores in China — Chad Felix

Novelist Michel Faber throws the book—his—at British P.M. David Cameron

Taylor Sperry

In “a satirical gesture, just to let off some impotent steam,” author Michel Faber has sent a gratis copy of his latest (and, he says, his final) novel, The Book… Read more »

“A time full of hope has been replaced by a time of fear”: Svetlana Alexievich delivers Nobel Lecture in Literature

Yesterday, Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich delivered the annual Nobel Lecture in Literature, at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. Past lectures have provided fascinating windows into prizewinners’ life and work, and… Read more »

Scottish publisher fights charges it used public funding to publish a book praising ruling political party

Chad Felix

Glasgow-based publisher Freight Books is facing criticism for allegedly using public arts funding from Creative Scotland to publish a laudatory book about members of the ruling Scottish National Party parliament. The book in… Read more »

Excerpt: Sophia, by Michael Bible

Melville House

Michael Bible’s Sophia—on sale today—is a kind of Southern Dream Song, or a gonzo Speedboat, that tells the story of the unholy Reverend Maloney and his best friend, a chess… Read more »

Melville House Books

December 8, 2015

Book spotted in San Bernardino shooting suspects’ home inspires Amazon review battle

Liam O'Brien