Haunting Herman
Obviously, we here at Melville House consider the work of our namesake Herman Melville haunting. But a group of people in upstate New York find Melville’s actual house haunted. The… Read more »
Dennis Johnson
Dennis Johnson is the founder of MobyLives, and the co-founder and co-publisher of Melville House.
Back to the other storm that rocked the book industry: Analysts weigh in on the Penguin Random House deal
Coming out the storm — thankfully intact — it’s clear it’s still a hot topic under close consideration elsewhere in the book world.… Read more »
Breaking news — It’s official: Random House and Penguin announce agreement to merge
Now the largest consumer book publisher in the world… Read more »
Murdoch tries to “scupper” Random House deal for Penguin, starts bidding war
One of the UK’s most despised media moguls is making a move for one of the UK’s most beloved media properties: Rupert Murdoch has made an offer to buy Penguin.… Read more »
Your tax dollars at work: Say hello to the world’s biggest-ever publisher, Random Penguins
The news that the world’s two largest publishers, Random House and Penguin, are in talks about a merger should not have come as a surprise. It’s been rumored for months… Read more »
Calls grow for an investigation of Amazon’s role in the DOJ lawsuit
Not that they ever seem to care about this sort of thing — hell, you wouldn’t either, if you had the Department of Justice in your pocket — but there… Read more »
SLIDE SHOW: When writers attack … other writers
Wordsmiths, obviously, should know how to sting other writers. But some have proven especially good at it. Herewith, the ten historic barbs we think the most notable and the story… 1 / Read more »
“One of the biggest screw-ups in the history of book retail”?
A recent Simba Information report (subscription required) “posits that the decrease in the number of bookstores that we saw in 2011 did not lead to a corresponding growth in ebook… 1 / Read more »
Sales up, earnings down: Same old same old in Amazon’s latest quarterly report
Amazon announced its quarterly numbers yesterday, and it was an old story, best repeated by David Streitfeld in a report for the New York Times: Leaping revenue, little profit. That… Read more »
Schumer breaks ranks with Obama to condemn DOJ lawsuit
There’s been a development in the case of the Department of Justice versus the book industry, and it’s a doozie: Charles Schumer, the senior senator from New York and —… Read more »