A bunch of people who bought an insane weight loss book might get federally-mandated refunds
In scary news for American authors of bullshit diet and wellness books, (not to be confused with Australian authors of bullshit diet and wellness books) a federal judge has tentatively… Read more »
This week in dangerous children’s books, at home and abroad
Another day, another stack of children’s books that are actually socially dangerous tools of the insidious Gay-Muslim-Liberal conspiracy to inculcate the innocent minds of young readers with perverse concepts. Depressed yet? You will be!… Read more »
Some copies of British edition of “Go Set a Watchman” have no ending, due to printing error
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 »
$2 million is missing from the Toronto Public Library, but does anybody care?
We’ve all done it. We patronize our local library, we bring our books home, set them on the shelf or in a pile, and make a good-hearted attempt to read… Read more »
You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can’t review your friends’ books on Amazon
A few weeks ago, author Imy Santiago bought a book, wrote an Amazon review, and found it wouldn’t post to Amazon. Weird, right? An automated note from Amazon, which you… Read more »
Who’s going to see the Goosebumps movie with me?
Yesterday, the New York Stock Exchange, The Wall Street Journal, and United Airlines all went on the fritz at roughly the same time. But there was an even more important… Read more »
Melville House at the American Library Association Conference in San Francisco
Melville House Publisher Dennis Johnson and Director of Library & Academic Marketing Claire Kelley attended the American Library Association Annual Conference from June 26-29 in San Francisco at the Moscone… Read more »
Calling girls without dragon tattoos: Hachette Australia would like to have your back
It was only a matter of time, wasn’t it, before someone would think this was a good marketing idea: Hachette Australia is looking for a woman to “donate” her back… Read more »
If you could mail a book to 2,000 teens, which book would it be?
I’m a pretty standard news consumer, in that I love reading stories about things that are familiar and relatable to me, particularly in a professional sense. And if it’s a… Read more »
Malta Tourism Authority to American thriller writers: set your books in Malta!
Can a small European country increase its touristic appeal by encouraging three American thriller writers to use it as a setting for their books? As The Awl’s Alex Balk likes… Read more »