At this point, Amazon and Germany’s back-and-forth is becoming the stuff of legend. Remember that time Amazon’s warehouse workers in Germany went on strike, then did it again, and again, and again?… Read more »

Oregon had two new stories to celebrate today. The non-cannabis one is in an unassuming piece in the Willamette Week that describes the moment when indie bookselling almost signed its own death… Read more »

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt — the company that publishes Philip Roth, Jonathan Safran Foer, J.R.R. Tolkien, all the Curious George books, and provides a false front for books from Amazon.com, published… 1 / Read more »

It is reminiscent of the early stages of negotiating a professional sports bargaining agreement. That is to say everyone is smiling and reminding each other of their assets and how… Read more »

Add Virginia to the growing list of states where, finally, Amazon.com has been forced to abide by the law and collect sales taxes. “In a victory for traditional brick-and-mortar retailers,… 1 / Read more »

Let me get this out of the way: I told you so.  Late yesterday, in a dramatic statement from its Chief Merchandising Officer, Jaime Carey — why it wasn’t the CEO, I… 2 / Read more »

Nancy Pearl, the reigning “Librarian of the Year” and widely acknowledged champion of all things library science, has done the unthinkable: partner with Amazon. BusinessWire reports: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)… 6 / Read more »

While Amazon.com raised an across-the-board furor before the holiday with its offer of a $15 bribe to people to conduct surveillance on brick-and-mortar retailers (see our earlier reports here and… Read more »