Did Houghton Mifflin Harcourt bribe the corrupt former head of Chicago Public Schools?
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 »
Grace period is over, Illinois’s collecting taxes on Amazon purchases
Sure, there’s a giant blizzard on the East Coast today, blah, blah, blah. But in much more exciting news, guess what’s hitting the Midwest next week? More sales tax! Amazon… Read more »
Chicago to get a bookstore for foodies
This spring, Chicago will get a food-themed bookstore, Claire Kirch reports for Publishers Weekly. Offering cookbooks as well as a wide range of other food-related titles, the new store is… Read more »
Want to learn to play the ukulele? You can check one out of the library in Chicago or Portland
Highland Park Library in Chicago has a new ukelele collection, and patrons can use their library card to check out an instrument with accompanying material to learn how to play.… Read more »
Chicago proclaims its Independent Bookstore Day a smash success
Over the weekend, Chicago held its first Independent Bookstore Day throughout the city, after—as Claire Kirch describes it in Publishers Weekly—not much more than a month of planning. By all accounts,… Read more »
Henry Winkler visits Chicago schools for book talks
Actor Henry Winkler spent his Valentine’s Day visiting Chicago-area schools to read from his popular children’s books and talk about literacy, Stephanie K. Baer reports for the Chicago Tribune. Along… Read more »
Where will the future Obama Library be built?
A foundation has been set up to find the home of the future Obama Presidential Library, led by Obama’s Chicago friend Marty Nesbitt, his 2008 National Finance Director Kevin Poorman, and former… Read more »
New Era Windows Cooperative moves forward as former CEO is sentenced to jail
Five years ago this month, workers at Republic Windows and Doors factory on Goose Island in Chicago learned that they would be losing their jobs without notice or pay. Instead… Read more »
Melville House at the American Library Association Conference in Chicago
From Austrian writer Wolf Haas’s reading for the LIVE @ your library stage, to the Independent Crime Fiction from Independent Publishers panel at the Pop Top stage, to great conversations… Read more »
Chicago’s oldest used bookstore to close and relocate
The Hyde Park neighborhood in the South Side of Chicago is mourning the announced closing of the city’s oldest used bookstore. O’Gara and Wilson Antiquarian Booksellers traces its history back to… Read more »