Amazon has hired Jay Carney; Melville House to hire ex-Bush Administration officials
Yesterday, “legendary hoarder” and newsletterman Mike Allen reported that former White House press secretary Jay Carney will join Amazon next week. Carney’s new title is “senior vice president for Worldwide… Read more »
Can Washington, DC handle more than one superagent? A new literary agency will find out
If you’re a regular reader of MobyLives, the name Robert Barnett should ring a bell. And if it doesn’t, here are some other names that will perhaps sound more familiar:… Read more »
Vanity Fair profiles the “most famous independent bookstore in the world”
In an “age of Amazon,” writes Bruce Handy in the November issue of Vanity Fair, Shakespeare and Company, the legendary bookshop in Paris is a “destination” with lines out the… Read more »