Slavoj Žižek calls Tavis Smiley “The Big One”
If you’re interested in hearing the brilliant, sometimes-contentious Slovenian philosopher and Melville House author Slavoj Žižek discuss political correctness, the 2008 financial crisis, and what he sees as one of Malcolm X’s… Read more »
Israel’s book-pricing law, one year out
When we first reported on the growing tensions in Israel between publishers, retailers, and authors, it was 2012. The two national bookstore chains, the older Steimatzky and the brash young Tzomet Sfarim, were in… Read more »
Two for Tuesday: the publishers are anxious!
An exciting new series from MobyLives. … Read more »
Israel-omitting Middle East atlas to be pulped
A subsidiary of HarperCollins omitted Israel from its atlas last week, causing an international outcry. This is strong evidence that mapmaking is a political act, one perhaps better left to… Read more »
How have fixed book prices affected Mexican bookselling?
It’s been five years since the Mexican senate voted to fix book prices, but in a recent speech, Marcelo Uribe, director of the publishing house Ediciones Era and vice-president of… Read more »
Vast library of books confiscated from Palestinians resides in basement of Israeli National Library
An Agence France Presse story speaks to the lasting meaning of print books. According to the story, Israel confiscated all the books they could find in private Palestinian homes in… Read more »
Interview with Alex Epstein about Israeli book-pricing
There have been major debates over book-pricing in Israel lately, as recently covered in a MobyLives report. And this week brought some news: a bill that would limit discounting and… Read more »
Say you’re the Israeli captain of a Dolphin-class nuclear submarine cruising the Red Sea and you learn that Iran (or, to make things more complicated, an agent acting in Iran’s… 5 / Read more »