We received the following letter: Dear Melville House, I come to you with a heavy, litigious heart. Some weeks ago I was sent an advance copy of Sophia, a so-called… Read more »

Click here to listen to what Alex listened to while writing this piece. If you want to hear what Liam listened to, put on Metal Machine Music.  Alex: Hi Liam! We’re writing… Read more »

Visit Melville House’s booth #805-806 at the Brooklyn Book Festival, this Sunday, 9/21 from 10:00 to 6:00, to encounter the following: 1. Books for sale, at shockingly good prices 2. Our staff… Read more »

Normally, we scoff at book awards. They’re silly in concept (who’s to say what constitutes the best novel?) and corrupt in delivery (big house judges picking big house books) but,… Read more »

News that the DOJ had approved the merger of Random House and Penguin yesterday was easy to miss… Read more »

All of these lists follow from a certain laziness on the part of editors and critics… Read more »

Obviously, we here at Melville House consider the work of our namesake Herman Melville haunting. But a group of people in upstate New York find Melville’s actual house haunted. The… Read more »

Publishers Johnny Temple of Akashic and Melville House’s own Dennis Johnson were interviewed by C-Span’s Book TV at the industry convention Book Expo America two weeks ago in New York… 1 / Read more »

MobyLives isn’t all that goes on at 145 Plymouth Street, DUMBO; there’s also that little thing of publishing books. The Economist recently came to interview Melville House co-founder and co-publisher Dennis Johnson. Talking… Read more »

Patrick B. Pexton, the ombudsman for The Washington Post, wrote an intriguing article for the Post wondering if “there’s just a bit too much innovation, too fast.” While acknowledging that “innovation is… Read more »