After a decade of litigation, a judge has ruled that the publisher of a bestselling Holocaust memoir, Misha: A Memoire of the Holocaust Years, by Misha Defonseca, which turned out… 4 / Read more »
In a story that claims “subterfuge, jealousy and dirty tricks in the world of literature,” London’s Daily Mail reports that the reader’s reviews section on Amazon — which “offers supposedly… 4 / Read more »
Literature’s newest Nobelist, Mario Vargas Llosa, has admitted that he censored his 1963 novel The City and the Dogs and other early work for publication in Spain “after being invited… Read more »
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, 15-year-old news site Salon.com is seriously “exploring opportunities to merge with or be acquired by another media company.” The site has… Read more »
More and more, we find ourselves in awe of the quality, depth and variety of places on the internet talking about books. Thus, we’ve decided to take a year-end look… Read more »
Remember Amazon’s Kindle Singles? (You might recall that MobyLives had some fun with the idea earlier this fall.) Upon its announcement it seemed like a contrived way to anticipate and corner… Read more »