Class action launched against alleged ripoff publisher, PublishAmerica PublishAmerica, they of the tagline “we treat our authors the old fashioned way — we pay them”, is accused of not paying their authors, amongst other things, in a new… Read more »
Studying up for a life of crime When the Royal Canadian Mounted Police recently busted a drug ring in Calgary, Alberta, they found among the cash, weapons and drugs, an autographed copy of a book about money… Read more »
Indie booksellers echo B&N’s charges against the DOJ and Amazon Just days after Barnes & Noble voiced its opposition to the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Apple, Macmillan and Penguin and the harsh terms of the settlement with Hachette, Simon &… 1 / Read more »
The joy of the series Give me an ambitious publishing project or give me…nothing else, really. The recent announcement that The Overlook Press will be publishing at least—at least!—125 works of classic and contemporary Russian… Read more »
LeBron James: A new champion of reading In case you, like me, missed this news: there’s a new champion for reading in the shape of basketball star LeBron James. USA Today reported that he’s been devouring books… Read more »
RIP: Rodney King Just weeks after publishing a memoir called The Riot Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption, Rodney King, famous for being beaten savagely by a group of Los Angeles policeman,… Read more »
Winston Churchill gets digitized Are we too busy to read Ulysses? Bad book cover art The Huffington Post’s rapid build-out Margaret Atwood is not available for blurbing Talking with Richard… Read more »