Amazon paying up in Arizona
Dan O'Connor
Last year the Arizona state Department of Revenue demanded $53 million in unpaid sales taxes… Read more »
An old trick: when you need money, say you’re broke
Kelly Burdick
A new paper in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking by researchers from Indiana University and Columbia suggests that asking people to pay for content when it used to be free —… Read more »
Why the Random Penguin merger could be good for indie publishers
Claire Kelley
The news that Penguin and Random House will merge into one large frankenpublisher sent shockwaves through the book industry as the frankenstorm lashed the northeast. The move is motivated by… Read more »
When poetry and politics converge, Part II
Melville House Interns
Last week, we spoke of when poetry and politics converge, and now we give you a brief sampling of how the poetry blogs have been responding to the state of… Read more »
Vietnamese songwriters jailed
Ellie Robins
There were more freedom-of-speech violations this week in Vietnam. On Tuesday two songwriters were sent to prison for a combined total of ten years for writing songs critical of the… Read more »
