February 20, 2013

Alarming reports of seasonal workers being harassed and intimidated… Read more »

Returning an ebook after reading: is Amazon's return policy damaging to authors and publishers? — Nikki Griffiths
Dave Eggers’ new hardcover will be available in indie bookstores only — Bryn Goldstein
"BoxedOut" campaign to warn customers of costs of shopping on Amazon this season — Ryan Harrington
What are the other options for those who think GoodReads “sucks” and is “just shy of unbearable”? — Athena Bryan

Hilary Mantel’s portrait of Kate Middleton

Kirsten Reach

Hilary Mantel’s “Royal Bodies” in the London Review of Books discusses Kate Middleton, the Dutchess of Cambridge, and this passage about the recent portrait sticks out particularly: In her first… Read more »

Exhuming Pablo Neruda: Was he murdered?

Sal Robinson

This has been quite a year for exhumations: Richard III in the parking lot, Hilary Mantel’s Costa- and Booker-sweeping Bring Up the Bodies … and coming soon, Pablo Neruda. As… Read more »

End of an era: Canada’s beloved Nicholas Hoare bookstore to close

Nick Davies

There’s some sad news from our friends to the north, as one of Canada’s indie bookstores announced this week that it would be closing down for good. Bookseller Nicholas Hoare… Read more »

Melville House Books

Amazon warehouses working-condition complaints are nothing new

Claire Kelley