April 30, 2013

According to Cory Doctorow, publishers shouldn’t just be fighting with Amazon over DRM and ebook pricing, but also over data. Specifically, the myriad of information that online booksellers collect about… Read more »

Amazon

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

South Korean bookseller sets new standard for rock-bottom ebook prices

Jay McNair

The U.S. isn’t the only place where corporations are dropping ebook prices below levels the industry can support. South Korea’s largest bookstore, Kyobo (not to be confused with Canada’s lovely Kobo),… Read more »

Cataloging Guantanamo: inside the detention camp’s library

Alex Shephard

Although Barack Obama came into office promising to shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, both that promise and the prison itself have largely and unfortunately been ignored by both… Read more »

Beastie Boys to write a “multidimensional” memoir

Nick Davies

No sleep till Book-lyn! If you haven’t heard the news that inspired that dreadful pun (for which I do not apologize; the worse the pun, the more I revel in… Read more »

Becks in Paris: the footballer
as philosopher king

Sal Robinson

David Beckham hasn’t done much for Paris Saint-Germain during his short stint with the team, but he has had a profound effect on one academic. Namely, one man, Andy Martin, a professor… Read more »

Melville House Books

Who should get the data from your book purchase?

Ariel Bogle