May 07, 2013 » MobyLives! Archives

When they announced last year that they would go DRM-free, Pan Macmillian’s science fiction imprint Tor/Forge took a stand against a feature of most ebooks that customers hate but that… Read more »

Publishing

Footballer Marcus Rashford's mum accepts Book of the Year award on his behalf — Tom Clayton
Oxford University Press pull Biff & Chip book over "scary" country pages — Tom Clayton
Book Aid For Ukraine auctions off publishing goodies raising relief funds — Nikki Griffiths
Fantasy author raises $25 million on Kickstarter to self-publish 4 new novels — Nikki Griffiths

B&N shoots self in foot, bellows at consumers “Are you happy now?”

Dustin Kurtz

Barnes & Noble made two announcements this week sure to delight everyone invested in the Nook—with the exception of those who have actually invested in the Nook. B&N has discounted… Read more »

New York taxi drivers read their poetry at PEN World Voices Festival

It’s not surprising that cab drivers would meet a wide variety of saucy characters over the course of their careers, and overhear or participate in countless conversations with strangers that… Read more »

Finally, a self-published bestseller worth reading: @Seinfeld2000’s The Apple Store

Alex Shephard

Self-published books are typically pretty terrible and books adapted from Twitter accounts have, historically, been entirely terrible. But last month the person (or people) behind “@Seinfeld2000″ released their debut novel, The Apple Store and it is, astonishingly, both hilarious… Read more »

Bourbon and beasts: Hunter S. Thompson & Ralph Steadman at The Kentucky Derby

Kirsten Reach

Kentucky Derby weekend (and the hangover that punctuates its end) marks the anniversary of the first collaboration between Hunter S. Thompson and illustrator Ralph Steadman. In “The Kentucky Derby is… Read more »

Melville House Books

May 7, 2013

Losing DRM hasn’t hurt Tor’s profits

Ariel Bogle