October 30, 2013

Beginning this Friday, Massachusetts will join 13 other states in collecting their fair share of sales tax from Amazon. Taryn Luna writes for the Boston Globe about the final step in… Read more »

Amazon

Amazon slashing orders to publishers just in time for the holidays — Athena Bryan
A complaint describing a children’s book on potty training as "filth" helps it become a bestseller — Nikki Griffiths
“The fact that you can see the words doesn't make it a book,” argues Audible's lawyer — Athena Bryan
African American online bookstore cuts ties with Amazon — Athena Bryan

This week in 1913: Rilke wants a divorce, King Otto is declared insane, and “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is coined

Melville House

Just before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century’s most exciting year . . . It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt in his car factory, and the… Read more »

Penguin Random House acquires Figment

Figment, a site for teenager writers with 300,000 members, was acquired by Penguin Random House yesterday. (Remember when Penguin released Book Country and Pearson bought Author Solutions last year?) Figment’s… Read more »

Scott Rudin buys film rights to a book before the book rights are sold

Julia Fleischaker

Scott Rudin continues to buy film rights to all of the books, even when they aren’t books yet. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Scott Rudin has bought film rights to… Read more »

Boston creates the first literary cultural district in the country

Nick Davies

Downtown Boston is set to become the US’s very first literary cultural district, Beth Teitell writes for the Boston Globe. It’s not 100% certain exactly what that will entail, or what… Read more »

Melville House Books

Buy these important items on Amazon before it’s too late

Dustin Kurtz