May 12, 2014

The Everything-But-Hachette Store: Amazon stops shipping books to leverage more money out of Hachette

Late Thursday night, the New York Times’ David Streitfeld reported that Amazon had been raising prices and delaying shipments of books published by Hachette, which controls over a third of the U.S.… 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

Giovanni’s Room—the nation’s oldest gay bookstore—could have been saved

Dustin Kurtz

Philadelphia’s beloved Giovanni’s Room has announced its closure later this month, but that comes as a surprise to the group that have been in talks to purchase the bookstore since… Read more »

Mills & Boon “turns storytelling on its head,” keeps all the same characters

Sal Robinson

Just a few days after the announcement that its parent company, Harlequin, had been bought up by HarperCollins comes word of a new venture from one of Harlequin’s UK imprints, Mills… Read more »

Damian Lewis set to play Henry VIII in Mantel adaptation

Nick Davies

Hilary Mantel’s award-winning series of novels about Thomas Cromwell are getting the big adaptation treatment from the BBC, and as of last week, they’ve found their royal actor: Damian Lewis,… Read more »

Two new ‘Princess Diaries’ books to come

Emma Aylor

Good news for Meg Cabot lovers, or for myself in the sixth grade: Cabot is at work on two new Princess Diaries books after a five-year hiatus from the series. The… Read more »

Melville House Books