July 14, 2014

In the wake of the New York Times’ two-part report by Declan Hill and Jeré Longman on match-fixing in soccer and last week’s news, announced on the blog Retraction Watch, about 60 articles… Read more »

Education

East London charity celebrates 7000th book bike delivery — Tom Clayton
Oxford University Press pull Biff & Chip book over "scary" country pages — Tom Clayton
"Wot, No Books?" Milton Keynes library saved after protesters check out its entire stock — Tom Clayton
Little Toller and Bluemoose unite to aid Ukraine — Tom Clayton

Amazon sticks tongue out at French government, will charge one cent for shipping

Bradley Babendir

Just a couple weeks ago, the French Parliament passed a law making the combination of a 5% discount and free shipping illegal. The legislation was an attempt to stifle Amazon’s… Read more »

Independent Irish publishing house de Selby Press launches in Paris

Claire Kelley

Two booksellers at Shakespeare & Company in Paris have announced the launch of de Selby Press, an independent publishing venture that is currently fundraising to publish its first project. The… Read more »

Hipster Batgirl reboot to feature fixed gear bikes, pour-over coffee, bands you’ve never heard of

Nick Davies

DC Comics character Batgirl will be getting a fresh new look in October, Alex Zalben wrote in an exclusive for MTV last week. Gail Simone, who’s written the Batgirl books… Read more »

Melville House Books

What’s juicier, soccer match-fixing rings or scholarly peer review rings?

Sal Robinson