July 21, 2014

Oh, look, you still have both eyes! That means you didn’t stab them out yesterday when the phrase “Netflix for books” was used another hundred thousand times, this time describing… Read more »

Amazon

A Canadian publisher finds surprise success with handmade “high-end promotional protest literature,” Against Amazon — Simon Reichley
What does DC’s Amazon store have that Politics and Prose doesn’t? Not much worth mentioning. — Ryan Harrington
“Single Women Fiction” is a bullshit genre that exists on Amazon — Stephanie DeLuca
The Reckoning: Amazon stops development of its “Block 18” project in downtown Seattle, as the city mulls a new tax — Simon Reichley

Gay landmark Giovanni’s Room to reopen

Nick Davies

Back in May, we reported on the sad news of the closing of Giovanni’s Room—the oldest LGBT bookstore in America—and the frustrating revelation that it could have been saved. The… Read more »

Stats for books: Next Big Book to crunch data, produce depressing graphs

It came for baseball, elections, and now it’s coming for us. Data-crunching, the darling of the past couple of years (along with its strange, slightly patronizing nephew, “explanatory journalism”), has… Read more »

Photos reveal the majestic beauty of Cincinnati’s former main public library

Claire Kelley

The photographs of Cincinnati’s former main public library branch, which was built in 1874 and demolished in 1955, make me feel the same way that I do when I look… Read more »

Melville House Books

The Big Five haven’t signed on — so where did Amazon get 600,000 books?

Kirsten Reach

Gay landmark Giovanni’s Room to reopen

Nick Davies

Stats for books: Next Big Book to crunch data, produce depressing graphs

Sal Robinson

Photos reveal the majestic beauty of Cincinnati’s former main public library

Claire Kelley