July 24, 2014

Once upon a time, you could expect one sentence in nearly every article published about Amazon: “An Amazon spokesman declined to comment.” As of this writing, a Google search for… 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

13 books longlisted for the Booker Prize not written by Donna Tartt

Mark Krotov

1. To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, by Joshua Ferris 2. The Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Richard Flanagan 3. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen… Read more »

You blinked and St. Mark’s Bookshop reopened

Kirsten Reach

Surely you did not miss the long, drawn-out negotiations between St. Mark’s Bookshop and Cooper Union. Pleas to save the shop papered the streets, and peppered social media feeds for the… Read more »

Shakespeare & Company stages outdoor Macbeth production in Paris

There’s something magical about Shakespeare & Company in Paris—perhaps it has to do with the bookshop’s esteemed lineage. Originally Sylvia Beach’s shop at a different location on rue de l’Odeon,… Read more »

Working on your novel? Tell that to artist Cory Arcangel

Benjamin Sandman

A friend says, “I’m working on my novel.” First, you’re impressed: you think, Wow, a novel! Then comes resentment. Why, you think, is he bragging about it? What does he… Read more »

Melville House Books

Amazon wants Hachette to stop “using its authors as human shields”

Alex Shephard