September 04, 2014 » MobyLives! Archives

On Monday, Knopf announced the forthcoming publication of The Strange Library, a new book by Haruki Murakami. The 96-page novel will be released in December, only three and a half… Read more »

Authors

Salman Rushdie, Ian Rankin and Joanne Harris amongst those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list — Nikki Griffiths
Joanne Harris suggests some "parents, largely fathers" perceive reading as "girly" — Tom Clayton
Waterstones appeal aims to raise £1m for Ukraine disaster fund — Tom Clayton
Returning an ebook after reading: is Amazon's return policy damaging to authors and publishers? — Nikki Griffiths

Amazon is having problems in India because it doesn’t want to pay taxes

Alex Shephard

Earlier this summer, Amazon announced that it would be investing $2 billion to expand its operations in India—that announcement unsurprisingly came hours after FlipKart, widely considered to be the “Indian… Read more »

Maryland teacher suspended for writing sci-fi, or maybe not

Liam O’Brien

In this unfolding story, involving school shootings and possible first amendment infringement (two things which are certain to provoke no controversy or crosstalk whatsoever), a few things are certain: Patrick… Read more »

Homer Simpson is Thomas Pynchon’s role model

Alex Shephard

Though not known for making public appearances, Thomas Pynchon is not necessarily reclusive—he lives in New York City, not New Hampshire, after all. In 2004, the author made not one… Read more »

Melville House Books

September 4, 2014

Publishers scramble for their own “Murakami One-Two”

Mark Krotov

Amazon is having problems in India because it doesn’t want to pay taxes

Alex Shephard

Maryland teacher suspended for writing sci-fi, or maybe not

Liam O’Brien

Homer Simpson is Thomas Pynchon’s role model

Alex Shephard