September 12, 2014

The New York Times Book Review is one of the last two stand-alone book review sections in the country, or the very last (depending on what you think about the… Read more »

Arts & Culture

Pagey mallard: Ducks, Newburyport scoops Goldsmiths Prize — Tom Clayton
BBC announces refreshingly contemporary "100 Novels That Shaped Our World" — Tom Clayton
Boss Trump, or, Capitalism Gone Wild — Curtis White
Scaring is caring: are frightening fairytales good for kids? — Tom Clayton

Amazon moves to Shoreditch

Zeljka Marosevic

So Amazon is moving to Shoreditch. Not just moving, but expanding into the area, almost “trebling its head office workforce to 5,000”, the Bookseller reports. We reported in May last… Read more »

WSJ editorial: “Amazon loves government”

Kirsten Reach

The Wall Street Journal ran a concise editorial this week titled, “Amazon loves government,” arguing that Amazon is not choosing lower prices for the consumer’s benefit, but to drive out… Read more »

Philadelphia Free Library receives a 25-million-dollar grant to modernize and renovate

The Philadelphia Free Library has received the largest grant in the library’s year 120-year history from the William Penn Foundation, which is “dedicated to improving the quality of life in… Read more »

What’s inside a book cover? More than just pages

Jacob Karpathian

For those of you hapless enough to have missed The Morgan Library’s exhibition From Gatsby to Garb that ended this weekend, it was a doozy. The exhibition pulled a selection of… Read more »

Melville House Books

18 New New York Times Bestseller Lists That Will Change The Way You Think About Bestseller Lists

Mark Krotov & Alex Shephard