September 16, 2014

Amazon’s perverse definition of “customer service for books” has turned into new, previously uncharted territory; they’re doing away with the “paying” part of shopping and just letting you just have stuff… Read more »

Amazon

Dave Eggers’ new hardcover will be available in indie bookstores only — Bryn Goldstein
"BoxedOut" campaign to warn customers of costs of shopping on Amazon this season — Ryan Harrington
What are the other options for those who think GoodReads “sucks” and is “just shy of unbearable”? — Athena Bryan
California and Washington enter Amazon investigation — Andy Dion

“Little lamb, who crowd-funded thee?” The ongoing saga of William Blake’s cottage

Kirsten Reach

We mentioned last year that William Blake’s Sussex cottage was for sale for the first time since 1928. This week there’s a crowd-funding campaign in the works to raise the £520,000… Read more »

Authors United sets its sights on Amazon’s board

Alex Shephard

Authors United is back. One month after publishing an open letter calling on Amazon to end its dispute with Hachette, the group, which is led by author Douglas Preston, has written… Read more »

Poem in support of British union up for sale

Nick Davies

As Scotland prepares to vote on a referendum on breaking off from the United Kingdom to become an independent country, a poem that champions the case for union between England… Read more »

Artist Kevin Weir creates creepy GIFs from vintage photos found in the Library of Congress

Rachel Smitley

The lately beloved, but actually very old Graphics Interchange Format — aka GIFs, for the less tech savvy — is taking on a new and fairly creepy shape. Artist Kevin Weir’s… Read more »

Melville House Books

Amazon is just straight up letting people steal audiobooks now

Liam O’Brien