September 19, 2014

Visit Melville House’s booth #805-806 at the Brooklyn Book Festival, this Sunday, 9/21 from 10:00 to 6:00, to encounter the following: 1. Books for sale, at shockingly good prices 2. Our staff… 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

Brooklyn Public Library announces branch sale to developer; Citizens Defending Libraries launches investigation

Claire Kelley

Brooklyn Public Library’s unanimous vote on Tuesday to approve a 52 million dollar sale of the Brooklyn Heights Branch to developer Hudson Companies was met with outrage from Citizens Defending Libraries, the… Read more »

Literary Editor Mark Amory retires from The Spectator, but will he be replaced? (UPDATE: He has been replaced.)

Zeljka Marosevic

UPDATE: Sam Leith has just been named literary editor of The Spectator. Mark Amory, the literary editor of The Spectator magazine, has announced his retirement. In a farewell letter printed in the paper… Read more »

The latest hit Kickstarter self-publishing project is … a graphic standards manual?

Christopher King

When Massimo Vignelli died this spring at the age of 83, the design community lost a legend. Eulogies and remembrances poured out from every corner, as obituaries noted his rigidly… Read more »

Lord of the Flies manuscript being loaned to University of Exeter

Julia Fleischaker

Next week, on the 60th anniversary of the publication of William Golding’s classic Lord of the Flies, the author’s archives, including the handwritten manuscript of his most famous novel, will… Read more »

Melville House Books

20 things you may encounter in the Melville House booth at the Brooklyn Book Festival

Liam O’Brien