November 20, 2014

A former Amazon employee is escalating his ongoing protest of the company. Kivin Varghese plans to go on a hunger strike beginning next week, as reported on Geekwire. Varghese has… Read more »

Amazon

Returning an ebook after reading: is Amazon's return policy damaging to authors and publishers? — Nikki Griffiths
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
California and Washington enter Amazon investigation — Andy Dion

The Art of the Novella Challenge 4: The Duel (Kleist)

Jonathan Gibbs

Title: The Duel Author: Heinrich von Kleist First published: 1810, in book form, seemingly collected with other stories in Erzählungen Page count: 51 First line: Toward the end of the… Read more »

Jonathan Safran Foer’s quasi-novel inspires Olafur Eliasson, Wayne McGregor, and Jamie xx’s non-quasi-ballet

Let’s begin with two remarks by visual artist, soil salinizer, and hip-hop star Olafur Eliasson. First, his endorsement of Jonathan Safran Foer’s non-novel Tree of Codes: Jonathan Safran Foer, [sic, because… Read more »

New font helps make reading easier for dyslexics

Julia Fleischaker

A Dutch designer named Christian Boer has developed a new typeface designed to make reading easier for dyslexics. As opposed to traditional fonts, which, their website points out, are based… Read more »

Ex Libris is Latin for “hands off!” A history of the bookplate

Sal Robinson

Remember the bookplate? If you were even a vaguely bookish child, you were probably given a personalized bookplate by an aunt at some point. Perhaps it had a cat on… Read more »

Melville House Books

Former Amazon employee planning hunger strike to protest unethical labor practices

Liam O’Brien