November 02, 2015 » MobyLives! Archives

Welcome back, friends, to the case that never ends (until it does): Last week, Nate Raymond at Reuters reported that Apple has petitioned the Supreme Court to consider the case of Apple Inc. v.… Read more »

Amazon

A Forbes contributor has suggested replacing libraries with Amazon bookstores — Michael Seidlinger
Congressman Keith Ellison asks Amazon why they’re still selling Nazi merchandise — Stephanie DeLuca
Workers in Spain, Poland, and Germany strike against Amazon’s brutal labor practices on Prime Day — Simon Reichley
Amazon is selling Nazi books for kids and not doing much to remove them — Stephanie DeLuca

When is an Amazon employee not an Amazon employee? On payday, says a new lawsuit

Mark Krotov

Last week, Amazon, a company not unfamiliar with litigation, was hit with a new lawsuit. The case, Taree Truong et al. v. Amazon.com et al, was filed by four former… Read more »

Amazon mega-reviewer Harriet Klausner ends her run

Kait Howard

When the news of Amazon book reviewer Harriet Klausner’s death on October 15 began circulating online, book publicists across New York City realized they’d no longer be getting regular phone calls from… Read more »

What Would Leopold Bloom Do? Ask him yourself in our new advice column

Josh Cook

Complex and confusing, filled with words you don’t know and people you don’t understand, life is even more difficult to navigate than Ulysses. But luckily, we have Ulysses to help… Read more »

While Moby’s been away:
A link roundup

Melville House

It’s been awhile. We’ve been away unleashing a bunch of incredible books (check out our Fall Books Preview), dueling it out on Twitter (ahem), transitioning into our autumnal wear, and… Read more »

Melville House Books

November 2, 2015

Apple generously offers government one last chance to do the right thing

Liam O’Brien