February 05, 2016 » MobyLives! Archives

The experimental publisher Visual Editions has teamed up with Google to launch ‘Editions at Play’, a digital bookstore “for books that cannot be printed.” The first titles, which have been… Read more »

Arts & Culture

Salman Rushdie, Ian Rankin and Joanne Harris amongst those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list — Nikki Griffiths
Lost Charlotte Brontë manuscript sold for $1.25 million — Nikki Griffiths
Waterstones appeal aims to raise £1m for Ukraine disaster fund — Tom Clayton
The Big Jubilee Read: 70 books are selected to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 70 year reign — Nikki Griffiths

“I read nonfiction for information, fiction for truth”: Michael M. Thomas on Fixers

Michael M. Thomas

Last week, in celebration of the publication of his novel Fixers, Michael M. Thomas gave a reading at PowerHouse Arena. Here is an abridged version of his opening remarks. The main… Read more »

Support for Ursula K. Le Guin documentary blasts past Kickstarter goal into a region of space where other worlds are possible

Chad Felix

Science-Fiction and fantasy author Ursula K. Le Guin is pretty great. For example, when, in January, armed occupiers took over a national wildlife refuge in Oregon, she sent a strongly-worded… Read more »

Washington, D.C. to get a new indie bookstore in Capitol Hill

Julia Fleischaker

Residents of Washington, D.C., a city seemingly in the midst of an independent bookselling renaissance, will soon have one more store to look forward to browsing. Larry Janezich reported the… Read more »

Melville House Books

February 5, 2016

Google and Visual Editions launch Editions at Play

Zeljka Marosevic