May 05, 2016 » MobyLives! Archives

We first reported on Inkitt and its goals—namely, eliminating gatekeepers (read: human editors) from publishing, thus liberating literature from the shackles of a stodgy industry and its grumpy denizens, and… Read more »

Publishing

Poet's prize prompts pettiness: rights plight cited — Mike Lindgren
Mega-press Penguin Random House Simon & Schuster is not great — Alyea Canada
Bye-Bye BEA: Big Book Bonanza Bails, No Replacement Seen — Mike Lindgren
Royal Society of Literature unveils new diversity plan — Alyea Canada

Colombian book fair looks to expand beyond the legacy of Marquéz

Simon Reichley

Monday marked the end of the nearly two week long celebration of the international and Colombian literature that is the Bogota Book Fair (FILBo). Since 1987, The Feria del libro has… Read more »

Coloring outside the lines: Because adult doesn’t have to mean boring…

Nikki Griffiths

Adult coloring books have been a massive phenomenon over the last few years, causing grown-ups to reach for their crayons and carefully color with a vengeance, all in the name… Read more »

Summer Books Preview: The Queue, by Basma Abdel Aziz

Melville House

Basma Abdel Aziz’ novel The Queue goes on sale May 24th. In an unnamed city, an authoritarian organization known as “the Gate” has just quashed a popular uprising and is now requiring its… Read more »

Melville House Books

May 5, 2016

This algorithm kills publishers (not really though)

Chad Felix