January 10, 2017

In yet another heart-rending sign of HOW THE LEFT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BLOW THE WAR AGAINST TRUMP, many of the publishing industry’s leading trade organizations including the Authors Guild,… Read more »

Big publishing

It's a busy season for the Justice Department seeking forfeitures from ex-government authors — Ryan Harrington
Obama memoir might land right after election — Ryan Harrington
New book about Joe Biden slated to publish week before presidential election — Ryan Harrington
A Gatsby sequel in the Nick of time — Ryan Harrington

A presidential reading list, care of Powell’s

Taylor Sperry

Months ago, during a more innocent time, we wrote (here and here) about how Donald Trump “isn’t much of a reader.” Now, the good people at Powell’s Books in Portland,… Read more »

Print book sales up for the third year running

Chad Felix

At last, some good news. Over at Publishers Weekly, Jonathan Segura has reported that print book sales, for the third year in a row now, were up in 2016 —… Read more »

An update on Amazon’s quest to become the ultimate power in the universe

Ian Dreiblatt

Last summer, we reported that Amazon, a wretched hive of scum and villainy operating under the leadership of vaguely reptilian CEO Jeff Bezos, had set its sights on Manhattan as a likely future… Read more »

On sale now: Glaxo by Hernán Ronsino

Melville House

This week, we’re excited to be publishing Glaxo, the first book to appear in English from Argentina’s Hernán Ronsino. Set over a quarter century in the Argentine pampa, it’s a story of… Read more »

Melville House Books

Publishing during wartime, part II

Dennis Johnson