January 13, 2017

The protest of Simon and Schuster’s decision to publish Dangerous, a book by hate speech monger Milo Yiannopoulos, seems to be growing, as does protest over the way industry biggies… Read more »

Authors

Salman Rushdie, Ian Rankin and Joanne Harris amongst those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list — Nikki Griffiths
Joanne Harris suggests some "parents, largely fathers" perceive reading as "girly" — Tom Clayton
Waterstones appeal aims to raise £1m for Ukraine disaster fund — Tom Clayton
Returning an ebook after reading: is Amazon's return policy damaging to authors and publishers? — Nikki Griffiths

Barnes & Nobles sold 1.6 million books via annual holiday drive

Kait Howard

Barnes & Noble may have seen a precipitous drop in sales over the holiday season, but at least one of their target numbers is up. On Tuesday, the country’s largest… Read more »

When the news becomes comedy, only comedians can write the news

Having exhausted the condition of tragedy, history appears to be repeating itself as farce, much as a certain icon of post-90s Chinese hip-hop (and the subject of an exciting coming-soon biopic) predicted it… Read more »

Some stuff not to be miserable about

Melville House

Well, you survived another week. We all did. And we’re all to be congratulated, frankly, as the prospect of about 208 far less survivable weeks lurks just over the horizon. Here… Read more »

Melville House Books

Publishing during wartime, part III: Protest of S&S and “gaslighting” is growing

Dennis Johnson

Barnes & Nobles sold 1.6 million books via annual holiday drive

Kait Howard

When the news becomes comedy, only comedians can write the news

Ian Dreiblatt

Some stuff not to be miserable about

Melville House