May 23, 2017

Dear Amazon, Hi. Listen, I need to ask you something. Now before you get all defensive, this isn’t about the whole buy-button thing (which, by the way, c’mon guys, that… Read more »

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Returning an ebook after reading: is Amazon's return policy damaging to authors and publishers? — Nikki Griffiths
Dave Eggers’ new hardcover will be available in indie bookstores only — Bryn Goldstein
"BoxedOut" campaign to warn customers of costs of shopping on Amazon this season — Ryan Harrington
California and Washington enter Amazon investigation — Andy Dion

McDonald’s is giving away books, but maybe hold your applause

Taylor Sperry

Last year, fast food chain restaurant McDonald’s ran a two-week campaign that included books rather than toys in their signature children’s Happy Meals. We worried about parent pandering; we worried about… Read more »

Twenty-seven years later, Laura Palmer reads aloud from her Secret Diary

Chad Felix

Twin Peaks, David Lynch’s genius exploration of American violence, weirdness, wisdom, entertainment, and character, is back, twenty-seven years after its television debut on ABC in 1990. The reboot, entitled Twin Peaks:… Read more »

Slow, steady, with excellent taste in books: all hail the noble turtle

Melville House

At long last, the big day is upon us! For weeks, your home has been festooned with streamers, your heart pitter-pattering, you’ve barely been able to hold a thought in your… Read more »

Melville House Books

Dear Amazon, What’s with all the bananas?

Ian Dreiblatt