October 16, 2017

As consumers may have noticed, this spring Amazon made a change to the way it lists new books for sale. In particular, the company began letting third-party booksellers list books… Read more »

Amazon

Amazon employees plan strike for Prime Day — Ryan Harrington
Do soaring audiobook sales mean the physical book's days are numbered? — Nikki Griffiths
Bored Christians petition wrong company to cancel Good Omens adaptation — Alex Primiani
New Yorkers protest Amazon providing ICE with tech — Liv Lansdale

What’s in a name? If the name is “Weinstein,” a whole lot of fleeing revenue

Susan Rella

In a development surprising literally none people, Weinstein Books is officially shitcanned. Hachette Book Group announced in a statement last week that Harvey and Bob Weinstein’s eponymous imprint was terminated… Read more »

Far-right violence has been reported at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair

Ian Dreiblatt

Several incidences of far-right violence have been reported at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, which concluded at the end of last week, leading at least two people to seek medical… Read more »

Long Day’s Journey into being 129 Years Old

Melville House

Today marks the 129th anniversary of the birth of playwright and Nobel laureate Eugene O’Neill, one of the most gifted people in history at pairing a set of haunted eyes… Read more »

Melville House Books

Amazon, third-party booksellers, and the ethics of knowingly screwing people over

Peter Clark