April 05, 2018 » MobyLives! Archives

As any New Yorker surely knows, the great indie booksellers at McNally Jackson opened up a new shop in Williamsburg earlier this year. Manager Sam MacLaughlin very graciously took a few… Read more »

Independent Booksellers

News and interviews from the wild, wild world of independent bookselling.

"Old Books Discussed"—ancient article animates attention — Mike Lindgren
Shelf Wars: Ashley Tisdale buys 400 books to 'style' her home and Twitter explodes — Nikki Griffiths
End of an era: Waterstones to extend high street domination after acquiring bookshop chain Blackwell's — Nikki Griffiths
UK's largest independent book chain Blackwell's up for sale after 143 years — Nikki Griffiths

The Carnegie Library was warned about the security of its books, not too long before its books were stolen

Susan Rella

It’s becoming clearer why the spokesperson for the Carnegie Library has been sort of tight-lipped about the whole stolen-books thing. As we reported just two weeks ago, the Oliver Room at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Library—where most… Read more »

Cameos in works of fiction: Novel idea or novelty?

Michael Barron

Hey so like, you may have heard that more actors are publishing novels these days. Maybe some of you read Sean Penn’s Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff. In fact, maybe… Read more »

This week in rappers whose names do or do not describe them accurately: Novelist

Ian Dreiblatt

It is a known fact that rappers sometimes go by monikers that simply describe who they are, as human beings, accurately. For example, the GZA, the Genius, truly is a genius. Young MC is—or… Read more »

Melville House Books

April 5, 2018

“Holy shit! A BOOKSTORE?!?!”: An interview with McNally Jackson’s Sam MacLaughlin

Taylor Sperry