April 25, 2018

There are a depressing many ways to evaluate gender inequality in the publishing industry. You could look at salaries. You could look at women’s safety in the workplace. You could… Read more »

Women

Another no-show for small publishers as the Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist is announced — Nikki Griffiths
Happy Women's Month! 5 great reads by women, about women — Amelia Stymacks
Derogatory dictionary debated; Brits bashed for bigotry — Mike Lindgren
Gritty Nancy Drew update goes ahead and just kills off Nancy Drew — Athena Bryan

Amazon doesn’t care what you think of Comey’s book unless you bought it on Amazon

Alex Primiani

Head to Amazon and you might assume James Comey’s A Higher Loyalty is totally worth the hype. 4.9 stars outta 5?! When do you see that!? But there might be more behind… Read more »

Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson will release a book of essays this fall

Excellent tidings for those persons of taste and refinement who’ve been breathlessly awaiting the final season of Broad City: Abbi Jacobson, who plays Val Abbi on the show, has a book of essays forthcoming this… Read more »

Today in gorgeously harmonious anti-Amazon music: Death to the Kindle by the Bookshop Band

Melville House

In Scotland, there’s a magical village called Wigtown, loaded with bookshops. And one of those bookshops—the largest used bookstore in Scotland, which bears the matter-of-fact name The Bookshop—is run by a guy named Shaun Bythell.… Read more »

Melville House Books

Books written by women are cheaper than books written by men, a study finds

Ryan Harrington

Amazon doesn’t care what you think of Comey’s book unless you bought it on Amazon

Alex Primiani

Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson will release a book of essays this fall

Ian Dreiblatt

Today in gorgeously harmonious anti-Amazon music: Death to the Kindle by the Bookshop Band

Melville House