May 22, 2018

Over the weekend, the good people at Murder by the Book and Blue Willow Bookshop donated a percentage of their profits to Everytown, “a movement of Americans working together to… 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

Q: Is this the end of Interview? A: Looks like it…

Michael Barron

The art of the Q&A has been struck a blow by the announcement that Interview, the magazine known for pairing conversations between celebrities and icons with high-minded portrait photography, is folding.… Read more »

Police in Berlin have raided an anarchist library

Ian Dreiblatt

Unpleasant news from Berlin, where, in the culturally simmering neighborhood of Kreuzberg, the Kalabal!k anarchist library has been raided by police. The library is part of Reiche 63a, a left-wing housing collective run by the… Read more »

Of Sun Ra, Arthur Conan Doyle, and other people you might spend today thinking about

Melville House

Good news! Whatever you’ve been waiting ’til Tuesday to do? You can do it today. For today, internetizens, is Tuesday. Here are a couple of excellent things, in case you… Read more »

Melville House Books

Booksellers are showing up for Santa Fe victims. Elected officials? Not so much.

Taylor Sperry