June 13, 2018 » MobyLives! Archives

Amazon’s Kindle is being built in China by the same company that worked its employees to death making iPhones

Simon Reichley

A dismal but unsurprising report compiled by China Labor Watch (CLW), and reported on by Gethin Chamberlain at the Guardian, reveals what any casual student of Marx could have easily… Read more »

Amazon

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

Kindle is getting stricter on scammers

Alex Primiani

While it’s easy to think most of the people Amazon is ripping off are local retailers, authors, and publishing houses, let us not forget the unassuming consumer who ventures into… Read more »

This Cleveland-based publisher plans to launch a series of overlooked Midwestern classics

We recently published a slightly dyspeptic, but ultimately admiring post about the independent publishing scene thriving in Los Angeles. Today, we turn our attention to some of the cool indie… Read more »

Turn it up to Eleven: Stranger Things is getting the book treatment

Stephanie DeLuca

Although it often seems that we are indeed living in the Upside Down being chased by the Demogorgon, we do occasionally get some good news, and today we have some.… Read more »