June 28, 2018 » MobyLives! Archives

No point in mincing words: yesterday Borked sucked. On top of plenty of other awful news, Anthony Kennedy is retiring from the Supreme Court, ostensibly leaving Donald Trump to name a replacement —… Read more »

Melville House Books

Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Publishing — Melville House
Continued Covid crisis catalyzes e-book sales; fallout feared — Mike Lindgren
MELVILLE HOUSE ANNOUNCES 500,000 COPY PRINTING OF FIRST IN-DEPTH BOOK ABOUT QANON PHENOMENON AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE — Melville House
NYTimes tallies tsunami of Trump tomes; why John Dean's book Is different — Mike Lindgren

You’re only as good as your last book’s sales numbers

Michael Seidlinger

Ah, the topic of book sales — among authors, it can produce a hushed, nervous silence. Selling a lot of books implies success, far and above other metrics (like critical praise or cultish… Read more »

You’ve heard of publishers getting robbed, but not like this

Michael Barron

One time, many years ago, a friend of mine was mugged outside of a South Brooklyn bodega. It was late, and he was coming back from a publisher’s party. We were… Read more »

Leo Tolstoy, radical dad

Melville House

“He used to put us on the carpet. We would sit on the carpet, and he would go around dragging us on this carpet all round the dining room.” That’s… Read more »