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

NYTimes tallies tsunami of Trump tomes; why John Dean's book Is different — Mike Lindgren
A Message from John Dean — Amelia Stymacks
Publishers take book events online ... and introducing #MelvilleHousehold — Tom Clayton
Happy Women's Month! 5 great reads by women, about women — Amelia Stymacks

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 »