July 23, 2018

As we wrote last week, Amazon is, right now, profiting from the sale of racist and Nazi merchandise, via third parties using their Marketplace platform to move products that include books, clothing,… Read more »

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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

Chance the Rapper raps about owning the local news site Chicagoist, which happens to be fact

Alex Primiani

Celebrated rapper and Chicagoan Chance the Rapper has just purchased the defunct Chicagoist, according to Robert Channick at the Chicago Tribune. The local news and culture site was once owned… Read more »

British publishers looking to capture post-World Cup fandom

Ryan Harrington

Melville House is no stranger to crashing books. For anyone who doesn’t have their publishing glossary handy: to “crash” a book means to put it on an accelerated writing and production schedule,… Read more »

Reading books is on the decline? No way!

Michael Seidlinger

This just in: Reading is on the decline. Maybe this isn’t so surprising, given the shortening of our attention spans, but people in media and trade publishing are certainly looking to… Read more »

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Congressman Keith Ellison asks Amazon why they’re still selling Nazi merchandise

Stephanie DeLuca