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You can help get books to incarcerated people this season
Getting books to incarcerated people, and the many hurdles in the way, was perhaps the MobyLives topic of 2018. As I put it in a previous post: “We’ve written almost… Read more »
Let the bidding war for John Kelly’s tell-all memoir begin!
There are days when you look at your bank account and think to yourself, maybe I’ll go work in the Trump administration for a year, get fired, and write a… Read more »
Denver Public Library is closing a chapter on overdue book fines
Elizabeth Hernandez of the Denver Post reports that Denver Public Library is allowing library patrons to start fresh with their overdue fines. A news release from the library estimates $474,000 of… Read more »
FTC reviewing possible acquisition of Baker and Taylor by Ingram Content Group
According to reports in Shelf Awareness and Publishers Weekly, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the USA’s preeminent trust-busting agency, is conducting preliminary research into the possible acquisition of book and… Read more »
The (literary) future is female; now, what about the past? Rare books and feminism
Random House and Crown merge under PRH's continued consolidation efforts
'Milkman' by Anna Burns scoops a refreshingly unpredictable Booker Prize
Oh, the Places Books Can Not Go, Because They Didn't Deliver for 20 Years
In desperate need to understand the Dutch stock market of the 1600s? Have we got a book for you.
Last week, the international auctioneer Sotheby’s sent the first known book on the stock market to auction. Starting price? About $300,000. According to James Tarmy at Bloomberg Money, the book dates… Read more »
The importance of the novella: Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Perhaps one of the things Melville House is known for is celebrating a specific renegade art form: the novella. Here on our MobyLives blog, we’re diving into a post series in which we’ll discuss and… Read more »
Is it time to stop taxing ebooks?
Nothing is certain but death and taxes, so says the old proverb. Yet while we are all embarking on our slow decline to death (Merry Christmas everyone!) the tax we… Read more »
A Pushcart Prize nominated poet is suspected of plagiarism
Following mounting allegations of plagiarism that surfaced on Twitter this past weekend, Pushcart Prize-nominated poet Ailey O’Toole’s forthcoming book has been cancelled, and many of the publications that previously published her… Read more »
Want your own little piece of Japanese architecture on your bookshelf?
We love crafty things and crafty people. Maybe that’s just an extension of being a book lover, but by golly, does it bring us joy. So when we heard about… Read more »
New anime series to include well known Blade Runner characters
Some replicants are headed to your television screen in the not-so-distant future. A new anime series, Blade Runner-Black Lotus, was recently announced by Alcon Television Group. The group is partnering Adult Swim… Read more »
First lines: How We Win and Revolution Sunday
It all begins by opening a book and starting with the first page. That being said, first lines are captivating, perhaps even intoxicating. Here are some of our first lines from our two latest… Read more »
Watch University of Nike author Joshua Hunt on the Google Talk Author Series
During Joshua Hunt’s book tour, the Melville House author had the opportunity to visit Google’s Seattle campus to talk about University of Nike for the Google Talks Author Series. In the… Read more »
Arron Banks criticises J.K. Rowling for having a writing room; professional writers criticise him right back
This week, Leave.eu co-founder and UKIP donor Arron Banks accused Harry Potter author J.K Rowling of being ‘pretentious’ after she made reference to her writing room on Twitter. Yes, really. In a tweet from November 28th Rowling stated, in reference to Brexit, that ‘every time I come out… Read more »
The importance of the novella: Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville
Perhaps one of the things Melville House is known for is celebrating a specific renegade art form: the novella. Here on our MobyLives blog, we’re starting a post series in which… Read more »
The Strand Bookstore doesn’t want City Landmark status
The great city of New York has approached one of its greatest assets–the Strand Bookstore, 91 years running and boasting 18 miles of books–about conferring City Landmark status on the… Read more »
Gift ideas for poets this holiday
Looking for a gift for the poet in your life? We have you covered this holiday gifting season with some exciting Melville House poetry. Check out our poetry titles below and get gifting. … Read more »
Jacqueline Woodson on the hardest thing about writing
The writing process is personal, layered and complex. There are parts of the writing journey we love and there are parts of the adventure that we absolutely cannot stand. Often… Read more »
A new publisher wants to give away one free book for every book sold
This past year has seen quite a few initiatives dedicated to promoting and celebrating the act of reading. Public schools have tested out book vending machines and PBS launched the Great American… Read more »
A new career path for science fiction writers: work for Nike or Boeing
It’s tempting to think of the worlds of science fiction and business as completely incompatible. After all, some of our best science fiction helps us imagine the end of capitalism.… Read more »
Five great long reads by our authors in 2018
One of the great thing about our writers is being able to follow their activities beyond the book. We’re always curious to see where their journalistic noses have sniffing out and we… Read more »
B&N filed a hard-hitting countersuit against Demos Parneros
It’s been a few months since we last checked in on the impending legal fracas between Demos Parneros and his erstwhile employeer, Barnes and Noble. Since Parneros filed his truly… Read more »
A school in Buffalo, NY has a new book vending machine for kids
You’ve heard of Scholastic book fairs–now get ready for Scholastic book vending machines. The grand unveiling of the book vending machine came to the school library of Arthur O. Eve… Read more »
The intersection of poetry and science is more likely than you think
If you remember, we talked a few posts back about the healing powers of poetry, but here’s another instance where poetry and science unexpectedly connects. In a recent Bioscience paper… Read more »
Study shows that reading fiction helps us read each other
One of five known copies of Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis is up for auction
Reading groups are more important than you think: they're radical
Another One Bites the Dust: Florida State University backs away from “Big Deal” subscription packages
Gucci, the luxury fashion label, has opened a bookstore
Usually, when we think of Gucci print, we don’t think of books. But in this instance, the Italian luxury fashion label is embracing print in a whole new way. Gucci… Read more »
An interview with the owner of a newly opened hometown bookstore
Ok, I’m lying to you guys. Because my father was in the military, I do not have a hometown to claim. Alexandria, Virginia, where my family was once stationed while… Read more »
An ever-shifting online media landscape: BuzzFeed offers membership plan; Mic sold to Bustle
Announced earlier in November, BuzzFeed News is offering its readers exclusive access through a new subscription service, writes Anthony Ha at Techcrunch. According to Ha, readers of one of the newest sections of… Read more »
George Saunders discusses storytelling
Here we are, the end of November, and for those of you that took part in NaNoWriMo (or are nearing the end of a draft or deadline), I bet you’re… Read more »
A book series is the best holiday gift to give (or receive)
Why give one book this holiday season when you can gift an entire to series to one lucky recipient? At Melville House, we’re pretty darn proud of our dynamic and… Read more »
Christmas with Dickens: a new foodie exhibition comes to London
Think of Christmas and your mind, if it is anything like mine, may turn to dinner: to a juicy golden turkey, fluffy and crisp roast potatoes, rich gravy and a… Read more »
The Bovine Comedy: publishers race to secure Big Cow memoir (probably)
Haven’t you herd? Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better than a chicken in trousers, the latest online animal curiosity has arrived in the form of an extremely… Read more »
Gift ideas for the music lover in your life
Holiday shopping can be hard, but it doesn’t have to be. Perhaps there’s a big music lover in your life – they already have a top-notch turntable, gold standard vinyls,… Read more »
The newest combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell is Pizza Hut and NFL
If you were a student in the mid-eighties to nineties, you might remember the oft-sought coupon reward your elementary school teachers would bribe you with to encourage reading. The feeling… Read more »
Hester Prynne, eat your heart out: naughty books previously on lock-down now on display
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Oxford University is in lust with The Scarlet Letter. As Matthew Taub delightfully tells us in Atlas Obscura, the University of Oxford’s… Read more »
A bus of books to be used to close literacy gap in Statesboro, Georgia
As part of an initiative to close the literacy gap in Bulloch County, Georgia, the Bulloch County School Board surveyed over 400 parents in the area about reading. According to… Read more »
Bookshop that partially inspired the movie “Notting Hill” is a go-to engagement spot for many book and movie lovers
In Tuesday morning’s Shelf Awareness, readers were reminded of the inextricable link between romance and bookshops with a charming story on Notting Hill Bookshop – an increasingly sought-after engagement destination for book… Read more »
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