Melville House Books

Publishing has a diversity problem, this we know. From the products, to the chain stores, to the awards apparatus. But many in the industry have seen the Coronavirus shutdown as a chance… Read more »

On Monday, a group of publishers sued the nonprofit Internet Archive, claiming that the group’s distribution of free e-books violated the terms of copyright and amounted to digital piracy. According… Read more »

Melville House resolutely stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and condemns police violence against black people. And while we in fact deplore violence of any kind, including the looting… Read more »

We have a great selection of Last Interview ebooks on sale this week. Each volume contains the subject’s last interview, as well as a handful of the most interesting interviews… Read more »

Melville House co-publisher Dennis Johnson interviews Rick Simonson, head buyer at Elliott Bay Book Company, and Michael Reynolds, editor-in-chief of Europa Editions. This is the fourth in a series of… Read more »

It was announced Wednesday that legendary AIDS activist and author Larry Kramer has died of pneumonia at the age of 84. In the early 1980s, Kramer helped found the Gay Men’s… Read more »

Melville House co-publisher Dennis Johnson interviews Lissa Muscatine and Bradley Graham, owners of Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC. This is the third in a series of interviews with our… Read more »

This week we’re offering the best of the best for our $1.99 ebook sale. These ten titles are the bestsellers from the last 9 weeks of discounts (you all have… Read more »

Melville House co-publisher Dennis Johnson interviews Danny Caine, owner of The Raven Book Store, and Gary Lovely, buyer at The Book Loft. This is the second in a series of… Read more »

The arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby is known as much for its extra-retail pursuits  as it is for model airplanes and macrame kits. The most widely publicized of these pursuits… Read more »

Ahh, the age-old conundrum. According to the Guardian, a survey of 1,000 people in the UK claim that their reading time has nearly doubled, that is from 3.5 hours a… Read more »

If you’re one of those people who bought a 2020 planner while confidently announcing that this is the year you will get your life together and go to more events… Read more »

We have a fresh selection of novellas for this week’s $1.99 ebook sale, five of which happen to be titled The Duel (a flight of fancy). We hope you enjoy!   Michael… Read more »

A few short weeks that feel like a lifetime ago, we discussed the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on the English language by charting the immediate, unscheduled additions to the Oxford… Read more »

Melville House co-publisher Dennis Johnson interviews Jessica Stockton Bagnulo, co-owner of Greenlight Bookstore, and Johnny Temple, publisher of Akashic Books. This is the first in a series of Dennis’s interviews… Read more »

This week we have a selection of ebooks from our beloved Last Interview series on sale for $1.99. Each volume contains the subject’s last interview, as well as some of… Read more »

If you’re living in New York City, you know that it’s quiet. Uncomfortably quiet. Not quite horror movie quiet, but basically birds, delivery trucks, and ambulances make up the majority… Read more »

In unsurprising but nevertheless noteworthy news, the 40th annual Ernest Hemingway Look-Alike Contest has been cancelled. The competition, which is run by a bar called Sloppy Joe’s, will be rescheduled… Read more »

We have another selection of novellas on sale for $1.99 this week including some big-name classics like F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Kate Chopin’s The Awakening. We… Read more »

“Taco Bell Quarterly is the literary magazine for the Taco Bell Arts and Letters. We’re a reaction against everything. The gatekeepers. The taste-makers. The hipsters. Health food. Artists Who Wear… Read more »

(Note from the marketing director: Subsequent to last week’s fiasco, the managing editor has been restored to factory settings. We will continue to monitor his status closely.) The use of… Read more »

We’re mixing things up with this week’s sale and going with a theme: quick reads. Browse through some of our best selling novellas—from cult favorites like Lore Segal’s Lucinella, to classics… Read more »

This year, the Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates its 25th year. Previously know as the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Orange Prize for Fiction,  it is one of… Read more »

In recent weeks we have seen a great deal of mission-driven activity from the publishing world. From free children’s books, to literary and mental health projects published with proceeds going to… Read more »

Happy Earth Day! Check out our growing collection of environmental books and learn how you can get involved in The Climate Project.     The 100% Solution: A Plan for… Read more »

We’re excited to announce that we’ve “crash” published Coping with Coronavirus: How to Stay Calm and Protect Your Mental Health by noted psychiatrist Dr. Brendan Kelly.  All proceeds from the… Read more »

Happy Sunday! We have a new list of ebooks available for $1.99—as well as a bonus offer: The Immortals of Tehran for just $4.99!   Eggshells by Caitriona Lally An… Read more »

The past few weeks have seen a renewed appreciation in the UK for the National Health Service, as it battles the staggering pressure created by the number of people requiring… Read more »