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Dictionary.com revises 15,000+ definitions in “largest ever update”

Last week Dictionary.com released its “largest ever update,” with alterations to more than 15,000 entries, according to Allison Flood at The Guardian. Jennifer Steeves-Kiss, chief executive of Dictionary.com, explains: “2020 has been a… Read more »

A Message from John Dean

How did America end up with a leader who acts so crudely and despotically, and counter to our democratic principles? Why do his followers stick with him, even when he… Read more »

Week 19: $1.99 Ebook Sale

The Ghost Network Catie Disabato One minute insanely famous pop singer Molly Metropolis is on her way to a major performance in Chicago, and the next, she’s gone, her cell… Read more »

Week 18: $1.99 Ebook Sale

How to Sharpen Pencils David Rees Deep in New York’s Hudson River Valley, craftsman David Rees—the world’s number one #2 pencil sharpener—still practices the age-old art of manual pencil sharpening.… Read more »

Week 12: Ebook Sale

Another week, another ebook sale! We have a fantastic selection of novellas for $1.99 this week—as well as a special sale on Malcolm Harris’s Shit is Fucked Up and Bullshit. Smart,… Read more »

Interview with Rick Simonson and Michael Reynolds

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 »

Week 8: Ebook Sale

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 »

Happy Women’s Month! 5 great reads by women, about women

Happy Women’s Month! Get inspired by these incredible books by women, about women. —– A Woman Like Her: The Story Behind the Honor Killing of a Social Media Star by Sanam… Read more »

Apple attempts to halt publication of book containing “company secrets”

Tom Sadowski, former head of the Apple App Store for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, has written a book about his time at Apple (including meetings with CEO Tim Cook, according… Read more »