Interview with the Shelf Awareness team
Melville House co-publisher Dennis Johnson interviews the braintrust behind Shelf Awareness, the beloved trade publication covering independent bookselling. Included are Jenn Risko, the co-founder and publisher; John Mutter, the co-founder… Read more »
What happens when you give a monopoly a dystopian text: They learn how to be badder
If it wasn’t for social media, most likely no one would have noticed. But in numerous posts on Twitter and Instagram beginning at least on Tuesday, the cat was… Read more »
Bezos: Dick pix schtick tricks hicks & hacks
While the story hasn’t finished playing out yet, the votes are in, and according to most of my lefty media heroes the richest man in the history of — well,… Read more »
Re-reading a Hail and Farewell to James Alan McPherson
Today, on the second anniversary of James Alan McPherson’s passing, we’re revisiting this moving remembrance Melville House co-director Dennis Johnson wrote of him. It was originally published just a few days after McPherson… Read more »
Publishing During Wartime (Those who forget past blogging are doomed to repeat it)
The year is winding down, and we’re officially on hiatus. But, seeing as how internets gonna internet, we’re using this time to look back on some of our favorite posts… Read more »
Bad guy vs. bad guy redux: Bad guy wins again!
As Donald Trump continues to use Twitter to give definition to the word smear, two trends of thought preoccupying the right-minded in the book industry collided the other day on… Read more »
Publishing during wartime: Chickens, roosting
Milo Yiannopoulos went down in flames yesterday — spectacularly so, in a way that will likely leave him a regular guest on the Bill Maher show but unemployed and radioactive forever… Read more »
Publishing during wartime, part IX: The flying monkeys multiply, but so does the opposition
On the day when the Southern Poverty Law Center released a report about a dramatic rise in hate groups that it blamed on “the Trump phenomenon” … on the day… Read more »
Publishing during wartime, part VIII: Enter the rainmaker?
Over water coolers throughout the book industry, discussion of the Milo Yiannopoulos book deal with Simon and Schuster is still raging. The overwhelming consensus is clear: Shame on Carolyn Reidy… Read more »
Milo Yiannopoulos’s original publisher named PW’s Publisher of the Year