Go Sue a Watchman: Scott Rudin files countersuit against the estate of Harper Lee
Michael Paulson and Alexandra Alter have reported for the New York Times that Rudinplay, the stage production company of reported misanthrope/racist Scott Rudin, is filing a federal countersuit against the estate… Read more »
Amazon, victorious in its arbitration claims against users of the Kindle Unlimited program, has filed in federal court to confirm the ruling
Back in September of 2017, we wrote about a series of complaints Amazon had filed against users of the Kindle Unlimited and Kindle Direct publishing platforms. In briefs filed with the… Read more »
Elliott Advisors is scheduled to complete its acquisition of Waterstones by the end of the month
An anonymous source, speaking with Lisa Campbell at The Bookseller, has confirmed that Elliott Advisors will complete their acquisition of Waterstones by the end of this month. The sale would… Read more »
Booksellers across the country reflect on the impact of Amazon Books
This week, the American Booksellers Association published a field report on independent booksellers facing competition from the first wave of Amazon Books, the internet retailer’s unsavory foothold in meatspace. The first… Read more »
Hail and Farewell: Elizabeth Ebert, “Grand Dame of Cowboy Poetry,” 1925-2018
Buckaroos, bertsolariak, and vaqueros, please remove your Stetson and join us in a moment of silence as we honor the memory of Elizabeth Ebert, the “Grand Dame of Cowboy Poetry,” who… Read more »
Amazon strips erotic novels of their sales rankings (or, C’mon, Bezos, what’d Balzac ever do to you?)
Discerning readers of tasteful smut are slowly raising the alarm: Amazon has, without notice, been reclassifying and un-ranking a variety of erotic writing. Samantha Cole at Motherboard has done some… Read more »
Independent booksellers continue to protest Chronicle’s handling of A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
The release of John Oliver’s parody book project, A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, has been surprisingly complicated. First announced on Oliver’s HBO show Last Week Tonight, the… Read more »
Everyone get ready for the International Edible Books Festival, a celebration of books, edibles, and legendary French gastronome Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Someone once said, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” This is not true. Firstly, barring a gluten… Read more »
James Comey’s book is getting outsold by a gay bunny named Marlon Bundo
Books, as anyone in publishing will tell you, are like little fragmentation grenades made out of ideas. They explode—bang!—and just like that there are new ideas everywhere, embedded in the puckered… Read more »
Porter Square Books is being sold to its staff
It seems that things are changing pretty quickly in the world of brick-and-mortar bookselling. No one has managed to put out the tire fire at Barnes and Noble, not even by… Read more »