Fifty Shades of Great: The Establishment of the Good Sex in Fiction Award
It is high awards season in literature. The National Book Awards will be announced in less than a month. And, as you know and have tweeted about by now, American… Read more »
New digital technologies “cut two ways,” at least in art book publishing
As someone who used to work in art book publishing, I’ve had more than my fair share of questions about how print books will be adapted for the digital age. As more… Read more »
EU: Ebooks are not books because taxes
In a development certain to remind you that you need to do your goddamn taxes already, the European Commission just handed down a big decision regarding tax law as regards… Read more »
The MobyLives verdict on the Architect Firms who want to Reinvent the Bookshop
As Foyles prepares to open its new London flagship store next week, readers, customers and design and architecture aficionados are all excited to see what Foyles, and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands,… Read more »
Harper Lee agrees to release To Kill a Mockingbird electronically, still thinks “dusty old books” are better
Nelle Harper Lee is remarkable for many reasons. She wrote To Kill a Mockingbird, the Pulitzer Prize-winning civil rights novel (which was also the only book she ever published), in… Read more »
“A worn, well-loved book” — by any other name
Two weeks ago Stephen King announced that he would publish a new book, Joyland, with publisher Hard Case Crime. Hard Case covers are, at first glance, indistinguishable from their hardboiled,… 3 / Read more »