Two Chicago bookstores symbolize what’s at stake this holiday shopping season
Last week we wrote about the American Bookseller Association’s #BoxedOut campaign in which select indie storefronts were covered in the familiar drab of Amazon boxes carrying slogans like “Anyone else feel weird… Read more »
Chicago welcomes Semicolon, a new bookstore connecting the worlds of art and books
Exciting news from Chicago: a new bookstore has opened, reports Chicago Magazine. And while the opening of an independent bookstore is always cause for celebration, Semicolon is giving us even… Read more »
Ebony magazine is leaving Chicago after a seventy-two-year run
The news that Ebony magazine is cutting staff and relocating its office from Chicago to Los Angeles has locals mourning the end of an era. The move, reported earlier this… Read more »
There is a profession called bookseller and Amazon Books doesn’t hire them
I’m all for innovation. Hell, I even get excited about that eye-roll-inducing buzzword, “disruption.” If you have a truly original idea, better than what’s come before, it’ll always upset the… Read more »
Twista to Trump: Don’t send feds, send books
Add Twista to the ever-growing list of people pissed off at President Trump. The former Fastest Rapper in the World (per Guinness) and brains behind 2004’s number-one hit “Slow Jamz” took… Read more »
Amazon’s assault on the galaxy continues; indies in Chicago land a counterassault
As we’ve written many times before, there is a dark force sweeping through our universe. Capable of destroying entire local economies, and organized around the despotic whims of a single, nefarious overlord,… Read more »
Siberian man has handcrafted the world’s smallest, tiniest, littlest book
Vladimir Aniskin, a Siberian micro-miniaturist, claims to have produced the worlds smallest book. According to ABC news: The micro-book consists of several pages, each measuring only very tiny fractions of… Read more »
Did Houghton Mifflin Harcourt bribe the corrupt former head of Chicago Public Schools?
Another week, another alleged fraudster siphoning huge sums of ill-gotten cash out of the book business. At this point, MobyLives readers may be experiencing deja vu—and that’s perfectly understandable. But for all… Read more »
Grace period is over, Illinois’s collecting taxes on Amazon purchases
Sure, there’s a giant blizzard on the East Coast today, blah, blah, blah. But in much more exciting news, guess what’s hitting the Midwest next week? More sales tax! Amazon… Read more »
Chicago to get a bookstore for foodies
This spring, Chicago will get a food-themed bookstore, Claire Kirch reports for Publishers Weekly. Offering cookbooks as well as a wide range of other food-related titles, the new store is… Read more »