Understanding the Magnitsky Act, the Dark Matter of Trump / Russia
If you know even a bit of Trump / Russia 101, or if you’ve read award-winning AP reporter Seth Hettena’s book on the subject, you will recall how Donald, Jr. met… Read more »
Donald Trumperhands? David Cay Johnston talks Trump with C-SPAN creator Brian Lamb
“Donald has shut down many things with threats of litigation. I wrote a proposal for a Tim Burton movie about Donald Trump, and his threats of litigation meant that it… Read more »
This week in textbook theft and fraud: Detroit Public Schools’ “killer of dreams” goes to jail
The school year may be just beginning, but that’s no reason why we can’t bring you the latest in textbook flimflammery, chicanery, and downright criminality. After all, it’s kind of… Read more »
Angolan activist and rapper—and his book club—sentenced to prison
Seventeen activists in Angola have been sentenced to prison after their 2015 arrests for participating in a peaceful book club discussion. The Guardian reports: A court in Angola has jailed… Read more »
World’s least fun book club rocked by scandal
Yesterday, Bloomberg’s Robert Schmidt brought word of a book club so ridiculous, so corrupt, and—worst of all—so deeply unfun that it makes your local high school’s chapter of the Friends… Read more »
Conservative activist catches Houghton Mifflin Harcourt employee on camera telling the truth
James O’Keefe, the conservative activist known for his many failed attempts to reveal sinister liberal conspiracies using laughably edited hidden camera footage, has found a new target: book publishing. Specifically, textbook publisher and proud… Read more »
200 South Korean professors to be indicted for plagiarism
It’s been a busy few months for South Korea’s Uijeongbu District Prosecutors’ Office. Since September of this year, in the process of investigating the country’s rampant problem with textbook plagiarism, the office has called… 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 »
What’s causing India’s textbook crisis?
(Trigger warning for any of you production department employees out there—this story gets into some very anxiety-inducing territory.) The southern Indian state of Kerala recently saw a violent clash between… Read more »
Two for Tuesday: Should Justin Bieber blurb Jonathan Franzen?
Topics discussed: blurbers, blurbers, blurbees, Led Zeppelin, logrolling, the state of the publishing industry, the state of our confusion about the publishing industry, ISIS, Alex’s love of ISIS, Alex’s love of… Read more »