Don’t judge the Hay Festival by its tedious controversy-mongers
Another year at the Hay Festival, the UK’s annual “Woodstock of the mind,” another controversial lecture by a leading academic. Indeed, Germaine Greer has been at it again, this time attempting to redefine… Read more »
You say classic, I say Melville House classic! A totally subjective selection of ten of our books bound for the ages
We’re all going to hell, but hopefully with the impending destruction of the universe more space will open up for new peaks of literary greatness. Luckily, Maddy Foley over at Bustle… Read more »
“Holy shit! A BOOKSTORE?!?!”: An interview with McNally Jackson’s Sam MacLaughlin
As any New Yorker surely knows, the great indie booksellers at McNally Jackson opened up a new shop in Williamsburg earlier this year. Manager Sam MacLaughlin very graciously took a few… Read more »
If you could mail a book to 2,000 teens, which book would it be?
I’m a pretty standard news consumer, in that I love reading stories about things that are familiar and relatable to me, particularly in a professional sense. And if it’s a… Read more »
“Fierce Imaginative Possession”: Literature and Competition
Last week, Buzzfeed published an essay by the writer Isaac Fitzgerald about his encounters with books during his youth and early adulthood. In the piece, Fitzgerald described a few of… Read more »
Amazon has hired Jay Carney; Melville House to hire ex-Bush Administration officials
Yesterday, “legendary hoarder” and newsletterman Mike Allen reported that former White House press secretary Jay Carney will join Amazon next week. Carney’s new title is “senior vice president for Worldwide… Read more »
Indiana governor Mike Pence gives a whole new meaning to “state-run news agency”
Earlier this week, the Indianapolis Star reported that Indiana governor and potential Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence was starting a taxpayer-funded, state-run news outlet called Just IN. This was weird. Why… Read more »
Is your job bullshit? David Graeber explains the London tube slogans
Last week, London residents made their way into the tube for their Monday morning commute after the holiday vacation where they were confronted with tube advertisements designed by Strike! Magazine.… Read more »
What kind of garbage should we sell you directly through Twitter?
Hachette Book Group is selling three titles directly through its authors’ Twitter accounts. The trial run includes three authors with substantial fan bases: astronaut Chris Hadfield, singer Amanda Palmer, and,… Read more »
Behind the scenes with Erato, the hardest-working dog in publishing
Book publishing is a famously mysterious industry, and the publication process itself is full of steps and layers that often remain unknown to the general public. But at a meeting… Read more »