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 »

As Amazon encroaches ever further into the book business with their own publishing arm and, now, a slew of brick-and-mortar stores, there’s nothing more heartening than watching independent bookstores thinking… Read more »

Complex and confusing, filled with words you don’t know and people you don’t understand, life is even more difficult to navigate than Ulysses. But luckily, we have Ulysses to help us! Why shouldn’t… Read more »

Josh Cook is a man of many talents. He’s a bookseller at the great Porter Square Books, in Somerville, Massachusetts; he’s the author of a brilliant and hilarious thriller, An… Read more »

Copy editing isn’t just catching typos and mistakes (though it certainly involves quite a bit of that) but also unifying stylistic choices like when numbers are spelled out or how… Read more »

Complex and confusing, filled with words you don’t know and people you don’t understand, life is even more difficult to navigate than Ulysses. But luckily, we have Ulysses to help… Read more »

Complex and confusing, filled with words you don’t know and people you don’t understand, life is even more difficult to navigate than Ulysses. But luckily, we have Ulysses to help… Read more »

Complex and confusing, filled with words you don’t know and people you don’t understand, life is even more difficult to navigate than Ulysses. But luckily, we have Ulysses to help… Read more »

Click here to read Josh Cook’s first piece about preparing for readings It’s one thing to prepare for readings and quite another to give them. For the most part, I… Read more »

Is Amazon censoring Hachette authors? Authors United seems to think so. And Ursula Le Guin agrees. When asked why she had joined Authors United, Le Guin told The New York Times “We’re talking about censorship: deliberately making a book… Read more »