I come to you today in defense of the beloved paperback book. And no, my relation to a publishing house does not feed any of the bias (okay, maybe a… Read more »

A dismal but unsurprising report compiled by China Labor Watch (CLW), and reported on by Gethin Chamberlain at the Guardian, reveals what any casual student of Marx could have easily… Read more »

While it’s easy to think most of the people Amazon is ripping off are local retailers, authors, and publishing houses, let us not forget the unassuming consumer who ventures into… Read more »

It’s been ten years since Amazon’s Kindle introduced e-books as a major component of the publishing market, and four-ish years since Hachette and Simon & Schuster successfully negotiated with Amazon… Read more »

A few weeks back, we wrote about how it’s really no surprise that Amazon doesn’t seem to care how its activities in Japan are regularly violating the nation’s “saihan seido” policy, which… Read more »

The secret to getting rich in the bookselling business is to sell lots of books. Big house publishing and most bookstores rely on gargantuan sales from a handful of tentpole… Read more »

Back in May, we reported that Waterstones would stop selling e-books directly from 14th July and would instead be partnering with Kobo. Only two months later and (rather recent) history… Read more »

From 14th June, Waterstones, the UK’s largest book retailer, will no longer be selling e-books directly and will instead be partnering with Kobo. Customers will receive emails explaining how to… Read more »

Last summer, we reported on the New York City Department of Education’s proposal to employ Amazon’s services in building a massive, centralized ebook store for their entire network of schools… Read more »

If you still need proof that ebooks are the unfortunate future of reading, then look no further than the U.S. Constitution. About two years ago, this aging document packed up… Read more »