This Saturday marks the tenth anniversary of Free Comic Book Day, an annual event since 2002 that delivers exactly what it promises. Retailers across the country will be offering specially printed copies of certain comic books, often with discounts on back-issues and other items; and…
Is it the beginning of the end for author Larry McMurtry’s giant bookstore in Western Texas? The famed author and long-time bookseller has announced he’s hosting a massive book auction this August in his Archer City store, Booked Up. According to the store’s press release:…
The aftermath of last week’s capitulation by three of the five major publishers has had at least one solid effect: Barnes & Noble took a 17% hit on its stock. The Department of Justice always gets its man. And this clearly demonstrates that justice has…
Buy Bonsai the book, win tickets to Bonsai the movie Melville House is excited to offer five pairs of complementary tickets to the film premier of Bonsai at the New York IFC Center. Tickets are available for showings on Friday 5/11, Saturday 5/12, and Sunday 5/13. This is the acclaimed second feature film…
Listen, we know you love your Mom. We know you meant to have a gift in the mail by now, one she’d receive in time to open on Sunday. We also know the days have a way of slipping by, until lo and behold here…
After so much talk about scary new forms of censorship, it’s interesting to reflect on the halcyon days when prudish customs officials were sometimes all we had to worry about. David Pescovitz writes on Boing Boing that Nicole Moore, a literary historian, has uncovered thousands of banned…
In an interesting turn of events, Amazon has acquired its very own army of droids. Robert Cyran reports on Slate that Amazon has bought Kiva systems, a manufacturer of bright orange shipping robots for $775 million. The robots reduce shipping costs. Less workers need to be…
The Department of Justice’s confounding lawsuit against five of the Big Six publishing companies and Apple, Inc. for price-collusion has been widely regarded as a “out of the frying pan and into the fire” sort of move. The tragic lawsuit seemingly damages competition in benefit…
“I love being around books,” Mac McClelland writes. But the sentiment drips with sarcasm because McClelland is describing her experiences working for Amalgamated Product Giant Shipping Worldwide Inc., a third-party logistics contractors that fulfills shipments for many companies, including Amazon. Her investigative journalism piece at Mother Jones describes the many indignities, cruelties, and…
Fifty years is a long time to run a retail business. Especially if that business is selling books. For 50 years Mr. Paperback bookstores have serviced the greater Maine area. The 10 stores that comprised the Mr. Paperback chain were cobbled together by the Foss…
