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- Andrew Wylie advises you “pick the plague” over Amazon http://www.mhpbooks.com/andrew-wylie-advises-you-pick-the-plague-over-amazon/ 7 comments
- This Cleveland-based publisher plans to launch series of overlooked Midwestern classics https://www.mhpbooks.com/this-cleveland-based-publisher-plans-to-launch-series-of-overlooked-midwestern-classics/ 3 comments books
- HBO's Fahrenheit 451 adaptation may be pretty good https://www.mhpbooks.com/just-when-i-was-ready-to-hate-the-upcoming-hbo-film-adaptation-of-fahrenheit-451-turns-out-theres-hope-itll-be-mind-blowingly-good/ 8 comments books
- A flurry of activity in the long-stagnant e-book market https://www.mhpbooks.com/a-flurry-of-activity-in-the-long-stagnant-e-book-market/ 8 comments books
- How my publishing job was made totally super-obsolete with a little help from Leslie Norins, MD, PhD https://www.mhpbooks.com/how-my-publishing-job-was-made-totally-super-obsolete-with-a-little-help-from-leslie-norins-md-phd/ 4 comments books
- Melville House offers FREE ebook of torture report after Senate Republicans try to suppress it https://www.mhpbooks.com/press-release-melville-house-offers-free-ebook-of-torture-report-after-senate-republicans-try-to-suppress-it/ 14 comments politics
- Lawyer asks court to force Mississippi Representative to read books https://www.mhpbooks.com/mississippi-representative-acknowledges-he-shouldnt-have-used-the-word-lynched-in-facebook-post/ 4 comments politics
- What will the new era of bookselling look like: An open letter https://www.mhpbooks.com/a-new-era-of-indie-bookselling-an-open-letter/ 5 comments books
- Why a Guardian article about young readers’ appetite for print may be misleading https://www.mhpbooks.com/they-know-not-what-they-say-why-the-guardian-article-about-young-readers-appetite-for-print-may-be-misleading/ 15 comments books
- Outraged Indonesians ban sex book for children https://www.mhpbooks.com/outraged-indonesians-ban-sex-book-for-children/ 2 comments books
- Librarians across the country protest, resist, and persist https://www.mhpbooks.com/librarians-across-the-country-protest-resist-and-persist/ 5 comments books
- British writer travels to Scotland to assault a teen reviewer with bottle of wine https://www.mhpbooks.com/british-writer-travels-to-scotland-to-hit-a-teen-reviewer-with-bottle-of-wine/ 12 comments nottheonion
- Mormon missionary work now includes writing Amazon reviews http://www.mhpbooks.com/mormon-missionary-work-now-includes-writing-amazon-reviews/ 507 comments books
- Franzen's latest novel *Purity* to be adapted for television http://www.mhpbooks.com/scratch-the-corrections-jonathan-franzens-purity-to-be-adapted-for-tv/ 16 comments books
- British bookstores respond to Black Friday with “Civilised Saturday” http://www.mhpbooks.com/british-bookstores-respond-to-black-friday-with-civilised-saturday/ 4 comments nottheonion
- British writer travels to Scotland to assault a teen reviewer with bottle of wine. http://www.mhpbooks.com/british-writer-travels-to-scotland-to-hit-a-teen-reviewer-with-bottle-of-wine/ 5 comments books
- Why Brilliant Books is offering refunds to customers who purchased Go Set A Watchman. http://www.mhpbooks.com/why-brilliant-books-is-offering-refunds-to-customers-who-purchased-go-set-a-watchman/ 15 comments books
- Amazon convinced the New York City Department of Education to give it $30 million to sell ebooks. http://www.mhpbooks.com/amazon-convinced-the-new-york-city-department-of-education-to-give-it-30-million-to-sell-ebooks/ 71 comments books
- Melville House sending copies of the Torture Report to presidential candidates http://www.mhpbooks.com/melville-house-sending-copies-of-the-torture-report-to-presidential-candidates/ 7 comments books
- The new Kindle Unlimited royalties plan reduces author profits while hoarding exclusive rights to the work http://www.mhpbooks.com/you-dont-get-paid-unless-people-actually-read-your-book-the-new-kindle-unlimited-royalties/ 681 comments books
- God Damn: Of Mice and Men & The Kite Runner face bans in Idaho and North Carolina http://www.mhpbooks.com/god-damn-of-mice-and-men-the-kite-runner-face-bans-in-idaho-and-north-carolina/ 1166 comments books
- Couple files lawsuit after their engagement photo appears on an erotic novel, A Gronking to Remember http://www.mhpbooks.com/couple-files-lawsuit-after-their-engagement-photo-appears-on-an-erotic-novel-a-gronking-to-remember/ 18 comments nottheonion
- *H is for Hawk* film rights sold to Lena Headey, the actress who plays Cersei in “Game of Thrones” http://www.mhpbooks.com/h-is-for-hawk-film-rights-sold-to-the-actress-who-plays-cersei-in-game-of-thrones/ 6 comments books
- The “most dedicated and influential forgotten critic of African American literature” is…the FBI? http://www.mhpbooks.com/the-most-dedicated-and-influential-forgotten-critic-of-african-american-literature-is-the-fbi/ 4 comments books
- No home runs left: What Jon Stewart’s departure from The Daily Show may mean for the publishing industry http://www.mhpbooks.com/there-are-no-home-runs-left-what-jon-stewarts-departure-from-the-daily-show-may-mean-for-the-publishing-industry/ 125 comments books
- Israel's book-pricing law, one year out http://www.mhpbooks.com/israels-book-pricing-law-one-year-out/ 7 comments books
- Foodie bookstore to open in Chicago http://www.mhpbooks.com/chicago-to-get-a-bookstore-for-foodies/ 3 comments books
- The return of Judy Blume http://www.mhpbooks.com/the-return-of-judy-blume/ 4 comments books
- Rosenbach Museum sues Maurice Sendak’s estate for hogging the late author’s rare books http://www.mhpbooks.com/rosenbach-museum-sues-maurice-sendaks-estate-for-hogging-the-late-authors-rare-books/ 4 comments books
- Amazon's Manhattan "store": a warehouse pop-up, not brick-and-mortar bookstore http://www.mhpbooks.com/amazon-is-opening-a-warehouse-in-manhattan-but-its-not-crazy-enough-to-open-a-bookstore/ 37 comments books
- Publisher accidentally publishes ebook with angry notes between author and copyeditor in margins http://www.mhpbooks.com/anthony-horowitz-to-copyeditor-im-not-changing-this/ 264 comments books
- Excerpt from a recent Wall St. Journal editorial, regarding Amazon and government http://www.mhpbooks.com/wsj-editorial-amazon-loves-government/ 25 comments books
- Did everyone get the first line of Beowulf wrong? http://www.mhpbooks.com/did-everyone-get-the-first-line-of-beowulf-wrong-or-did-seamus-heaney-get-it-right/ 13 comments linguistics
- “She put her anus around his neck”: When book scanners go wrong http://www.mhpbooks.com/she-put-her-anus-around-his-neck-when-book-scanners-go-wrong/ 177 comments books
- The challenge of translating Finnegans Wake http://www.mhpbooks.com/the-challenge-of-translating-finnegans-wake/ 23 comments books
- Poetry vs. prose debate solved in Russia with a knife http://www.mhpbooks.com/poetry-vs-prose-debate-solved-in-russia-with-a-knife/ 7 comments books
- I am Malala banned in Pakistan's private schools. http://www.mhpbooks.com/i-am-malala-banned-in-pakistans-private-schools/ 13 comments books
- "We are not Amazon franchises": booksellers respond to Amazon Source http://www.mhpbooks.com/we-are-not-amazon-franchises-booksellers-respond-to-amazon-source/ 25 comments books
- Allie Brosh's book (Hyperbole and a Half) will be released October 29! http://www.mhpbooks.com/hyperbole-and-a-half-book-coming-this-fall/ 212 comments books
- Monopoly achieved: An invincible Amazon begins raising prices http://www.mhpbooks.com/monopoly-acheived-an-invincible-amazon-begins-raising-prices/ 4 comments politics