The European Commission announced that it has opened a formal investigation into some if the e-book practices of Amazon. Specifically, the EC said, it will look into the so-called Most Favored Nation clauses that require publishers to inform Amazon if they are offering better or alternative e-book terms to the retailer. more »
Next Robert Galbraith Novel Gets Pub Date
'Career of Evil,' the third book in the Cormoran Strike series from Robert Galbraith (the pen name of J.K. Rowling), will be released by Mulholland Books on October 20. »
No New
Discworld, Says Daughter: Terry Pratchett’s daughter has said
she does not intend to write any Discworld novels, or give “anyone else
permission to do so."
'Catch-22'
Designer Dies at 91: Paul Bacon, the influential designer known
for creating radical, eye-catching book jackets for major literary works like
Joseph Heller’s 'Catch-22' and Philip Roth’s 'Portnoy’s Complaint,' died on
Monday.
Paul Coelho Goes
'Pay as You Wish': The bestselling author of 'The Alchemist' put
free e-copies of two of his books on his blog this week, and asked readers to
decide later whether the works were worth purchasing, and if so, to name their
price.
No Men Allowed:
Publisher Small press And Other Stories will produce no books by men in 2018 in
answer to novelist Kamila Shamsie’s call for direct action to beat gender bias
in publishing.
Piece of
Gutenberg Bible on the Block: An eight-page fragment from the
Gutenberg Bible will go up for sale at Sotheby’s in New York next week, and is
expected to fetch at least half a million dollars.
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