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November 28, 2012
How Mergermania Is Destroying Book Publishing
The merger of Penguin and Random House is part of a trend that has been deadly for literary authors and serious nonfiction.
André Schiffrin
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October 2, 2012
The Obama-Bashing Book Bonanza
A consolidated publishing industry, along with the right-wing media machine, has fostered the market for extremist hit jobs.
Michelle Goldberg
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June 1, 2012
Steve Wasserman: Amazon.com’s Takeover
As a bookseller, Amazon has left no corner of the publishing world untouched. What will happen as it ventures into publishing original content?
The Nation
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May 29, 2012
The Amazon Effect
Amazon got big fast, hastening the arrival of digital publishing. But how big is too big?
Steve Wasserman
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May 29, 2012
How Germany Keeps Amazon at Bay and Literary Culture Alive
In Germany, fixed-price laws curtail the power of retail chains and help to sustain a vibrant literary culture.
Michael Naumann
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January 18, 2012
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July 11, 2011
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June 15, 2011
Shelf Life: On ‘Granta’
Under the editorship of John Freeman and Ellah Allfrey, Granta is thriving again.
Scott Sherman
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April 13, 2011
Before the Flood: Information Before the Information Age
Ann Blair’s Too Much to Know explains how across the centuries the profusion of information has always inspired readers to invent shortcuts to knowledge.
Paula Findlen
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October 27, 2010
The Pirate’s Prophet: On Lewis Hyde
Is the cultural commons a viable alternative to the copyright regime, or does it risk turning culture into a consumerist slum?
David Wallace-Wells