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Copies of Testaments by Margaret Atwood laid out on a table, black and green cover showing a woman in a hood

Book Thief Says He Stole 1,000 Unpublished Manuscripts Out of a Love of Reading

A manuscript thief who stole unpublished works from authors like Sally Rooney, Margaret Atwood and Ian McEwan claims he wanted to cherish the books before anyone else.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Madeline McIntosh smiles at the camera wearing a pink scarf.

Penguin Random House U.S. CEO Madeline McIntosh Is the Latest Company Executive to Quit

Madeline McIntosh is the third Penguin Random House executive to depart the company in the months following the failed merger with Simon & Schuster.
By Rachyl Jones
Markus Dohle dressed in suit and tie

Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle Resigns After Failed Simon & Schuster Merger

The head of Penguin Random House is stepping down after the company's failed acquisition of Simon & Schuster.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

The Anonymous Instagram Account That’s The Gossip Girl of the Publishing World

By Romaissaa Benzizoune
Row of Penguin Random House books

Simon & Schuster’s Proposed Sale to Penguin Random House Is Scuttled

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
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No Limits: Linguist Julie Tetel Andresen Pushes the Boundaries of the Romance Novel

By Observer Content Studio

How Amazon Turned Everyone Into a Romance Writer (and Created an Antitrust Headache)

By Ann Kjellberg

Derided for Centuries, Romance Novels Are a Huge Business

By Ann Kjellberg
A model displays top Japanese online retailer Rakuten new electronic book player "Kobo Touch" with a six-inch e-ink display in Tokyo on July 2, 2012 produced by Rakuten-owned Canadian popular ebook maker Kobo. Rakuten will launch an ebook service in the nation's largely untapped market on July 19, releasing the Kobo Touch reading device exactly at 100 USD.

This Is How It Starts—Indie Author Group Makes Noises About Blockchain for IP

By Brady Dale
Hillary Clinton signs copies of her books for her supporters.

Clinton Retaps Speechmaking and Book Deal Gold Mine

By Michael Sainato
Cover, Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches From Turkey, Syria and Iraq, by Sarah Glidden (2016)

Sarah Glidden Paints Pictures of Journalists’ Discomforts

By Brady Dale
Make no mistake, this is straight piracy.

When Will YouTube Deal With Its Audiobook and Podcast Piracy Problem?

By Ryan Holiday
Jon Abrams investigates how the “prep to pro” generation forever changed the trajectory of the NBA.

Grantland Alum Jon Abrams on How Players Skipping College Changed the NBA Forever

By Eric M. Ruiz
A.G. Riddle signs Departure.

Bestselling Author A.G. Riddle: More Writers Will Do Even Better With E-Books

By Brady Dale
PHOTO: Kaitlyn Flannagan for Observer

The Report of Print’s Death Is Greatly Exaggerated

By Sarah Dohrmann

Heartworm Press Finds Poetry Beneath the Noise

By Justin Joffe
Online retail giant Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos unveils the Kindle DX, a large-screen version of its popular Kindle electronic reader designed for newspapers, magazines and textbooks, during a press conference in New York, May 06, 2009. The Kindle DX costs 489 USD and features a screen which at 9.7 inches (24.6 centimeters) is 2.5 times larger than the six-inch (15.24 cm) screen on the earlier versions of the Kindle, which cost 359 USD. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel Dunand

With Lower Prices and 12X More Titles Per Year, Famous Authors Fear Amazon

By Brady Dale
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 25: A man reads an ebook in Victoria Tower Gardens on April 25, 2013 in London, England. Following an unseasonably cold start to 2013, higher temperatures are being reported in southern parts of the United Kingdom. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Amazon and Oyster Books: Comparing How Writers Get Paid

By Brady Dale
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The Other NBA: Publishers and Writers Play Ball

By Hunter Harris
Oyster

Online Shop Around the Corner: Oyster Launches Ebook Store

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Jonathan Galassi

Publishing Legend Jonathan Galassi Makes His Debut as a Novelist

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Hachette and Amazon logo

Amazon and Hachette Reach Deal

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
The Best of Everything

Hachette Pipes Pink Noise into its Open-Plan Office

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

Editor Alessandra Bastagli Leaves Al Jazeera America for Nation Books

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
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