This Week in Books: Amazon v. Hachette, Maya Angelou

The conflict between Amazon and the publisher Hachette has been brewing for some time now; I've only kept up with it peripherally, so I really appreciated this break-down from the Atlantic that projects how the issue could affect the publishing industry long-term. Most importantly, they address why you can't pre-order J.K. Rowling's new book from Amazon.

Since I posted on My Life in Middlemarch this week, here's a nice summary of the Twitter interview between author Rebecca Mead and the Atlantic's 1book140 (the Atlantic's Twitter-based book club).

The cover was released for Amy Poehler's upcoming book Yes, Please. It's not coming out until October, so you can binge on Parks and Rec episodes until then.