Ooooooh, we’re half-way theeeerreee…. OooohOH! Breathing Covid aaairrrr….

- US publishing industry asks gov’t to look into Amazon’s coming monopoly;
- Can a book club help fight racism?;
- Your used bookstore is closed? Browse your own shelves (too many books there are probably not “used” yet anyawy);
- Graphic novels about artists I love? Yes, please;
- Your wee cry in the supplies closet catalyst for today: Jo Nesbø’s royalties;
- Polish artists fight the good fight against homophobia in a part of the world somehow known mostly for both sausages and homophobia;
- BookLaunch spins off publishing wing;
- Using the absurdity of Hitchhiker’s Guide to make life bearable;
- African-mythos-inspired fantasy novel written by guy who just wanted to read a story like that;
- Publishers press advantage on Internet Archive;
- Here come the vulture books on Covid by the people who fucked it up;
- Young hotshot Ocean Vuong (he’s really very good) joins the Future Library;