‘Book Bites’ for Thursday 5th August 2011

Melville House announce HybridBook project - Brooklyn-based publisher Melville House has released details of a new publishing innovation which launches on August 16th. Hybridbook combines the traditional form of the printed book with an electronic … [Read more...]

Daily Bookshot: By the Canal

By the Canal, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. I've got admit that I don't have an awful lot of knowledge of Lee Rourke's debut novel, The Canal (Melville House) at this time, other than knowing that there are a lot of influential literary … [Read more...]

‘Book Bites’ for Tuesday 18th May 2010

Melville House launch Moby Awards for Best and Worst Book Trailers - Love 'em or hate 'em book trailers are becoming more and more a common feature of our literary landscape these days. So much so that indy New York publisher Melville House have … [Read more...]

Daily Bookshot: Fit-in-the-hand Perfect!

Fit-in-the-hand Perfect!, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. Ever since I featured the Art of the Novella series from Melville House in a Cover Love feature back in March, I’ve coveted the very fabric of them. Recently I’ve been graced … [Read more...]

Daily Bookshot: Hans is in the House (But Not for Long)

Hans is in the House (But Not for Long), originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. I finally got my hands on Hans Fallada's seminal novel Alone in Berlin (Penguin UK ISBN: 9781846140822) [note: published in the US as Every Man Dies Alone (Melville … [Read more...]