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New York mag tries Manhattan hand-delivery

New York magazine is trying to remedy rising postal costs and slower postal deliveries by distributing many subscriber copies by hand—at least for Manhattan subscribers with doormen. After a test than began in May, sparked by concerns that post-office cutbacks would only continue to worsen, New... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'

[ Crains New York | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Report Sees Gradual Decline in Book Spending

Given the state of flux in the book world, it can be dangerous to predict industry sales trends, but the private investment banking firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson has done just that in its latest annual report, the “VSS Communications Industry Forecast (2012–16).” Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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North Atlantic Books Transforms with the Times

Almost four decades after Richard Grossinger and Lindy Hough founded North Atlantic Books in Vermont, the press, which has been in Berkeley, Calif., since 1977, continues to evolve within the body, mind, and spirit segment. From a two-person operation with roots in the poetry journal Io that... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Venture Bringing French Bestsellers to U.S.

The 7th Woman by Frédérique Molay is a serial killer novel that’s sold over 150,000 copies in France and has been published in seven languages, in addition to its native French. You can add English to that list on October 23, when indie startup Le French Book brings it to the U.S. as an ebook,... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus hit by Fifty Shades success

The decline in sales of Stieg Larsson and the success of Fifty Shades of Grey has impacted on the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Casual Vacancy 'fastest-selling book' in UK in three years

J K Rowling's The Casual Vacancy has become "the fastest-selling book in the UK in three... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fatima Bhutto's debut to Viking

Viking is set to publish the debut novel from Fatima Bhutto, The Shadow of the Crescent Moon.... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rowling talks embargoes at first Casual Vacancy event

J K Rowling has said the decisions about the strict embargoes surrounding the release of her... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador pre-empts US hot book

Picador has pre-empted a debut novel and short story collection by US author Nickolas Butler,... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What books to assign to a group of inmate-students?

Dickens or Denisovich? Mailer or Malamud? This professor agonized over the reading list for a class of prison inmates. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BA: E-lending panel needs booksellers

The launch of a government review into ebook lending in public libraries has been met with a... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E.L. James’s Long Shadow May Linger over Frankfurt

It was the talk of the London Book Fair. Then it was the talk of the summer. Then it became the book news story of the year. The Fifty Shades series—an originally self-published erotica written as Twilight fan fiction—was too new a phenomenon in April, when the London Book Fair was underway, to... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers must be "drivers" of brand

Publishers should be the "drivers‚" of multimedia brand development, undertaking... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Investcorp To Sell SourceMedia

Investcorp has put New York-based publisher SourceMedia up for sale, according to multiple sources. SourceMedia, which provides news, analysis and research in the b-to-b space through publications Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Moving Beyond ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’

It’s been 10 years since David Borgenicht founded Quirk Books, and three years since the Philadelphia publisher released its massive hit, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a title that has not only sold more than 1.5 million copies (combined print and digital) but launched the mashup book... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More reviews predicted in travel sector

Industry insiders are predicting further restructures across the travel sector, following news... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Duckworth to tell poisoner's tale

Duckworth has acquired the story of the Victorian serial poisoner Dr William Palmer, described by... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publit to expand into Europe

Publit, a Swedish-based ebook service, is to launch an English-language version of its website... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere gets its own Grey

Sphere has acquired an erotic novel by former adult entertainment star Sasha Grey. The Juliette... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JK Rowling ebook suffers glitches

JK Rowling's novel, The Casual Vacancy, suffers a formatting error in the US making it near-impossible to read on some e-readers. Continue reading at 'BBC World'

[ BBC World | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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