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Cannon Street store for LS Travel Retail

LS Travel Retail UK & Ireland has opened a new UK shop at London's Cannon Street Station... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers support IBW with exclusive editions

Publishers are creating exclusive products, including an original essay by Julian Barnes, ... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Original' Caine Prize shortlist revealed

The shortlist for the £10,000 Caine Prize includes stories by authors from Nigeria, Kenya,... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kellow to succeed Moynahan at HC ANZ

James Kellow, currently commercial director of HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand, is to... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch is 'not fit' to run News Corporation, claim MPs

Rupert Murdoch is "not fit" to have "stewardship of a major international company", while his son James showed "wilful ignorance" over phone hacking, according to a Select Committee report published today. Continue reading at 'Media Week'

[ Media Week | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft buys Nook stake; Barnes & Noble shares soar

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook e-reader, gaining a foothold in the fast-growing ebooks market as the bookseller gets more firepower to compete against Amazon.com's Kindle and Apple Inc's iPad. Continue reading at 'Baltimore Sun'

[ Baltimore Sun | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&N, Microsoft team up for digital biz

Barnes & Noble Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are teaming up to create a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary that will house the digital and college businesses of the bookseller and include a Nook application for Windows 8.The companies said Monday that they are exploring separating those businesses... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'

[ Crains New York | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft, Barnes & Noble teach Apple and Amazon a lesson about educational ebooks

Nobody partners, or negotiates deals, like Microsoft. That's evident from today's stunning agreement with Barnes & Noble, which is sure to turn the ebook market on its head. The two will jointly invest in Newco, temporary name for ebook venture that incorporates B&N's digital and College... Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Steve Jobs' and 'The Help' dominate reading lists in many American cities

Data gathered by Nielsen BookScan for The Daily Beast show many of the same titles are popular in American cities – but exceptions include 'Heaven Is For Real' and 'The Great Gatsby.' Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft invests in Nook ebooks

Microsoft invests $300m in Barnes and Noble's digital business, providing a boost to the Nook ebook reader. Continue reading at 'BBC World'

[ BBC World | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mamut highest-ranking trade figure on ST Rich List

Alexander Mamut, the Blackwell and Pearson families, and Jamie and Jools Oliver are among the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retailers do battle over new J K Rowling prices

Major retailers are already discounting J K Rowling's forthcoming The Casual Vacancy by 50%... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Altruism and the New Enlightenment

Groundbreaking Harvard sociobiologist E.O. Wilson has authored more than two dozen books, including Sociobiology (1975), Consilience (1998), the Pulitzer Prize-winners On Human Nature (1978) and The Ants (1990), and the novel Anthill (2010). His latest book is The Social Conquest of Earth (W. W.... Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble, Microsoft team up on Nook, college businesses

An infusion of money from Microsoft Corp. sent Barnes & Noble Inc.'s stock zooming Monday, as the software giant established a way to get back into the ebooks business. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book review: Frank Deford goes deep, as usual

In 'My Life as a Sportswriter,' the Sports Illustrated writer reminisces on his time chronicling the offbeat and the mainstream in sports.A bio on NPR's website of its commentator Frank Deford notes that the magazine GQ christened him, quite simply, "the world's greatest sportswriter." (Is he?)... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Significant expansion' for Nook as Microsoft invests $300m

Microsoft has invested $300m in Barnes and Noble, forming “a new subsidiary” of the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Microsoft and Barnes & Noble Create E-Book Partnership

Coming up first: A Metro-style Nook e-reader app for Windows 8 that will be available to U.S. and international users. Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-Book Publisher Drops DRM

Science fiction publisher Tor UK has announced it will stop using the technology that restricts copying from all of its ebooks, in a possible precedent for the industry. Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PA welcomes High Court ruling against Pirate Bay

Publishers Association chief executive Richard Mollet has welcomed a block on file-sharing site... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Microsoft finds a nook of its own in Barnes & Noble

Microsoft seems to have found an open window back into the ebook business, closing the door on an ongoing patent dispute with its new partner. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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