Wendy Barnes was supposed to be a doctor. Instead, she became a businesswoman and top executive. Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2024-12-15 18:20:40 UTC ]
A sales increase in its First Day program and more cost cuts led to net income doubling at Barnes & Noble Education in the quarter ended in October 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble acquired Sterling in 2003, and it was rebranded as Union Square & Co. in January 2022 at the direction of B&N CEO James Daunt. Emily Meehan will continue to head Union Square, which will become part of HBG's Grand Central Publishing Group. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union organized a rally outside the Barnes & Noble flagship store in New York City’s Union Square on November 14 in an effort to push the company into resolving disagreement on wages and reaching a contract with workers by the end of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
There are really two types of ereaders: Dedicated ebook/audiobook devices or slabs that are more akin to small tablets with E Ink screens. In the first category, the competition is really between Amazon’s Kindle devices and Rakuten’s Kobo readers. Ereaders in the latter group include entries... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-11-07 08:00:36 UTC ]
No Man’s Mare by Djuna Barnes Pauvla Agrippa had died that afternoon at three; now she lay with quiet hands crossed a little below her fine breast with its transparent skin showing the veins as filmy as old lace, purple veins that were now only a system of charts indicating the pathways where... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-11-04 12:10:00 UTC ]
PW and Barnes & Noble kick off Best Books of the Year season, the NYT looks at the best new releases of November, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-11-03 16:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble names their best nonfiction books of 2024, Taylor Swift's upcoming Eras Tour book, and more nonfiction news this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-11-01 11:00:00 UTC ]
Plus, Barnes & Noble shares its best books of the year. (We can all agree this is too early for that, right?) Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-10-29 11:30:00 UTC ]
In The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore, history professor Evan Friss explores how bookstores have shaped reading, publishing, politics, and community, beginning in the 18th century. I talked with Friss about the value of indie bookstores, the bygone dominance of Barnes & Noble,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2024-10-22 12:00:00 UTC ]
A top chef has accused his longtime business partner of improperly funneling millions of dollars into side projects, including the revival of Williamsburg’s Kellogg’s Diner.Julian Medina says that Luis Skibar, who owns a fast-growing empire of Mexican-style eateries with Medina, has “unlawfully... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-10-15 17:41:30 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble and Read with Jenna spotlight the new novel from Pulitzer winner Louise Erdrich, Belletrist nabs Sally Rooney's buzzy latest, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Reese Witherspoon spotlights her former high school English teacher's new book, Danzy Senna's latest novel gets love from Barnes & Noble and 'Good Morning America,' and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
He pioneered the bookstore-as-superstore, a retail behemoth that dominated the industry before Amazon overtook it with its online reach. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-08-30 23:05:12 UTC ]
Len Riggio, former chair of Barnes & Noble, dies at 83. The visionary entrepreneur revolutionized bookselling in the US. The post Barnes & Noble’s Len Riggio, Dead at Age 83 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-08-27 22:00:47 UTC ]
From upstart to Goliath to villain and back, Leonard Riggio's influence was unparalleled in the world of books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-08-27 20:30:32 UTC ]
Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller but later saw his company overtaken by the rise of Amazon Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2024-08-27 20:22:22 UTC ]
Former Barnes & Noble chair Leonard Riggio, powerhouse of modern bookselling, has died at 83, his family says Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2024-08-27 17:25:53 UTC ]
Len Riggio, who revolutionized bookselling—first by turning Barnes & Noble into the dominant bookstore chain in the United States, then by opening hundreds of superstores—died on August 27 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
It’s almost Labor Day so the sales have started to trickle in. Here’s a cool one. A whole bunch of Lego sets are on sale for 25 percent off from, uh, Barnes & Noble. That may not make sense on paper, but we assure you that these discounts are very real. It’s tough to pick the “best”... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-08-26 15:23:20 UTC ]