In a surprise announcement, the ALA has announced that executive director Tracie D. Hall will resign from her position effective October 6, bringing a sudden end to what has been a challenging four years for the organization. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
In December 1986, we covered the surprise announcement that Barnes & Noble had agreed to buy B. Dalton, cementing its position as the country’s largest bookstore chain. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan Trade US president Don Weisberg said Thursday was "definitely a very tough day" for Macmillan employees following the surprise announcement that CEO John Sargent will leave the company at the end of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
After Nielsen weathered severe backlash from networks following Thursday's surprise announcement to delay its national out-of-home measurement rollout--scheduled for this fall--until at least early 2021, the company has reversed course. This afternoon, Nielsen told networks it will go ahead with... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2020-07-10 20:36:48 UTC ]
After a turbulent year thus far for the German book industry, with the surprise announcement in January of the merger of leading book chains Thalia and Mayersche and the insolvency of wholesaler/distributor Koch Neff Volckmar (KNV) two months later, some good news has just been delivered on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-09 19:25:24 UTC ]
The world of ebook subscription services lost one of its earliest proponents late Monday evening, when Oyster—the so-called “Netflix of ebooks,” which also recently opened an online book store—announced it was shutting down “over the next few months.”The surprise announcement comes less than two... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last week's surprise announcement of a forthcoming To Kill a Mockingbird sequel has propelled Harper Lee's classic novel up the charts, with the book bursting into the UK Official Top 50 for the first time in almost five years. Meanwhile, J K Rowling has scored her second overall number one... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]