A Spider-Man comic that cost 12 cents in 1962 is now selling for nearly $60K in Moncton

A Moncton comic book shop is selling one of the most valuable issues of Spider-Man comics out there. The Comic Hunter in Moncton is looking for $60,000 for a copy of Amazing Fantasy #15. Continue reading at 'CBC'

[ CBC | 2023-12-03 21:53:26 UTC ]
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Kate Manning moves from HC to Hot Key

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 09:18 Hot Key Books has hired HarperCollins' head of children's sales as its new sales and marketing director. Kate Manning will join the publisher on 2nd January 2012 and will be responsible for a fiction list comprising between 30... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Doncaster to hand 12 libraries to volunteers

Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Wed, 05/10/2011 - 08:50 Doncaster council has announced plans to hand 12 libraries over to volunteer-running, some as early as November, the BBC reports. The development, which comes after a year's moratorium on library cuts, comes despite a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate sells controlling stake in Text Publishing

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 03/10/2011 - 15:21 Canongate has sold its controlling stake in Australian publisher Text Publishing to Maureen and Tony Wheeler, the founders of Lonely Planet. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, generates a "sizeable" amount of cash to invest into... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Summit Business Media Sells Off Highline Data

Summit Business Media has sold Highline Data--its insurance information services unit--to SNL Financial LC. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2011-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker teams up with iBookstore

Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Wed, 28/09/2011 - 08:45 The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011 is to host an event at the Apple Store in Covent Garden, London, as it links up with the iBookstore. Shortlisted authors Carol Birch, Patrick deWitt and A D Miller will take part in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2011 Man Booker shortlist most popular ever

Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Fri, 23/09/2011 - 08:10 Sales of the six novels in contention for the 2011 Man Booker Prize have totalled 37,500 copies across all print editions since the shortlist was announced, making it the most popular Booker shortlist since records began. Sales... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales surge for Man Booker shortlist books

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Independent Publishers Are Keeping Paper Costs Down

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[ Folio Magazine | 2011-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus signs 50 Cent's bullying novel

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus bags 50 Cent bullying tale

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2011-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sainsbury's signs exclusive deal to sell Joan Collins book

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2011-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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