Last November, when Barnes & Noble announced that it was putting itself up for sale, Neil Van Uums bank called in the loan for his Joseph-Beth Booksellers chain. The ensuing bankruptcy has since wound down, but only after three of the six JoBeth stores closedCharlotte, N.C.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; and Cleveland, Ohioand the Davis-Kidd store in Nashville. Van Uum lost both the Joseph-Beth and Davis-Kidd names along with the Lexington and Cincinnati stores and a health clinic in Cleveland to his former landlord, Robert Langley, in auction; a fourth store in Virginia went to Books-A-Million. Instead of planning a 25th anniversary celebration for JoBeth, which he cofounded in 1986, Van Uum has spent the past six months since the bankruptcy was resolved renovating the only store in the chain that he kept, the former Davis-Kidd in Memphis, renamed the Booksellers at Laurelwood. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Religion columnist Riess explores how changing behaviors and a ‘crisis of belief’ among millennials is impacting the LDS Church in her new book, ‘The Next Mormons.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eisner Award-winning comics artist Faith Erin Hicks’ first work of young adult prose, 'Comics Will Break Your Heart,' is named after a quote by legendary superhero artist Jack Kirby. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Through a series of vignettes, prolific author and philosopher of religion Nicholas Wolterstorff highlights the communities, philosophies, and faith that shaped his life and writing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The owner of Canadian music business Sunrise Records, Doug Putman, is in rescue bid talks for HMV. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women’s lifestyle website The Pool is reportedly in crisis talks, with staff yet to receive their January wages. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Costa Book of the Year prize goes to its biography category winner, a tale of the Dutch Nazi resistance by Bart van Es. The post Bart van Es’ Biography ‘The Cut Out Girl’ Named Costa Book of the Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media mergers between BuzzFeed and other top digital publishers are exciting to think about. But don't bet on them happening anytime soon. The post Video Briefing: BuzzFeed layoffs prompt new talk of mergers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“The demand for gender equality is growing louder, and it is coming from all over the world,” Gates told attendees at the opening of the ALA meeting. But progress is not inevitable, she warned. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The conversations at Winter Institute 14 in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday focused on commerce, covering sales data, and the best ways to capture pre-order sales. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House completed moving its Penguin staff members that had been working on Hudson St. to 1745 Broadway, where Random House has long had its headquarters, on January 2. PW talked with PRH US CEO Madeline McIntosh about the move. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bart van Es' The Cut Out Girl (Fig Tree) and Tara Westover's Educated (Hutchinson) have been shortlisted for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The contest, part of a cultural initiative of the New York Rights Fair celebrating excellence in book design in five categories, is now open for submissions for its 2019 awards. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Administrators are in “ongoing” talks with book suppliers to HMV and trying to “make new arrangements” after the music retailer collapsed for a second time. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In his new book, religion professor Michael Muhammad Knight presents 40 views of the prophet Muhammad, painting him in an unexpected light and demonstrating the wide-ranging diversity within the Muslim world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson has disputed the allegations of sexual misconduct that were made public by three women. The famous scientist defended himself in a lengthy Facebook post shortly after Fox and the producers of the television series Cosmos said they had opened... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2018-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In her new book, president of Proverbs 31 Ministries and bestselling author of ‘Uninvited’ Lysa TerKeurst delves into the recent pain of her husband’s infidelity, a cancer diagnosis, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On a recent morning, chefs David McMillan and Frédéric Morin sat at Chateau Marmont, the swank hotel on the Sunset Strip, to talk about their new book, “Joe Beef: Surviving the Apocalypse, Another Cookbook of Sorts.” It is a sequel to their debut cookbook, which they also wrote with Meredith... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Italian director Saverio Costanzo spoke with Fast Company about the challenge of adapting the first novel in the Neapolitan series (as a man, no less). In 2007, Italian director Saverio Costanzo wrote to the publisher of Elena Ferrante’s novella The Lost Daughter and asked if he could option the... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In ‘Why Religion,’ Princeton religion professor Elaine Pagels searches for meaning, hope, and courage following the death of her young son as well as her husband one year later. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW talks with Rina Ayuyang, an artist and the publisher of Yam Books, about her new graphic memoir, 'Blame This on the Boogie,' a look back at her love of musicals, disco and growing in an immigrant Filipino family in the 1970s. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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