A weekend with 'Harry Potter: Wizards Unite'

Mat Smith and Dan Cooper grew up in the UK at the right age to witness the birth of Pottermania. The Harry Potter novels are firmly encoded in their very British psyches, and both are fans of augmented reality, GPS-connected mobile games. So it made... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2019-06-24 17:28:00 UTC ]
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Late Easter Leads to Unit Drop at End of March

Unit sales of print books dropped 7.1% in the week ended Mar. 23, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What Las Vegas is like during the first weekend of March Madness

With the start of March Madness, Las Vegas transforms into the epicenter of college basketball, with tens of thousands of bettors filling sports books across the city. The Los Angeles Times has dispatched Page 2 columnist Arash Markazi, videographer Mark Potts and photographer Kent Nishimura to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unit Sales Flat in Early March

Unit sales of print books were flat in the week ended Mar. 9, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Potter’s F*** Up picked up by Pan Mac

Pan Macmillan has scooped romantic comedy writer Alexandra Potter’s "uplifting" novel about the pressures of hitting 40 in an "Instagram-perfect" world. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Potter lands Eisenberg short stories in first Europa buy

Europa Editions has snapped up the latest collection of short stories by American writer Deborah Eisenberg.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unit Sales Close Out February On Down Note

With the four largest categories posting high-single-digit declines, unit sales of print books fell 7% in the week ended Mar. 2, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print Units Fell Again in Mid-February

Unit sales of print books fell 6.4% in the week ended Feb. 23, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HMH Trade Forms Audiobook Unit

The newly formed HMH Audio will release its first titles this fall and plans to release 75 titles annually drawn from its adult and young reader lists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate buys two more of Parks' Harry McCoy

Canongate will publish the next two books in Alan Parks’ Glasgow-set Harry McCoy crime series, likened by the publisher to a "Celtic Sopranos". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Slow Start for Print Units in 2019

Lack of a political bestseller and ramifications from printing issues have units down 5.9%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Green Tapped to Head Book Unit at Abrams Artists

Longtime literary agent Simon Green has been tapped to head the book and publishing division of Abrams Artists Agency. Green was, until last Spring, an agent at CAA. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Another Soft Week for Unit Sales in January

Sales of print units are off to a slow start in 2019, falling 8.6% in the week ended Jan. 26, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kamala Harris lays out the core ideals of her 2020 campaign in her new book, ‘The Truths We Hold’

As the campaign season ramps up, so too are the releases of political memoirs; we recently saw publication of Chris Christie’s "Let Me Finish," as well as Cliff Sims’ gossipy “Team of Vipers: My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House.” One of the most high-profile books is by a notable... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With No ‘Fire,’ Print Units Fell 5% in Mid-January

Unit sales of print books fell 5% in the week ended Jan. 19, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Uniting Penguin and Random House: PW Talks with Madeline McIntosh

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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Kamala Harris draws crowds in L.A. amid buzz of a presidential run

For Nicki Mitchell of Pomona, there was one good reason to come hear U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris of California talk about her memoir Sunday afternoon at a theater in Los Angeles. “I’m seeing it as an opportunity to see the next president,” said Mitchell, a high school counselor. Harris hasn’t... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print Unit Sales Increased 1.3% in 2018

Unit sales of print books rose 1.3% in 2018 over 2017 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. According to BookScan, units topped 695 million in the 52-week period ended December 29. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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United Airlines sells a cookbook inspired by onboard meals

Airline food is often the subject of stand-up comedy bits, but that hasn’t stopped United Airlines from publishing a cookbook inspired by dishes served in the carrier’s high-end, business-class section, Polaris. Polaris is the exclusive section at the front of the plane where fliers get comfy... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Potted Potter: Unique take on J.K. Rowling's beloved books coming to New Zealand

A hit around the globe,  Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner's unique take on the Harry Potter books is heading back to New Zealand. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2018-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unit Sales Dropped 6.5% in Mid-December

The publishing industry does not look like it is headed for a big finish to 2018. In the week ended Dec. 15, 2018, unit sales of print books fell 6.5% compared to the similar week in 2017 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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