Gloucester-based bookseller bought by the retail giant in 2011 will shut at the end of AprilThe online shop Book Depository is due to close at the end of April, vendors and publishing partners have been told. This comes after the bookseller’s parent company Amazon announced it had decided to “eliminate” a number of positions across its Devices and Books businesses.The Gloucester-based bookseller was founded in 2004 by Stuart Felton and Andrew Crawford, a former Amazon employee, with the mantra of “selling ‘less of more’ rather than ‘more of less’”. It aimed to sell 6m titles covering a wide variety of genres and topics, as opposed to focusing solely on bestsellers. While originally a rival to Amazon, it was acquired by the retail giant in 2011, causing some in the publishing industry to worry about the tightening of the American company’s “stranglehold” on the UK book trade. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2023-04-04 11:07:43 UTC ]
Booksellers gathered at the home of the Rose Bowl for the California Independent Booksellers Alliance’s Fall Fest 2024, which took place September 17–18. Of 177 bookseller members from across the Golden State, 83 were first-time attendees; 46 exhibitor organizations and 36 authors also came to... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The entire Annapurna Interactive team has left the company after its executives walked out, according to Bloomberg. Apparently, the video game publisher's president, Nathan Gary, had been negotiating with Annapurna Pictures' founder Megan Ellison to spin off Annapurna Interactive into its own... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-09-13 12:30:45 UTC ]
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A sweetly situated bookstore and its bookseller in France leads Richard Charkin to speculate on job titles in publishing. The post Richard Charkin in France: What’s in a Name? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-08-30 19:45:11 UTC ]
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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 at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2024-08-27 20:22:22 UTC ]
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Amid a months-long dispute with influencers, many of whom have vowed not to promote St. Martin's Press titles until their concerns are addressed, SMP on Friday released a brief statement condemning "racism in all its forms" and saying it remains committed to "publishing a wide variety of books... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The national bookseller is continuing its comeback this year, with the most openings in a single year since at least 2009. In a news environment filled with gloomy stories about the decline of brick-and-mortar retail, we’ll take the wins where we can get them. Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2024-08-16 20:13:57 UTC ]
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For some regional bookseller associations, joint trade shows are a winning formula. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Whether it’s heat waves, wildfires, or floods, news of weather events intensified by climate change is hard to miss. And the publishing industry has been paying attention. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Whether it’s heat waves, wildfires, or floods, news of weather events intensified by climate change is hard to miss. And the publishing industry has been paying attention. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Sourcebooks is expanding its reach into the indie bookseller sales channel by replacing commission reps with an in-house sales team. The Chicagoland-based publisher has poached Courtney Payne from Chronicle Books to lead the team as director of indie retail sales. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The NYT's best books of the century so far, romance bookstores are on the rise, and more publishing industry news. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-07-14 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Over 500 industry professionals sign open letter to bookseller after employee’s post about ‘tearing up books’ by Christina DalcherMore than 500 authors and book industry professionals have signed an open letter calling on Waterstones to reverse a decision to dismiss an employee who said she... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-07-11 10:31:48 UTC ]
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Samuel Roth was the sort of bookseller whose wares came wrapped in brown paper. Titles like Gershon Legman’s The Sexual Conduct of Men and Women, Maxwell Bodenheim’s My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village, and most notoriously his anthologized periodical of high-brow smut, American Aphrodite: A... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-07-03 08:56:41 UTC ]
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The future of the Australian online bookseller has grown more uncertain with the appointment of a firm to undertake “an urgent assessment of Booktopia’s business.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Costco has been pulling back from book sales for years, hurting the publishing industry. Now, the company reportedly plans to primarily limit book sales to the holiday season, from September to December. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Today's links include the continued rise in independent bookstores, a master bookseller on bookselling, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-05-24 19:41:49 UTC ]
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In “Reading the Room,” Paul Yamazaki, the chief buyer for City Lights Booksellers, calls this “one of the richest and most rewarding times” to be a literature fan. Continue reading at The New York Times
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The management of Chicago's Seminary Co-op and and 57th Street Books has voluntarily recognized a union formed by bookseller employees of the member-owned cooperative. SCBU IU 660 is a branch of the Industrial Workers of the World. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Georgia's foreign agents bill is drawing criticism from PEN Georgia, the Georgian Publishers and Booksellers Association, and others. The post Republic of Georgia: Publishing Industry Criticizes ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-05-17 19:01:14 UTC ]
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Reid's blogs, 'Query Shark' and 'Miss Snark,' were widely read destinations for frank commentary on the publishing industry and the querying process. After a more than 20-year career as an agent, she died after a brief illness on April 14. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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