I know that fingers can’t “plod,” but that is what they are doing now, delivering upsetting news that encapsulates this shitty year. As Hong Kong teeters on the edge of a serious coronavirus outbreak and democratic institutions continue losing a war of attrition with the Chinese government, the region will lose one of its brick-and-mortar cultural […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
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John Wiley is proposing to close its Edinburgh facility in June 2013, expanding its outsourcing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Berkshire Hathaway has made the latest of its string of investments in newspaper publishers. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The U.S. government has sided with monopoly rather than competition in bringing a case of ebook price-fixing against Apple, the company said in a filing on... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For a fourth consecutive week, the three books in E L James' Fifty Shades trilogy were the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An English-language bookshop in Paris is to close its doors in July after 30 years. The Village... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There’s something of a revolt in the digital media world against the tyranny of the banner ad. Platforms like Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter aren’t running standard display ads. New-style publishers like Buzzfeed don’t lik ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Broadway Books in Portland, Oregon, saved from shutting its doors when the owner's son tweeted a plea to help save it, is now celebrating its 20th birthday. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Target, the first brick-and-mortar store to sell the Kindle, will soon pull Amazon’s popular e-reader from its shelves. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nothing has challenged bricks-and-mortar bookstores to reconsider their physical space and what they carry more than the recession and the rise of ebooks. Recently, two independents announced that they will reduce their space. Third Street Books in McMinnville, Ore., which expanded in 2006, is... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google will end its Google eBooks reseller program which allowed independent bookstores to sell ebooks through Google's platform. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The nation's independent bookstores got another bit of bad news Thursday: Google Inc.is closing the books on them. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google said the program, which allowed independent bookstores to sell ebooks through their Web sites, was not a success. Bookstores said it was a valuable platform that allowed them to give customers something they wanted. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The government has announced it is to accept all the 28 recommendations made in Mary Portas... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association has criticised the government for failing to tackle business rates... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The literary genre is white-hot in Hollywood, with filmmakers bidding on unpublished books and paying as much as $1 million for the rights to relatively modest sellers.The back-to-back blockbuster successes of "Harry Potter," "Twilight" and now "The Hunger Games" have turned the hunt for fresh... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic Children’s Books has announced plans to close its existing Horrible Histories... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The four-day Paris Book Fair closed on Monday (19th March) with a pledge made to defend... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An e-rights agreement between French publishers and authors has finally been hammered out, a year... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Espresso Book Machine means that booksellers can publish and sell an enormous number of titles. But can they make the finances work? Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2012-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Guild President Scott Turow charges in an open letter about ebook pricing: “Our government may be on the verge of killing real competition in order to save the appearance of competition.” Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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