Even in the digital age, Barnes & Noble can’t avoid the headache of returns. Although the company posted lots of positive results for the year-end and fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, the number most analysts seem to focus on was Nook segment sales for the fourth quarter, which fell 10.5%, to $164 million. CEO William Lynch explained that the decline was due to heavy returns of Nook Simple Touch in the quarter and the decision to delay the launch of Nook GlowLight to May to ensure it met B&N’s quality standards. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UCLA’s search for a men’s basketball coach will trudge on toward its 100th day. Rick Barnes is staying at Tennessee. The Bruins had pivoted to Barnes over the weekend, making him an offer to become the permanent replacement for Steve Alford, only for Barnes to remain in Knoxville after a series... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UCLA was waiting to hear Monday whether Tennessee’s Rick Barnes would accept an offer to become its basketball coach and end a search that was approaching the 100-day mark. Bruins officials had offered the veteran coach a five-year contract, according to multiple reports, with Tennessee officials... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tennessee coach Rick Barnes has emerged as the latest front-runner in UCLA’s circuitous men’s basketball coaching search, providing a veteran candidate who has enjoyed a recent revival of a career spanning more than three decades. Barnes has interviewed with school officials, according to a... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Octopus imprint Kyle Books is serving up a new Wagamama cookbook featuring more than 70 recipes inspired by the restaurant chain’s favourite dishes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fitzcarraldo Editions has snapped up Filipino novelist Gina Apostol's "startlingly innovative" novel, Insurrecto. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont has bought UK rights to what is undoubtedly the book of this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair: B B Alston’s Amari and the Night Brothers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Diversity and inclusion is high on the agenda at this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair, with US and UK publishers keen to snap up stories by authors from backgrounds which have previously been underrepresented in publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beijing-based publisher Xiron Books has acquired a new Young Adult series by Claire McFall for a six-figure sum. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador has bagged a new collection of essays by prize-winning writer and critic Olivia Laing about the importance of art. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus has snapped up an “emotional page-turner” by Linda Green in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate has acquired world, all-language rights in 1-2-3-4: The Beatles in Time by Private Eye parodist Craig Brown in a deal struck directly with the author. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2019 drew to a close with the shock announcement that Faber editor Lee Brackstone will leave the indie after nearly 25 years to run a new, as yet unnamed, music-centric imprint at Orion. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph has acquired a new cookbook from Nadiya Hussain to tie-in with her upcoming BBC series, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former "Blue Peter" presenter Konnie Huq has written a children’s book for Bonnier, Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World, as part of a new series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quiller has scooped a memoir by Alexander Lebedev, ex-KGB spy, oligarch and owner of the Evening Standard and Independent. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House imprint Century has snapped up Gary Lineker and Danny Baker's football guide, Behind Closed Doors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown UK has acquired world rights for a fictionalised take on Second World War hero Nancy Wake, due to be turned into a movie by Anne Hathaway. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael O’Mara Books is to publish By Order of the Peaky Blinders, the first official tie-in book to the hit TV show "Peaky Blinders". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mirror Books has acquired the “landmark” memoir by Sergeant Alexander Blackman, better known to many as Marine A. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion Fiction has bagged the author Frances Quinn's debut novel at auction, telling the story of England’s smallest man. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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