At $1.7 Billion, Nook is Worth More than Barnes & Noble Itself

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble have buried the patent hatchet and teamed up to compete against Apple and Amazon in the eBooks business. The new partnership sees Microsoft investing $300 million in a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary. (My colleague ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook drives up to 7 times more traffic than Twitter. Get to know your social audience

Social media, once considered the side door to a publisher's site, is rapidly becoming the primary entry point for new readers. These readers move in and out of content differently than traditional web site visitors. Social visitors are new, they’re likely to stay that way, and even if they... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Memphis' Matt Barnes denies going after Milwaukee's John Henson

DeAndre Jordan wrapped Matt Barnes in a bear hug. Chris Paul held up his phone so that his son could briefly chat with Barnes on FaceTime. But there was something about their former teammate on Saturday that the Clippers didn’t miss: more controversy. Barnes said he did not try to enter the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Case Set for April 1 Supreme Court Conference

The Supreme Court has put the case on the calendar for its April 1 conference, meaning the end of the more than 10-year old case could be near. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont global publishing revenues down 1%

Egmont Group, the Scandinavian media group that owns Egmont Publishing, said 2015 was a "satisfactory” year, as revenues increased 1.5% to €1.6bn (£1.25bn). Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Amazon creates 1,500 new jobs across Manchester and Leicestershire

Amazon is to create 1,500 new permanent jobs with the opening of fulfilment centres in Manchester and Leicestershire this Autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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International Hot Book Properties, Week of March 7, 2016

The self-published debut by a Norwegian crime fiction blogger draws interest, along with a backlist novel being billed as a Japanese 'One Hundred Years of Solitude.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore News: March 7, 2016

First romance-only bookstore opens; BAM continues to grow its used bookstores; and Amazon adds to its campus pickup locations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, May 1, 2016

The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended May 1, 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of March 7, 2016

Soho closed a doubleheader; Balzer + Bray signed a new duology by Sara Raasch; and Greenwillow books signed Kimberley Derting. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book seller Nook pulls out of UK

Barnes & Noble will stop selling digital books for its Nook device on 15 March, the firm said on World Book Day. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, March 7, 2016

This week: new Dana Spiotta, redeeming the "Kama Sutra," and the quest to find the true age of the universe. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: March 7, 2016

Grab your TARDIS-blue pencil: the ‘Doctor Who Coloring Book’ is the #1 book in the country. Plus a cookbook by 'Sport Illustrated' swimsuit model Chrissy Teigen debuts at #1 in Hardcover Nonfiction, book 7 in Kazu Kibuishi’s Amulet graphic novel series is #1 in Children’s Frontlist Nonfiction,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: ‘The Widow’ Takes #1

Up one spot from last week is the debut thriller by Fiona Barton, 'The Widow;' it topped the iBooks bestseller list for the week ended February 28. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Roundup, March 1, 2016

A flurry of new bookstores are opening; Minneapolis’s Once Upon a Crime is changing hands; and two Seattle stores, once projected to close, are keeping the lights on. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Ku Klux Klan rally in California erupts in violence; 3 stabbed, 1 critically

Three people were stabbed Saturday, one critically, after a small group of Ku Klux Klan members staging an anti-immigrant rally in Southern California clashed with a larger gathering of counter-protesters, police said. The violence erupted shortly after noon in Anaheim's Pearson Park, about 3... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Adds 7 Publishers to Anthology Branded-Video Program

That number should ramp up quickly as Facebook expands the Anthology program ahead of this year's Digital Content NewFronts, adding Brit & Co, Complex Media, Conde Nast, Discovery Communications, NowThis, PopSugar and Refinery29."The selection of these new partners gets to the crux of the... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Classics to offer schools sets of 100 books at £1 per title

Publisher responds to challenge from the schools minister to provide schoolchildren with affordable access to great books From Solomon Northrup’s 19th-century memoir about his years in captivity, Twelve Years a Slave, to classic novels such as Gulliver’s Travels and Madame Bovary, schools... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of February 1, 2016

Carolrhoda Books nabs a debut novel by a screenwriter, Jennifer Alvarez re-ups at HC Children’s Books to continue her equine fantasy series, Bloomsbury gets into the Halo business, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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