For the quarter ended August 1, sales in Barnes & Noble Education’s retail segment dropped 42.2% from the comparable period a year ago, falling to $158.8 million. In the period, comparable store sales fell 42.8%, which B&NE said accounted for $106.6 million in lost revenue. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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With a new book, a new publisher, and a new agent, Chuck Palahniuk is feeling unusually good for a man who’s just survived one of the toughest stretches of his career. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen says LSU-Alabama game had the highest ratings for any regular season college football game in eight years Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2019-11-12 23:02:58 UTC ]
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Parent company Informa has said Taylor & Francis "continues to perform consistently", expressing confidence that it will hit its annual target of 2% underlying growth for the full year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-12 06:30:02 UTC ]
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Profits dropped 28% at HarperCollins in the first quarter of fiscal 2020 compared to the first period of fiscal 2019, while revenue declined 3%. Parent company New Corp expects HC's financial performance to improve starting in January, the second half of the fiscal year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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VANCOUVER, B.C.—Publishers have been taking a hard look at several novel revenue opportunities, some borrowed from other industries but each representing incremental growth potential when spun on a magazine axis. At the recent Content Opportunity Expo, executives from large legacy groups and... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-11-05 16:00:49 UTC ]
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Nicholas Lemann traces the effects as corporations changed from paternalistic to ruthless. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-31 21:46:02 UTC ]
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Two authors build a unique writing space for African American #OwnVoices storytellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In November, around 100 coders and creative writers are expected to take the National Novel Generation Month challenge, generating 50,000-word novels via articifical intelligence. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Print sales of The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris have surpassed the one million mark in the UK, nearly two years after publication. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 19:47:14 UTC ]
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Imagine being able to walk around the world of your favorite comic book series. Big City Map is based on the world of comics book Brotherman. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-10-23 10:42:14 UTC ]
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Two Australian online book retailers have suspended sales of Ronan Farrow’s investigation into #MeToo, following legal threats from one of the book’s subjects. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-18 08:21:31 UTC ]
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The S&S Selects PrePub Tour sends authors of books due out next season from Simon & Schuster’s five adult imprints across the country to schmooze with literary tastemakers around the country. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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WH Smith has announced it is to buy US indie travel retailer Marshall Retail Group (MRG) for $400m. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 21:24:24 UTC ]
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After the shock death of her husband, Long Litt Woon tried numerous activities to help her deal with her grief. But it wasn’t until she found fellowship in the Norwegian Mycological Association that she found peace. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 21:05:50 UTC ]
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If there was an equivalent entity to Cappelen Damm in the UK market, it would be like a combination of Penguin Random House, Hachette, Foyles (pre-Waterstones buyout), 50% of Audible and Curtis Brown. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 23:44:22 UTC ]
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A collaborative novel featuring five bestselling authors including Lucinda Riley and Alyson Richman, inspired by a recent blockbuster Guggeinheim exhibition of a previously little-known pioneering female abstract artist, has notched up advances of "well over $1m" in six territories in the run-up... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 17:22:25 UTC ]
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A new history about the writing and publication of the Big Book shines a light on the work of Bill W. and the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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'Ducks, Newburyport' by Lucy Ellmann, a 1,040 page novel narrated in a single, unending sentence, is a surprise bestseller. Biblioasis, the North American publisher, has gone back to print twice to meet demand. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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One of the first originals you'll be able to stream on Apple TV+ is M. Night Shyamalan's Servant, a psychological thriller that'll likely feature a few twists and turns in true M. Night fashion. Apple has revealed at New York Comic Con that the serie... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-10-04 08:15:00 UTC ]
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Sports coverage is such a saturated area that digital media publishers like Bleacher Report must constantly hunt new ways to drive new audiences, while sustaining existing ones. Making the series a parody has gone down well with fans, and helped it differentiate. The post Bleacher Report now... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-10-04 04:00:27 UTC ]
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