While Barnes & Noble has created lots of buzz and headlines with its Nook e-reading devices, its future profitability lies in the sale of content. That was the message CEO William Lynch delivered to analysts last week in a conference call discussing first-quarter results. Improved gross margins were due to increased sales of higher-margin content, while competition forced B&N to lower the price of its e-reading devices by an average of 23% compared to a year ago, which contributed to a decline in device sales. Lynch said that while B&N needs to be “competitive” in the device space, “hardware is not where margins reside—they reside in digital content.” Digital content sales rose 46% in the first quarter, with sales of apps, magazines, and newspapers growing at a slightly faster pace than ebooks, Lynch noted. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children are being exposed to aspects of Netflix’s gory and dark drama Squid Game, but it’s most likely not from the streaming service itself. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2021-10-21 05:35:19 UTC ]
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Lucy Corin’s discursive family drama is set against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crisis. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-19 13:00:00 UTC ]
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The longtime anchor’s memoir settles scores and reexamines some regrettable choices. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-15 07:39:38 UTC ]
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Director/writer Mike Flanagan has quickly made a name for himself as a horror maestro. The man behind Netflix’s hit anthology series The Haunting and the recently released Midnight Mass is set to adapt Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher.” Although there isn’t a release date yet,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-10-07 19:14:29 UTC ]
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Begin the season with books by Anthony Horowitz, Camilla Trinchieri, David McCloskey and others. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-02 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Trusted Media Brands just recently acquired Jukin Media. Here's a look at what its strategy looks like — and what channels are set to expand first. The post Case Study: How Trusted Media Brands is prioritizing video after acquiring a viral digital content company appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2021-09-29 04:01:00 UTC ]
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Shah Muhammad Rais, who was made famous in The Bookseller of Kabul, has vowed to keep his bookshop open, despite having had only two customers since the Taliban retook the country in the middle of August. Founded in 1974 Rais’s store has seen regimes (along with foreign powers) come and go, and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-09-28 15:00:23 UTC ]
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The New Atlantic and Southern Independent Booksellers Associations (NAIBA and SIBA) kicked off a combined virtual fall conference on September 27, marking the second year in a row that the two organizations have joined forces to offer educational programming, author readings, and editor buzz picks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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After a gripping opening, Jon McGregor’s novel turns into a meditation on language and caregiving. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-09-27 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Toby Hopkins has been appointed director of content licensing at DK as the publishing house develops plans to grow B2B sales in the digital space. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-17 22:51:13 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Daniel Kraus and artist Chris Shehan talk about collaborating on The Autumnal, a graphic novel from Nightfall, the dedicated horror imprint from Vault Comics. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Storytel reports seeing a rise in audiobook downloads in Russia by 45 percent in the last year. LitRes leads market. The post Audiobooks in Russia: Storytel and LitRes Cite Rising Interest appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-09-14 11:42:09 UTC ]
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Amanda Gorman, Jodi Picoult and Anthony Doerr all have new books coming out in the months ahead. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-09-09 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Zoey Dixon, named a Bookseller Rising Star in 2020, has been a leading light in making libraries more accessible, both before and during Covid, in her development role at Lambeth Libraries. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-03 01:24:28 UTC ]
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Revenue at Australian online book retailer Booktopia Group Limited has grown by 35% this year, soaring to $223.9m (£119m) from last year's $165.7m (£88m) and beating its forecasts for the full year to 30th June 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-31 13:52:14 UTC ]
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James Daunt has hailed a rise in sales at American bookseller Barnes & Noble following changes he introduced after being appointed as its c.e.o. in 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-27 02:05:18 UTC ]
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Faber has landed a collection of "uplifting" romantic short stories, edited by author Melissa Meyer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-26 20:21:46 UTC ]
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The internet was awash with tech deals this week, with some of the best coming from Apple and Amazon. Apple's AirPods Pro dropped to $180 while the MacBook Pro M1 received at $200 discount. Amazon kicked off its "off to college" sale by reducing the prices of its Echo speakers, including the... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2021-08-20 15:50:10 UTC ]
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Publishers are expanding their lines of Bibles as a new study reveals that readership is up. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Jane Dunn's Jane's Patisserie (Ebury) and Stephen King's Billy Summers (Hodder & Stoughton) have topped Amazon's Most-Sold: Non-Fiction and Most-Sold: Fiction rankings respectively. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-11 22:55:21 UTC ]
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