Barnes & Noble apologizes for ‘serious network issue’ after days-long Nook disruptions

Customers have reported days of disruption to the Nook e-reader service, as well as other systems that the company said have since been restored. After users reported issues with Nook e-reader book access for days, with Barnes & Noble saying Monday that a “system failure” was interrupting access to content for some users, the bookstore chain said Wednesday that access to the system should be restored “shortly.”Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2020-10-14 17:46:15 UTC ]
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Carl Bernstein Plans Memoir on His Cub Reporter Days

The writer Carl Bernstein has struck a deal to write a memoir of his early years as a cub reporter in Washington, his publisher, Henry Holt & Company, said on Monday. Rather than focusing on his famous tenure at The Washington Post, where wit ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Year-long promotion for Bear Hunt

The 25th anniversary of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AMP Reissues Self-Published Book of Poems

Andrews McMeel Publishing has moved quickly to produce and promote Lang Leav’s Love & Misadventure, a 176-page volume containing 75 poems, as well as prose and illustrations, in which the author ruminates upon the highs and lows that inevitably accompany romantic relationships. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The PW Frankfurt Show Daily: Day 3, October 11, 2013

Get complete coverage of the Frankfurt Book Fair with the PW Frankfurt Show Daily. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The PW Frankfurt Show Daily: Day 1, October 9, 2013

Get complete coverage of the Frankfurt Book Fair with the PW Frankfurt Show Daily. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Star Wars Reads Day is being held for the second time

Chain bookstores, indie locations, schools and school libraries are participating all over the world. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Government Social Feeds Go Quiet on First Day of Shutdown

While invective about the state of American democracy has reached a fever pitch on social media, several government feeds themselves have gone quiet on the first day of the federal shutdown.Agencies including FEMA, the National Park Service and NASA have stated on their Facebook, Twitter and... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribd, HarperCollins deal casts long digital shadow

Whether publishers want it or not, the Netflix model is coming to the book business.The San Francisco startup Scribd, best known as a site for posting PDFs of documents, announced Tuesday it is launching a multi-platform digital book subscription service that will provide access to a wide range... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Next Issue Media Expands into Canada

Next Issue Media, the multi-title subscription service backed by Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Next Issue Media, the Hulu for iPad Magazines, Expands to Canada, Adds New Investor

Next Issue Media, the publishing industry's attempt to create a Hulu-style joint venture for digital magazines, is expanding to Canada and taking on a new investor. The JV, whose members include Time Inc., Hearst and Conde Nast, will add Rogers Communications' Roger Media unit as an equity... Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elle, Cosmo to Include Actual Vials Of Perfume With November Issues

Some subscribers of four Hearst magazines will soon get perfume samples in an apparently new fashion for the industry: via sample vials of Marc Jacobs Daisy and Eau So Fresh attached.The two-and-a-half milliliter tubes will come lightly adhered to 100,000 copies of the November issues of Elle,... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight gets UK price cut, drops below £50

Bookworms in the UK tired of smuggling flashlights to bed might want to take another look at the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight. After all, you can get one for £49 now that Barnes & Noble has slashed £20 off its retail price -- that's far, far lower than the amount people had to pay at... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Kindle Fire tablets; B&N continues Nook price cut

Amazon has announced the US release of three new Kindle Fire Tablets. Meanwhile Barnes &... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Distro Issue 108: With the arrival of two new Apple handsets, do the i's have it?

Just over a week ago, Apple pulled the wraps off of not one but two new smartphone options for the iOS faithful. In this week's edition of our slate magazine, the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c head through the Engadget review gauntlet to test Cupertino's latest against the competition. Eyes-On peeks... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nonfiction long-list announced for book awards

A pair of best-selling works by staff writers for The New Yorker, Lawrence Wright's "Going Clear" and George Packer's "The Unwinding," were among 10 books chosen for the nonfiction long-list of the National Book Awards.Besides Mr. Wright's investigation of Scientology and Packer's bleak account... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First long-list of finalists for book awards

Kate DiCamillo and David Levithan were among the 10 authors who made the first-ever long-list of finalists for the National Book Awards, part of a new nominating process that prize organizers hope will lead to increased attention and sales.Ms. DiCamillo and Mr. Levithan were nominees in the... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Usborne Day for 40th anniversary

Usborne is encouraging bookshops across the nation to take part in Usborne Day on Saturday 5th... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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National Book Award releases long-list for Young People's Literature

The National Book Awards launched its first long-list with the 10 books in the running for the 2013 award for Young People's Literature on Monday.The National Book Awards launched its first long-list with the 10 books in the running for the 2013 award for Young People's Literature on Monday. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Keep Your Social Networking Out Of My Book

These days there's something extra revitalizing about cracking open a book. I don't just mean in a strictly geektastic, hooray–for–reading kind of way. I mean, it's actually mentally refreshing. For those of us who live online, there's no better way to wrap up a hyper–connected day of status... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Distro Issue 107: How Edward Thorp gambled his way into wearable-tech history

Edward Thorp was banned from casinos in Vegas for counting cards. He even published a book on his system for winning at the blackjack table using the mathematical theory of probability. While working at MIT, he built what many consider the first wearable device for -- you guessed it -- beating... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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