Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 25/02/2011 - 08:38 The Big Green Bookshop is appealing to 1,000 of its loyal customers to help secure its future by buying one book each. Owners Simon Key and Tim West of the indie in Wood Green, North London, have also set up an online donation facility on the shop's website http://woodgreenbookshop.blogspot.com to help the push to pay off a burdening loan they used to start the store. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a letter filed yesterday, Apple advised the court that it would only provide those documents to the monitor that it viewed as being within the monitor’s narrow mandate. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If the announcement of Facebook paying $19 billion in cash and stock for WhatsApp surprised you then maybe you’d forgotten this prediction I published on January 8th: #6 -- Facebook transforms itself (or tries to) with a huge acquisition. I wrote long ago that we’d never see Facebook in the Dow... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Since Valve released the first stable version of Steam for Linux a year ago, the number of Linux-supported games has grown more than fivefold.Valve's digital game distribution service now hosts 333 games for Linux, compared to 60 games last February. (Strangely, Steam's store page claims that... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The appointment of Dolinger to oversee any future disputes appears designed to ensure any future Apple disputes have merit, and that the parties are at least working constructively to resolve those disputes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-published platform CompletelyNovel is teaming up with Greene & Heaton literary agency to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week James Patterson mailed the first installment of his $1 million pledge to 54 indie booksellers and the NCIBA for California Bookstore Day. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Atkinson has fended off competition from Robert (J K Rowling) Galbraith to retain the top... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Public Library Association President Carolyn Anthony faces a dilemma. “There’s so much I’m looking forward to that it’s hard to know where to start,” she says, when asked for her perspective on the division’s upcoming biennial conference, set for March 11–15 in Indianapolis, Ind. “I look forward... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mike Luckwell buys struggling title from Jon Moulton's private equity company, Better Capital, with plan to target over-50sReader's Digest has been sold for just £1 to Mike Luckwell, whose previous major investments have included Bob the Builder creator HIT Entertainment and WPP.Jon Moulton's... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IPC Media music magazine reports drop in circulation of 21.1% year on year, with rival Q down 14.2%A relaunch of the New Musical Express failed to stop its sales falling below the 20,000 mark for the first time, down more than a fifth year on year.The IPC Media title, which celebrated its 60th... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Men's Health remains number one paid-for title in the men's print market as rival Bauer Media title reports sales of 96,452FHM, which in its pomp as the UK's most popular men's magazine sold more than 600,000 copies a month, has now slipped below a monthly circulation of 100,000.In the latest... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing Perspectives has launched a digital monthly magazine optimized for reading on tablets and screens. Our first issue on Selling & Sales highlights new strategies for boosting book sales. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the second week in a row, "The Fault in Our Stars" was the top selling title on Apple's iBooks bestseller list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Apple a stay of its court-ordered external monitor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big libraries get all the attention. But in late September of 2013, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) issued an interesting report on small and rural libraries in the United States. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sony's e-reading customers will shift to the Kobo platform in the US and Canada from March,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sony, one of the first companies to enter the ebook market, will close its ebookstore in March and allow its American and Canadian customers to migrate their accounts to Kobo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Story published in three papers wrongly claimed former News Corp chief stormed out of Sydney Opera House Trust meetingAmanda Meade Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From the Fly to Zero Core, the most exciting titles in the music market are put together on a shoestring and given away in shops. We talk to the editors proving that print can still thrive• See the best free magazines in pictures hereA few months after its creation, the Fly magazine almost came... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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