Blackwell's is running a photo competition to celebrate the launch of Pokémon Go, a mobile game that allows users to catch Pokémon in real life using gps technology. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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When a fan questioned Rowling's statement that she envisioned 'Harry Potter' character Dumbledore as gay, the author replied that 'gay people just look like ... people.' 'Amazing answer,' the fan replied. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There is "an enormous business to be built in the book subscription space," similar to that in music and film, but more titles need to be made available by publishers, Scribd c.e.o. Trip Adler told the IPA Congress in Bangkok yesterday (24th March). Meanwhile HarperCollins chief digital officer... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print book sales showed "continuing resilience" in 2014, with overall spending on print and digital titles increasing across the year. Meanwhile, online book buying overtook in-store book buying for the first time last year. In 2014, sales of print and ebooks stood at £2.2bn, up 4% from the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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eBooks by Sainsbury’s is launching a new national promotion offering customers £3 off all ebooks when they buy a paperback chart title in-store. All of the titles in the Paperback Chart in Sainsbury's stores will have a sticker with a unique code that gives customers £3 to spend on ebooks at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The indie SF publisher Wonderment plans 20 ebook titles exploring a universe of characters enduring world-shattering eventsWriting can be hard – not hard like mining diamonds in Zimbabwe or making cheap clothes for westerners in Bangladesh, of course, but anyone in the 21st-century knowledge... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has opened a flagship store on Chinese competitor Alibaba Group Holding’s consumer-to-consumer site, Tmall.com. Amazon’s store on the site launched this week and so far offers a limited range of products including imported food, women’s shoes, toys and kitchen equipment, the Wall Street... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Throughout this morning’s earnings call, the thought reoccurred: Jack Griffin’s new Tribune Publishing Company is playing catch-up. Then, toward the end of the call, one a little more informative than average, the CEO said it plai ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five years ago, the National Association of College Stores issued a white paper that looked forward to what the state of the college store would be in 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s has opened a new shop on Oxford Brookes University campus, 40% bigger than its previous one on the site. The shop officially opened yesterday (18th February), and sits above Starbucks in a new partnership for the bookseller. Starbucks is based on the ground floor and Blackwell’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On the eve of the biggest event of the Sprint Cup Series, Nascar is beginning an effort to get kids more interested in science and math through auto racing.Timed to coincide with Sunday's 57th Daytona 500, the Nascar Acceleration Nation program will look to steer primary schoolers into a greater... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the February 17 Family Christian Stores bankruptcy hearing in Grand Rapids, Mich., attorneys representing a number of Christian publishers--who are among the creditors owed a total of $40 million--were in attendance. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At this year's trade show executives from several publishers said specialty toy stores are currently doing well with books and are looking for new titles to add to their assortments. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In popular genres such as sci-fi and fantasy, fan fiction based on the Wattpad model could easily disrupt the publishing industryFor a few years in the mid 2000s, I was the young librarian who got sent to schools to convince kids they really did want to read books. The truth of my experience was... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The nation's largest Christian bookstore chain has filed for bankruptcy and plans to reorganize. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookseller Stella Williams tells PW about working at the New York City's famed Strand Book Store, and the plans to grow the store's children's department. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Book Depository m.d Kieron Smith is to join Blackwell’s as digital director in February. He replaces Matthew Cashmore in the role, who left this month to join the priesthood. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New books from Christian publishers offer hope, advice, and a bit of tough love for singles looking for romance. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles is to expand into the West Midlands for the first time, by opening a store at the new Grand Central Birmingham station. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For many bricks-and-mortar bookstores, 2014 was a banner year, helped by the overall improvement in the sale of print books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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