The UK’s largest independent bookshop chain Blackwell's is up for sale for the first time in its 143-year history. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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A tough start to 2013 in many parts of the country, with record snows, torrential rains, and tornadoes, plus the bombing in Boston, has made for a quiet year to date for many bookstores, according to PW’s survey of dozens of independents around the country. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of books jumped to a 2013 high last week, boosted by Father's Day, according to figures obtained by the book trade website, The Bookseller. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wiley reported adjusted revenue growth of 1% to $1.72bn in its 2013 fiscal after stripping out... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The parent company of science, business and media publisher Springer has sold its majority stake... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of Dan Brown's Inferno (Bantam Press) rocketed 48% week on week last week, sending the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why did the word 'paperback' appear one hundred years earlier than 'hardback,' when hardbacks had been around much longer? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus has brought home and export sales in-house, after eight years with the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta sales and marketing director Brigid Macleod and sales manager Sharon Murphy are leaving... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Mollet, chief executive of The Publishers Association, has welcomed the "clarity... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WH Smith has reported a total like-for-like sales decrease of 5% in the last quarter but said its... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'1984' book sales are rising after the Edward Snowden revelations about NSA spying. The topic of 'Big Brother' watching has spurred the sales of George Orwell's "1984" and Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World." Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new survey in Japan shows that Amazon's Kindle is leading the market for ebook sales, with Apple (launched in March) second, followed by Kinokuniya's Kinoppy, Sony's Reader Store and Kobo. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new book award has been founded in the US to reward military history titles. The Guggenheim-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-published titles make up 12% of all ebook sales, according to new findings from Bowker... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling novel The Time Traveller's Wife is to be made available as an ebook for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There are so many things wrong with the new book The MILF Diet by former Whole Foods chef Jessica Porter it's difficult to know where to begin. But its name is probably the most glaring so let's dive in there. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2013-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Mass. was one of two booksellers given permission by Gaiman to pre-sell signed copies of his forthcoming book 'The Ocean at the End of the Lane.' 'We’ve never sold that many copies of any book in any place I’ve ever worked,' said the store's co-owner. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Aurum Press has bought a narrative history of how the British beer industry came to flourish... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown's hotly anticipated Inferno (Bantam Press) has become one of the fastest-selling... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Argentine government’s economic protectionism is thwarting the growth of ebook sales,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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