Gail See, a Minneapolis-area bookseller for many years and a leader in Minnesota's literary community, who served as president of the ABA board from 1984-1986, has died at age 94. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Set in 1946 in Little, Rock, Ark., 'Two Dead' by Van Jensen and Nate Powell is the fictional story of Gideon Kemp, a returning WWII veteran and trained law enforcement officer, secretly recruited to the police force by the city’s mayor in an effort to put an end to the sadistic, violent tenure... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Faced with growing numbers of customers migrating to the internet, German bookseller Hugendubel is pinning its hopes on a new store concept which it ambitiously calls the "bookshop of the future". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-05 01:04:10 UTC ]
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Bookselling while stationed behind the desk is the hardest challenge of all for this shopkeeper. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-04 13:00:15 UTC ]
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Thinking about becoming a bookseller? From hand-selling to music choice, here are a few of the useful skills one new bookseller learned about on the job. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-11-04 11:38:38 UTC ]
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Ann Patchett reveals the route to her bestseller and how she'll battle Amazon. (Shop dogs help.) Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-10-31 20:02:20 UTC ]
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As the wildfire situation in California worsens—with power outages, road closures, red flag warnings, and mandatory evacuations occurring throughout the state—several independent bookstores have been forced to reduce operating hours, cancel events, and in some cases even close their doors... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-30 17:00:29 UTC ]
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Fires at opposite ends of California's coastal region, amplified by power outages, have closed a number of indie bookstores and displaced their employees, especially those in the San Francisco Bay Area and north. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Dead Reckoning, the graphic novel imprint of the Naval Institute Press, has teamed with Marvel Comics to produce 'Atlas at War,' a hardcover collection of classic combat comics stories created by a group of now-acclaimed artists, among them Jack Kirby, Bernie Krigstein, and John Severin. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Tributes have been paid to "inspiring" author and journalist Deborah Orr after she died of cancer at the age of 57. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-21 07:10:47 UTC ]
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The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association’s fall conference demonstrated a deepening commitment by indie booksellers to professionalizing their trade. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers from WH Smith, Waterstones, Sam Read Books, Libreria and West End Lane Books are to join judging panels for The Costa Book Awards 2019. The booksellers will select shortlists and decide the winners across five categories, in a year which sees the highest number of submissions to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-17 00:41:12 UTC ]
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SEQUELS IN LITERARY FICTION are rare. There’s a risk in returning to characters whose arcs have been resolved or purposely left in ambiguity. A second book may rob readers of the pleasure of imagination, thus undoing some of the magic of the original novel. But sometimes a character so compels... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-10-16 17:00:57 UTC ]
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“Catch and Kill” was pulled from two of Australia’s biggest online book retailers amid legal threats from the former National Enquirer editor who features prominently in the book. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-10-16 14:44:46 UTC ]
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The audiobook version of “Catch and Kill” features first-rate reporting and some wince-worthy character work. (You do NOT want to hear him do Trump’s voice.) What: The least necessary vocal inflection in recent memory.Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-10-16 14:20:58 UTC ]
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The American Booksellers Association (ABA) says Allison Hill will take on the role of c.e.o. as Oren Teicher prepares to step down in November. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 05:23:46 UTC ]
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This year's Mountains & Plains regional booksellers gathering in Denver was busy and productive, where indie booksellers celebrated their past and present, while reimagining their future as western booksellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Liverpool indie Dead Ink has bought Cat Step, a novel by Alison Irvine, author of The Road is Red, in what publishing director Nathan Connolly called a "significant" acquisition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 02:38:41 UTC ]
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The president and CEO of Vroman's Bookstore will succeed Oren Teicher as CEO of the American Booksellers Association on March 1 of next year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Don Brown’s graphic nonfiction book “Fever Year” skillfully brings young readers directly into the (gruesome) action. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-10-07 16:04:59 UTC ]
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Who needs secret government sources when you have Donald Trump? Yesterday, a reporter on the White House driveway asked Trump what he hoped Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, would do after Trump asked him to investigate the Bidens. “I would think that if they were honest about it,... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2019-10-04 11:58:13 UTC ]
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