This was a regular feature of my childhood, though it feels so long ago and far away, conceptually as well as literally, that I nearly forgot it ever happened: I’d go into town to the mall with my mom, and she’d drop me at the doors of the Borders or Barnes and Noble while she […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-02-19 09:55:59 UTC ]
Change seems to come naturally to some areas. Gentrifying post-industrial swaths of Brooklyn and Queens, perhaps, are used to blocks that morph in quick time.But differences may be harder to swallow in more established neighborhoods, such as the Upper West Side, where the enclave along Broadway... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2025-03-27 10:03:09 UTC ]
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Law firms Arnold & Itkin LLP and Kline & Specter PC announced that the penalties awarded include $65 million in compensatory damages and $2 billion in punitive damages. A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2025-03-24 12:58:35 UTC ]
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The most popular bookstore in the world, an aspirational lifetime reading plan, and more of the day's top book news. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2025-03-18 18:30:00 UTC ]
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In “Changing My Mind,” the novelist Julian Barnes presents an argument for the joys of flexibility. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2025-03-18 09:00:55 UTC ]
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In a new book, the novelist Julian Barnes doubts that we can ever really overcome our fixed beliefs. He should keep an open mind. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2025-03-17 12:30:00 UTC ]
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Union employees at Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn have ratified a new contract that guarantees annual pay raises and provides more benefits that are designed to reduce turnover and reward skills developed on the job. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Albert Barnes believed in the liberating power of art—but you had to look at it his way. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2025-03-12 16:00:00 UTC ]
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Revenue rose 2.1% in the third quarter at B&NE, with the college bookstore turning a net loss last year into a profit in the most recent period. Still, long term profitability remains elusive. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Read with Jenna selects the latest novel by Laila Lalami, Barnes & Noble and Reese Witherspoon both highlight Clare Leslie Hall's U.S. debut, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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March Madness, book-nerd style. Plus: a new documentary for grammar geeks, Barnes & Noble employees ratify union deal, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2025-03-07 16:00:00 UTC ]
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The young woman—young, though nearly forty—stood with her head bent slightly toward the window of McNally Jackson bookstore on Prince Street. She had stopped mid-stride, was on her way somewhere—was, in fact, late—and to see her father’s image in a bookstore window was not anymore such a new... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2025-03-03 09:18:50 UTC ]
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On July 30th, 2024, East Bay Booksellers in Oakland, California was completely destroyed by a fire. The bookstore (previously DIESEL, a Bookstore) had been in that location for thirty years. In the months that followed, its owner, Brad Johnson, began keeping a journal of thoughts. What follows... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2025-02-26 13:46:45 UTC ]
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Andrea Barrett on why writing fresh historical fiction means more than cosplaying the past. | Lit Hub Craft Bookstore owner Brad Johnson reflects on the total destruction, by fire, of East Bay Booksellers (and its rebirth!). | Lit Hub Bookstores Michael Hiltzik on how California made Ronald... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Tuesday’s top sessions include a keynote address on current business models and future prospects in academic and professional publishing, a conversation between Hachette’s David Shelley and Barnes & Noble’s James Daunt, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Matthew Teller, whose books include Nine Quarters of Jerusalem, said the society’s response to the event which saw two leading booksellers detained was ‘an abject failure’A writer has left the Society of Authors (SoA) in protest after the UK’s largest writers’ body made a statement on a recent... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2025-02-20 17:34:09 UTC ]
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Edward Underhill didn’t plan on having his debut adult fiction book, The In-Between Bookstore, featuring a trans main character, come out six days before the Trump inauguration, but it’s kind of perfect timing. Especially since the book features a time slip, where Darby Madden meets his younger... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2025-02-17 12:00:00 UTC ]
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