Barnes & Noble will be offering 500,000 copies of signed works by major authors to kick off the holiday shopping season. But will it be enough? Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The company reported that third quarter revenue for the period ended September 30, 2014, rose to $54.5 million, from $54.2 million in the comparable quarter in 2013. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French trade publication Livres Hebdo has scrapped its monthly distance print book sales barometer, which measured online and mail order sales, as an indirect result of Amazon’s refusal to provide any of its data to market research agencies. This refusal prompted Fnac, the largest cultural... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cheltenham Literature Festival had a “record-breaking” 2014, with almost 140,000 tickets sold, up 7% from the year before. People from all bar three UK postcodes attended the festival, and both Saturdays of the 10-day event saw more than 20,000 in attendance. Meanwhile Waterstones, the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales bumps after books are adapted as movies or TV shows are nothing new, but 'Gone Girl' author Flynn and 'Outlander' writer Gabaldon are seeing their older books reappear and hold steady on bestseller lists as well. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House is to take its interactive narrative gaming experience Black Crown offline at the end of this week, with creator Rob Sherman conceding that "the economics do not stand up". The online narrative gaming project, with Sherman's story set in the shady Widsith Institute,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The dismantling of German retailing group Douglas by its American owners Advent International is gathering pace, and with it speculation that a sale of the Douglas-owned book chain Thalia is imminent, possibly even this year. The largest brick-and-mortar bookseller in the German-speaking... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seventeen authors—including Ian McEwan, Julian Barnes (pictured), Zadie Smith and Hanif Kureishi—are auctioning off the chance for readers to have a character named after them in a forthcoming published work. The venture will raise money for Freedom from Torture, a medical charity which... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of adult books were down 2.2% in the first seven months of 2014, while the children's segment seems headed for a banner year with sales up 25.8% through July. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson has reported sales level in underlying terms for the first nine months of 2014, with Penguin Random House performing "well" in the third quarter. Meanwhile chief financial officer Robin Freestone is to stand down after eight years in his role, the company said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Friday Project has acquired an “idiosyncratic” collection of interviews with people including Dame Judi Dench and Stewart Lee by author Dan Richards. Publisher Scott Pack acquired World English rights in the book, titled The Beechwood Airship Interviews, from Carrie Plitt at Conville &... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On October 17, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a key fair-use ruling in a long-running case over digital course readings on college campuses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon just found a way to put further pressure on Hachette in its ongoing pricing war: strike a deal with another publisher. The online retailer has forged a new agreement with Simon & Schuster that will keep the book giant's digital and physical... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coming in November: new books from Deepak Chopra, James Carroll, and John Maxwell. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals last Friday reversed a lower court’s fair use finding in the GSU e-reserves case. But as the dust settles, library supporters says the 129-page decision may not be the significant blow publishers had hoped for. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WH Smith has reported a 9% rise in pre-tax profits for the year but said books sales continue to be “challenging”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales had their best month of the year in August, with sales up 3.4% over August 2013. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Get the latest news from the Frankfurt Book Fair, including publisher interviews, discussions with book industry thought leaders, event listings and more. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ICv2 conference offered data on the new comics customer, the explosive growth of comics festivals, and a discussion of what this new customer is reading. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 32nd International Spanish Book Fair (LIBER 2014) was held in Barcelona last week with ebook growth and the problem of getting Spanish-language books translated into English among the topics of discussion. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins is ramping up its direct sales efforts by offering authors who sell direct the chance to earn a higher royalty rate in the process. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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