Charts: the Oliphant is back in the room

Gail Honeyman's Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (Harper) has returned to the UK Official Top 50 number one spot with 22,040 copies sold through Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market, ousting Lee Child's The Midnight Line (Bantam). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrator chart: Ross biggest draw in 2015

Tony Ross was the biggest selling children’s illustrator in the UK in 2015, with value sales of his books totalling more than £9m, according to data from Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Universities and trade back PRH stance on degrees

Other publishers and universities are welcoming Penguin Random House UK's decision to disregard university degrees as a prerequisite for applications. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple Fires Back at DoJ

In a reply brief filed on January 15, Apple attorneys reiterated its argument that the Supreme Court should review their ebook price-fixing case. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Suiteness.com opens the door to luxe rooms in Las Vegas and Miami

Very important person? Why yes, I am. Now. Name: Suiteness.com What it does: It's a website that opens the doors to online booking for 17,000 luxury suites you never knew existed in Las Vegas, Miami and New York. Los Angeles is up next. More than 50% of the inventory is exclusive to Suiteness. .. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With New Promotion, Sourcebooks Gives Back to Indies

To push its January book 'The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend,' Sourcebooks has launched a reader voting campaign that will see three bookstores win grants up to $3,000. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yahoo Shutters Screen, Scales Back Original Series

Just four days into 2016, Yahoo is making good on a plans announced at the end of 2015. The struggling tech giant has shut down Yahoo Screen, a 5-year-old digital video platform that housed its original series, its first livestream of an NFL game, and old episodes of Saturday Night Live. The... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FreeSmartSoft products still hiding an uninstallable 'back door'

It’s three weeks since we exposed freeware developer FreeSmartSoft for including an uninstallable adware-serving back door in some of its products. The company had released some updated versions since then, so we checked out a copy of the popular FSS Google Book Downloader to see if any lessons... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2015-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shareholders Back Anderson Offer for Books-A-Million

At a special meeting held Tuesday afternoon, shareholders of Books-A-Million voted overwhelmingly to accept the $3.25 per share offer from the Anderson family to buy all the shares in the retailer that they didn’t already own. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google-backed Lost My Name has sold 1m children's books in two years

British startup has shipped to 160 countries, based on its mantra of being ‘a technology company that happens to make physical books’British startup Lost My Name has sold more than 1m of its personalised picture books for children since launching its first title two years ago.The company’s The... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pietsch Goes Back to the Publishing Future in WSJ Op-ED

Print ain't dead, says Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch in an op-ed in this morning's 'Wall Street Journal.' Far from it. The Big Five executive claims publishing has not only survived, it hasn't really changed all that much. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Amicus Brief, Authors Guild, ABA, B&N Back Apple

A coalition of authors groups and booksellers is urging the Supreme Court to reverse the verdict in Apple's ebook price-fixing case. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MediaGuardian 100: why 1 billion users put Facebook back on top

The 15th edition of the media power list finds change in the air, with digital challengers elbowing aside older moguls – but a long way to go on diversity• Women on the rise, but much still to do on diversity• Your interactive guide to the MediaGuardian 100 Back in 2001, when this list was first... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: 'Rogue Lawyer' Back At the Top

'Troublemaker' by Leah Remini had a short-lived reign at #1; the book fell to #3 and was replaced at the top by John Grisham's 'Rogue Lawyer.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Move Over, 'Star Wars': Young Koala and Clumsy Cat Win This Week's Viral Chart

A koala and a clumsy CG cat have defeated the Force, at least temporarily.Ladies and gentlemen, meet superstar koala joey Imogen! With 24 million views already for her videos from Australia.com and Symbio Wildlife Park, actually, it's likely that you have done so already. Her charisma and... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Advisory Firm Backs Bid for Books-A-Million

Ahead of a December 8 vote on the proposal by the Anderson family to take Books-A-Million private, an advisory firm recommended that shareholders vote for the offer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Football: Yards keep piling up for Fairfax running back Ramses Hernandez

The football season is over for Western League teams _ except for Fairfax. And the Lions (5-6) might not be losing anytime soon the way Ramses Hernandez keeps picking up yards. He's up to 2,131 yards rushing and 24 touchdowns. Fairfax has advanced to the City Section Division II quarterfinals on... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Germany's Thalia 'back on the market'

Speculations are bubbling up again in Germany that a sale of book chain Thalia is on the horizon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forty authors back call for school system change

Over 40 authors including Alan Gibbons, Cathy Cassidy and Michael Rosen have backed a protest against the current UK school system following the "deeply disturbing" findings of a poll which suggested more than half of teachers are thinking of quitting. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zoella knocks Walliams off chart top spot

Vlogger Zoe “Zoella” Sugg’s second novel Girl Online: On Tour (Penguin) has taken the Official Top 50 number one spot from David Walliams, in a week that saw YouTubers dominate the top of the charts. The sequel to 2014’s Girl Online (Penguin) sold 56,038 copies for £377,813 last week, according... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jane Friedman on bringing books 'back to life'

Jane Friedman, c.e.o. of Open Road Integrated Media, on ebooks, backlist and drinking "the Kool-Aid very early on digital". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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