Does celebrity sell?

Fiona Noble on what makes a celebrity-authored book good, and the risks of publishing bad celebrity books. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Dixons also to sell Nook, Rouvillois joins as international head

Barnes & Noble has announced Dixons as another British retail partner to sell Nook devices.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dixons also to sell Nook

Barnes & Noble has announced Dixons as another British retail partner to sell Nook devices.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo to sell e-readers in Portugal

Kobo has announced a partnership to sell its e-readers through Fnac stores in Portugal as it ups... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Argos, Foyles and Blackwell's to sell Nook

Blackwell's, Foyles and Argos will sell Barnes & Noble’s Nook in the UK from... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Lewis to sell Nook

John Lewis has been named as the first retailer to sell Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Persephone celebrates 100th title

Independent publisher Persephone Books, specialising in reprinting forgotten 20th-century... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin to celebrate London Underground's 150th

Penguin is working alongside Transport for London to celebrate 150 years of the London... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big Hits Keep Selling Well

Swedish crime writer Camilla Läckberg has seen international success since releasing her 2003 debut, Ice Princess (published in 2010 by Pegasus), and to date her books have been translated into 33 languages. In France, her 2008 novel The Drowning was the top title. Earlier this year, Pegasus... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marketers get a refresher: Sex still sells

You've bought rope for that special someone, picked up a few sex toys and read those Fifty Shades of Grey books a time or three. You know who you are. Well, no need to skulk about at naughty shops or the hardware store as Fifty Shades of Consumption makes it further into the mainstream. Stuart... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ReDigi Plans to Sell Used E-books

For serial entrepreneur John Ossenmacher, cofounder, president, and CEO of ReDigi, which bills itself as “the world’s first pre-owned digital marketplace,” the copyright infringement case filed by Capitol Records in U.S. District Court in Manhattan at the start of the year to shut it down is... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Selling ‘The Night Circus'

When Erin Morgenstern’s first novel, The Night Circus, debuted last September, PW predicted in a starred review that this magical tale was destined for bestsellerdom. The hardcover went on to sell 167,000 copies through the outlets tracked by Nielsen BookScan, and the paperback, which was... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brain Quest Celebrates 20 Years of Challenging Kids

For two decades, Brain Quest’s curriculum-based question-and-answer game has entertained kids – lots of them. Workman, which launched the line in 1992, reports sales of close to 37 million copies of Brain Quest editions for children at the pre-K through seventh grade levels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SnapMeUp to sell business ebooks via QR codes

Bookshops are being offered 40% commission on the sale of books simply by hanging a poster in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fifty Shades could sell 10m, sales curve shows

Random House has reprinted its record-busting Fifty Shades trilogy a further three times... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carly Simon sells long-awaited memoir

Carly Simon, the singer and songwriter who has had a rocky life and a storied career, has sold her autobiography to Random House for a sum in the seven figures, according to a person familiar with the deal. Ms. Simon, the author of several children's books, is writing the memoir herself. It's... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rebuck joins authors at Queen's arts celebration

Random House chief executive Gail Rebuck and authors including Jacqueline Wilson, A S Byatt and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK bookseller Waterstones to start selling Kindles

The UK's biggest bookstore chain has announced that it will start selling Kindles alongside other digital services from Amazon. Waterstones stores will let Kindle owners digitally browse books in-store and link up with special offers, tying into the chain's plans for substantial renovations that... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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