British bookshop Foyles and The Bookseller have partnered to help crowdsource ideas for making Foyles's new flagship store fit for the 21st Century. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Campaign group Authors United has written to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to ask it to investigate Amazon, which it says has “gained unprecedented power over America’s market for books”. The letter, signed by 575 authors including Scott Turow, Nelson DeMille and Nora Roberts and submitted... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Since ebook sales exploded in 2009–2010, the adult fiction category has seen the steepest drop in print units of all the major book segments as readers migrated to digital formats, particularly in such fiction genres as romance, mystery, and science fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Several distinctive bookstores have opened this summer or are about to, including a bookshop with no name and one that only sells self-published authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century is to publish The Dirty Game: Uncovering the Scandal at FIFA by Andrew Jennings, the investigative reporter whose evidence provided the basis of the FBI investigation that led to the arrests of FIFA executives and the resignation of Sepp Blatter. Jennings has been investigating FIFA for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London bookshop Heywood Hill has appointed Charlotte Merritt to the new role of the shop’s Hong Kong-based bookseller-at-large. Heywood Hill, which offers bespoke bookselling, private library building and monthly book subscriptions, with customers in over 60 countries worldwide, said that... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anthony Bourdain, Alice Waters, Mark Bittman, and Yotam Ottolenghi are among the cookbook authors who contributed recipes to 'Soup for Syria: Recipes to Celebrate Our Shared Humanity.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Struggling Heywood Hill bookstore in London has come up with a novel approach to sell books - it has appointed its first bookseller-at-large in Asia. The post Can an Asia Ambassador Boost a UK Bookstore’s Fortune? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller is launching a children’s marketing competition for delegates of this year’s children’s conference, which will take place at the Barbican in London on the 29th September. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Story of Kullervo,' a dark retelling of the 19th-century Finnish poem 'The Kalevala,' is the latest in a number of previously unpublished works by J.R.R. Tolkien. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles has appointed Kim Huynh Thi as its first full time sales and events hire manager. As part of the Foyles Events team, she will report to both Andy Quinn, head of Events at Foyles and Richard Shaw, manager of Leafi Café at Foyles. Huynh Thi’s new role will be to organise and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week marked the opening of several unusual bookstore combinations, including a bookstore greenhouse and a tax prep office and bookstore. Colorado’s Lithic Press also added a bookstore and gallery. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brilliant Books in Traverse City, Mich., is offering customers who bought the newly released Harper Lee novel 'Go Set a Watchman' refunds because it says marketing for the highly anticipated volume was misleading. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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M. Judson in Greenville, S.C.; the Little Bookstore in Shelbyville, Ill.; and UH Bookstore in Honolulu have already opened this month. And Webster Groves Bookshop, is celebrating its first half century. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A survey of Colorado independent bookstores reveals ebooks sales are tiny and offer just a pittance of profit — often just 50 cents a book. The post Ebooks Sold at Independent Bookstores Garner Pitiful Profits appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The long-anticipated ribbon cutting for Anderson Bookshop’s third Chicagoland store takes place this weekend as does the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival, which has been held every other year for the past decade. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourteen indies opened between April and June, according to the ABA. And new stores continue to open, including Books by the Beach in New Smyrna Beach, and a second location for Ye Olde Warwick Book Shoppe. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers will get “quicker and wider access” to book proofs from across the publishing industry through a partnership with the Booksellers Association and NetGalley. UK booksellers will get access to digital proofs from over 50 publishers – including Bonnier, Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Operated by Shibuya Publishing Booksellers, the new Book & Bed capsule hotel in Tokyo 'invites bibliophiles to sleep in the stacks' of an actual bookstore. The post In Japan, a New Bookstore Doubles as a Hotel appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Putin's government plans to offer tax breaks and other benefits to booksellers who let the government pick patriotic titles for in store promotions. The post Russian Booksellers Balk at “Help” from Putin in Picking Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Palin, Bill Bryson and William Dalrymple are just some of the names already nominated for the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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