Freedom insiders confirm bid for O.C. Register ahead of next week's auction

Bankrupt newspaper publisher Freedom Communications confirmed Friday that a group of inside investors, including developer Mike Harrah, has submitted a bid for the company's assets. That sets up a three-way competition for Freedom, the owner of the Orange County Register and Riverside Press-Enterprise.... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print Book Sales Were Flat Last Week

Unit sales of print books pulled off a rare feat last week: sales were flat with the week ended August 28, 2021. The achievement was due to another week of solid sales increases in adult and young adult fiction and only a small decrease in sales of adult nonfiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Ubisoft’s Rocksmith+ guitar learning service arrives on PC next week

Ubisoft’s Rocksmith+ subscription service will arrive on September 6th, the publisher announced today. Following a nearly year-long delay, the guitar learning platform will be available on PC exclusively through the Ubisoft Store. With 5,000 songs available at lunch, including tunes from Alicia... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2022-08-30 21:30:41 UTC ]
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Register Today for AAPI Communities in Conversation #9 Featuring Andrea Wang, Author of 'The Many Meanings of Meilan'

Wang is set to appear in conversation with Crystal Chen of the New York Public Library. The live stream is set for Tuesday, September 6 at 1 PM ET. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week's Bestsellers: August 29, 2022

'All Good People Here,' the debut psychological thriller by 'Crime Junkie' podcaster Ashley Flowers, is the #5 book in the country. Plus roving grammarian Ellen Jovin is a 'Rebel With a Clause,' and move over, adult coloring books: 'Definitive Word Search, Vol. 1' sold 14K print copies in its... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of August 29, 2022

Vintage crashes a book by Luke Harding about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Maisey Yates inks an 11-title agreement with HQN, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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At 273, De Gruyter Looks Ahead

The 273-year-old German scholarly publisher continues to search out new opportunities to expand its global reach. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, August 29, 2022

The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Rio Cortez, Charles S. Cockell, and Rachel Rabkin Peachman and Anna C. Wilson. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite a Bump in Fiction, Print Sales Slipped 3.7% Last Week

A 17% increase in sales of adult fiction was not enough to prevent print book sales from declining 3.7% last week compared to the week ended August 21, 2021. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite drops to $110, plus the rest of the week's best tech deals

Labor Day is rapidly approaching and we're already starting to see more tech deals pop up across the web. Amazon discounted a bunch of its own gadgets this week, including the new Kindle Paperwhite, its Signature Edition and the Kindle Oasis, as well as a bunch of Fire TV Sticks and Fire... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2022-08-19 13:15:16 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, August 22, 2022

The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Robert Freeman Wexler, Robert Dugoni, and Jerome Charyn. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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DOJ v. PRH: Challenges over Bid Competition, Market Share

As testimony wrapped up prior to closing arguments today, the defense and DOJ once again attacked each other's data analysis and methodology. The DOJ asserted that publisher competition, not imprint competition, is the surest way to lift advances, and that non-Big Five publishers face... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of August 22, 2022

Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu sells an autobiography to Simon & Schuster, Gallery Books takes a memoir by ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week's Bestsellers: August 22, 2022

Former child star Jennette McCurdy has the #5 book in the country with the memoir 'I'm Glad My Mom Died.' Plus director Michael Mann writes a sequel to 1995's 'Heat,' and the Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman" drops. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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HBO Max is removing 36 shows ahead of Discovery+ merger

The union of HBO Max and Discovery+ is already causing pain through layoffs, and now the move is affecting some shows. Warner Bros. Discovery has confirmed to Variety that it's removing 36 titles from HBO Max as soon as this week while it prepares for the Discovery+ platform merger. Most of the... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2022-08-18 20:30:29 UTC ]
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Print Book Sales Fell 2.9% Last Week

Last week’s sales pattern looked a lot like the previous week: a modest sales decline compared to a year ago, with higher sales of adult fiction and young adult titles offset by lower adult nonfiction and juvenile sales. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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15 new books to look forward to this week.

These days, we’re hanging by a thin thread, and that thread is Tuesdays: the day new books grace us with their presence. * Jane Campbell, Cat Brushing (Grove Press) “The 13 exquisitely drawn short stories in the collection are woven with wit and bold enlightenment. Each meticulously crafted gem... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-08-16 13:00:57 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House’s C.E.O. Defends Bid to Buy Simon & Schuster

Madeline McIntosh argued that the publishing industry extends far beyond its biggest players, and that the government has focused on a tiny sliver of deals. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Salman Rushdie is expected to recover. Freedom of expression may not.

Salman Rushdie's appearance at Chautauqua was a thrilling affirmation of the importance of unfettered arenas of intellectual exchange. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-08-15 14:09:46 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, August 15, 2022

The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Robert Freeman Wexler, Robert Dugoni, and Jerome Charyn. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Lit Hub Weekly: August 8-12, 2022

Meeting language at its most elemental place: Belinda Huijuan Tang reflects on re-learning Chinese. | Lit Hub Memoir What do animals understand about death? | Lit Hub Science “When people try too hard to pin it down, they often ruin everything that makes poetry magical.” Chris Martin on poetry,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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