Friend of booksellers James Patterson will donate $500,000 to indie bookstores.

James Patterson has a long history of helping independent bookstores. In in 2014, he donated $1 million to indie bookstores, and staring in 2015, his Holiday Bonus program has given payments between $500 and $5,000 to bookstore employees each year. Now, as bookstores struggle to keep afloat during the pandemic, Patterson is donating $500,000 to […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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Hachette Book Group, publisher of James Patterson and Malcolm Gladwell, has shut down its Business Plus imprint as part of a round of layoffs and restructuring that has also claimed several longtime... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

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BEA 2014: James Patterson Gives $268,000 to 43 Booksellers

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James Patterson's "Unlucky 13," out May 5, hit the list at #2 for the week ended May 12. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: Adult Galleys to Grab

It’s BEA time again, and we can’t wait—for all of it: the tote bags, the crowds snaking through the aisles for James Patterson’s latest, the cafeteria food, the bathroom lines, the name tags, the debut authors dizzy with success, and, most of all, the coveted galleys. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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iBooks Bestsellers: Patterson, Roberts Hit the List

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O’Reilly Abdicates Throne, Patterson Claims Audio Crown

Rocketing to the top of this month’s list of bestselling audiobooks—and snatching the #1 spot from the mega-selling Bill O’Reilly—is James Patterson and Mark Sullivan’s Private L.A. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Should More Top Authors Give Back to Indie Bookstores?

Love him or hate him, you can't fault James Patterson for his generosity, as he's giving some $1 million of his money back to independent bookstores. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Indies First movement turns hundreds of authors into booksellers

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Behind Time Inc. Purchase of American Express Publishing Lies a Long History

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