Lands' End is finding out that its customer base can be very conservative. On Tuesday, it published an interview with feminist leader Gloria Steinem, which didn't mention her abortion views. Regardless, it flung its pro-life shoppers into a rage, many posting on its Facebook page that they're done with the brand. Lands' End issued an apology. The post Lands’ End apologizes for Gloria Steinem interview after offending conservative shoppers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'
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Today PW introduces a new Friday feature that collects news about bookstores and bookselling from throughout the week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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According to staff, World Book Night U.S. will be suspended due to lack of money. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookStats, the statistics program formed out of agreement between the Association of American Publishers and the Book Industry Study Group, will not have a fifth year, at least not in its present form. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown, author of “The Da Vinci Code” and current bestseller “Inferno,” was interviewed June 7 by NPR's John Dankosky at a benefit for the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Conn. The conversation turned to religion and science, topics Brown has dealt with in his novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Mason, the esteemed director of library and educational marketing at Scholastic, will officially hang up his tote bag on July 3. We caught up with Mason as he was preparing for the transition. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Combat Gent is launching a Father’s Day digital campaign today to scout out dads who still think acid wash Levi’s jeans are cool by replacing them with more modern trousers. The online menswear retailer is using the upcoming holiday to launch a new line of denim products also launching today.... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Snapchat’s CEO Evan Spiegel has apologized after a series of emails from his college days revealed insensitive statements regarding women. Gawker’s Valleywag published Spiegel’s e-mails from when he was a fraternity brother at Kappa Sigma at Stanford, a notoriously wild house that got kicked off... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Much as predicted at the time of its acquisition by Amazon, Comixology is removing in-app purchasing from its iOS apps, eliminating the 30% sales commission to Apple. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sylvia Day's "Aftershock," released March 11, broke the top five on Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended March 17. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon began its retail life as an online book distributor, though it's something we rarely consider the company now -- unless you choose to count digital versions for Kindle and Kindle apps. However, a thriving market for textbooks exists and that has become a recent focus for the company --... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones, children's laureate Malorie Blackman, poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and Phillip Pullman among supportersA national campaign to stop children's books being labelled as "for boys" or "for girls" has won the support of Britain's largest specialist bookseller Waterstones, as well as... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Still captivated by the distinctive small Virginia town where he grew up, Billy Coffey returns to its proxy in his latest novel, which explores what happens when 20 years’ worth of guilt about a young man’s untimely death overtakes three high school classmates. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To celebrate International Womens Day today (8th March), we republish The Bookseller's author... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With Spring just around the corner, here are some of the best cold-weather comics to see out the end of the season. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Let Books Be Books campaign wins instant repsonse from publisher Usborne, in time for International Women's DayA campaign to break down gender divides in children's publishing has met with instant success, after one of the publishers under fire announced they will stop producing titles labelled... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writing for The Guardian, Robert McCrum observes that “the credit crunch and the internet are making writing as a career harder than it has been for a generation.” Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Perhaps it was the result of China landing a spacecraft on the moon, but 2013 was a banner year for science fiction writing in China, says The Daily Beast. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The president of the non-profit investigative journalism website on measuring impact, team work – and Edward SnowdenRichard Tofel has had a dream. It came upon him the night before we meet and he is still a little rattled by it. In it, he found himself performing his old role at Dow Jones, where... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Three Cups of Tea' author Mortenson was recently interviewed on NBC's 'Today Show,' the first such interview he has done since '60 Minutes' aired an exposé in 2011 alleging that he had fabricated parts of his memoir and that funds from his charity were being misspent. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York City travel bookstore will open a store in Williamsburg this weekend. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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