Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dead at 83

Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller but later saw his company overtaken by the rise of Amazon Continue reading at 'ABC News'

[ ABC News | 2024-08-27 20:22:22 UTC ]

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STEM/STEAM Books Address Climate Change

Whether it’s heat waves, wildfires, or floods, news of weather events intensified by climate change is hard to miss. And the publishing industry has been paying attention. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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STEM/STEAM Books Address Climate Change

Whether it’s heat waves, wildfires, or floods, news of weather events intensified by climate change is hard to miss. And the publishing industry has been paying attention. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Derek Holland Named Managing Director of Tattered Cover

The 35-year veteran has been tapped to oversee operations and revitalize the Denver-based bookstore chain in the wake of its bankruptcy and acquisition by Barnes & Noble. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Neil Gaiman Accused of Sexual Assault (Again)

Two more men have come forward with reports of sexual assault by the popular author. Plus: court approves Barnes & Noble's indie buy. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-08-01 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble’s Purchase of Indie Bookstore Approved by Court

What do you think of Barnes & Noble's plans surrounding the future of the Tattered Cover? Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-07-31 18:23:52 UTC ]
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Court Approves Barnes & Noble’s Purchase of Tattered Cover

The move marks a swift close for B&N’s $1.83 million acquisition bid for the embattled indie, announced last month, which includes four stores in Denver and will allow Tattered Cover to keep its name and branding. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Sourcebooks Building In-House Sales Team, Taps Payne to Direct

Sourcebooks is expanding its reach into the indie bookseller sales channel by replacing commission reps with an in-house sales team. The Chicagoland-based publisher has poached Courtney Payne from Chronicle Books to lead the team as director of indie retail sales. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH's Annette Danek-Akey to Head B&N Supply Chain

Danek-Akey will leave her position as chief supply chain officer at Penguin Random House at the end of August to help with Barnes & Noble's expansion of its retail footprint. With her departure, Jeff Abraham has been promoted to COO of PRH US. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Biggest Bookish News of the Week

The NYT's best books of the century so far, romance bookstores are on the rise, and more publishing industry news. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-07-14 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors ask Waterstones to rehire worker fired after tweet about gender-critical writer

Over 500 industry professionals sign open letter to bookseller after employee’s post about ‘tearing up books’ by Christina DalcherMore than 500 authors and book industry professionals have signed an open letter calling on Waterstones to reverse a decision to dismiss an employee who said she... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-07-11 10:31:48 UTC ]
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Hobby Lobby inks massive Tribeca lease

The Oklahoma-based arts-and-crafts retailer known for its ownership's conservative political leanings is coming soon to Manhattan.Hobby Lobby, which opened its first chain in the city on Staten Island in March, has now signed one of the largest leases in Manhattan so far this year, inking a deal... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2024-07-09 09:48:05 UTC ]
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Book Club Picks for July 2024

Barnes & Noble and Read with Jenna pick two distinct titles featuring kidnappings in the year 1975—the former in the Adirondacks, the latter in Missouri—and more in this month's selections. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Customer Traffic Improving at Books-A-Million, Half Price Books

Data from Placer.ai shows that, while both bookstore chains have had some successes in increasing customer traffic, their gains in 2024 trail that of Barnes & Noble. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Neil Gaiman Accused of Sexual Assault

Plus: Barnes & Noble CEO says Tattered Cover will author its own next chapter, Pride Month censorship, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-07-05 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Remembering Samuel Roth, the Bookseller Who Defied America’s Obscenity Laws

Samuel Roth was the sort of bookseller whose wares came wrapped in brown paper. Titles like Gershon Legman’s The Sexual Conduct of Men and Women, Maxwell Bodenheim’s My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village, and most notoriously his anthologized periodical of high-brow smut, American Aphrodite: A... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-07-03 08:56:41 UTC ]
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Booktopia Files for Voluntary Administration

The future of the Australian online bookseller has grown more uncertain with the appointment of a firm to undertake “an urgent assessment of Booktopia’s business.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble In-Store Shopping is On the Rise

A new report shows significant increases in Barnes & Noble foot traffic, Amazon may be planning to open department stores, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-07-02 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Report Finds Customer Traffic Rising at Barnes & Noble

A new report by a market intelligence firm, whose services include store foot traffic analysis, found that customer visits at Barnes & Noble locations have increased every month but one since November 2023 compared to the prior year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Most Interesting Book News of the Week

A big week of book news includes Barnes & Noble buying an indie, surprisingly strong book sales, JAMES coming to the big screen, and much more. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-06-22 13:45:00 UTC ]
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One of Stephen King’s best recent novels is being made into a show for MGM+

MGM+ has ordered an eight-episode series based on Stephen King’s 2019 novel, The Institute, Deadline reported this week. The novel follows the plight of 12-year-old Luke Ellis and a group of other children with telepathic and telekinetic abilities who have been kidnapped and held captive at a... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-06-15 20:32:20 UTC ]
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