Milo Yiannopoulos labels low sales figures of Dangerous memoir 'fake news'

Rightwinger said his book – self-published after he was dropped by Simon & Schuster – had sold 100,000 copies, but data shows fewer than 20,000 salesRightwing controversialist Milo Yiannopoulos has branded reported low sales of his new book “fake news” after official figures revealed the writer has failed to rock the book charts on either side of the Atlantic, despite his claims to the contrary.According to Nielsen Bookscan, which monitors book sales through almost all outlets, including Amazon, the former Breitbart technology editor has sold only 18,268 copies of his book in the US and 152 in the UK since its launch on 4 July. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2017-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Little, Brown imprint Blackfriars has bought a debut memoir from comedian Rob Delaney, dubbed... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's Kindle MatchBook turns past print purchases into low-cost ebooks

It's yet another step in Amazon's merging of the physical and digital worlds—and another ploy for platform lock-in. Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed's Jon Steinberg Trumpets Shift to Hard News

Adweek: Tell me about BuzzFeed’s Social Storytelling program, which you launched in May. Jon Steinberg: It’s very much evocative of the kind of authorization and training programs that we did when I was at Google [where Steinberg was strategic partner development manager on the company’s small... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profits Rise at RH Despite Sales Decline

Random House parent company Bertelsmann reported this morning that profits at RH rose to 117 million euros from 113 million euros in the first half of 2012 despite a 3.4% sales decline to 915 million euros. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales, Profits Up at Lagardere Publishing

Total sales at Lagardere Publishing rose 1.4% in the first half of 2013, to 917 million euros, while EBIT increased 24.6% to 71 million euros. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Making News More LIke "Grand Theft Auto"

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[ Fast Company | 2013-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zite's Personalized News App Comes To Google Glass

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[ Fast Company | 2013-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Crains New York | 2013-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AdWeek | 2013-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2013-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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