Most staff want two or three days a week in office, survey finds

A survey of trade staff shows the majority would prefer to work two or three days a week in the office, but many want flexible working to go further to aid accessibility to the trade. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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BookPeople Celebrates National Bookstore Day (Only at BookPeople)

Next month the Austin bookstore is creating its own day to celebrate its independence with free books, activities, and cake. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, July 28, 2014

This week, the plot to poison the world's greatest wine, a "Gone Girl" with heart, and Amy Bloom's latest. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending July 25, 2014

New stores keep popping up and older stores are in transition, including one store that is moving from storefront to kiosk. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week in Children's Apps: July 24, 2014

This week in children's apps, we feature two apps with a Dr. Seuss favorite, another starring a boy pirate, and one more with Little Critter, who goes on a counting adventure. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Binc Reveals Survey Results

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation released results from a survey it conducted on how familiar book industry employees are with the organization. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of July 21, 2014

FSG goes six figures for middle-grade debut and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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App Report: Every Day Is a Food Holiday

Happy Junk Food Day! There's a food-centric holiday for every day of the year, and a newly updated app from Food.com collects recipes to celebrate each and every one of them. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, July 21, 2014

This week, a spine-tingling horror novel, what life was really like in Dickens's London, and the new James Lee Burke novel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Roundup for Week Ending July 18, 2014

Despite the heat, summer has been anything but slow when it comes to changes in bookselling this week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book sales soared to £23m last week

Last week saw £23.4m of book sales registered through Nielsen BookScan; its highest value... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chicago Indie Bookstore Day A Huge Success

Despite torrential rains, the first Chicago Independent Bookstore Day on July 12 was a huge success that exceeded all expectations, participating indie booksellers told PW. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Roundup for Week Ending July 11, 2014

Today PW introduces a new Friday feature that collects news about bookstores and bookselling from throughout the week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, July 14, 2014

This week, growing up with Harper Lee, saving an American town, and an unstable nanny. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chicago Mayor Sets City's Independent Bookstore Day

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued an official proclamation earlier this week, declaring Saturday, July 12 to be Chicago Independent Bookstore Day. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week in Children's Apps: July 10, 2014

This week in children's apps, we feature apps from the world of Dr. Seuss and Little Critter that explore shapes, holidays, and what life is like on the farm. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Penguin Random House to Sponsor California Bookstore Day

Just days ahead of Chicago Bookstore Day on July 12, California Bookstore Day, which inspired it, announced a new sponsor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ray Tindle reaffirms his faith in the future of local weekly newspapers

Ray Tindle, the grand old man of local newspaper publishing who remained bullish throughout the dark days of recession, is positively bubbling now. Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faultless: four straight weeks for Green

John Green notched up his fourth consecutive week as the Official UK Top 50 number one whilst... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft gives away almost 300 ebooks -- master Windows 8.1, Office 365, and much more

Eric Ligman, Microsoft Senior Sales Excellence Manager, has released a whole new batch of free ebooks, covering topics such as Windows 8 and 8.1, Windows 7, Office 2013 and Office 365, Azure, Lync 2013, and SQL Server. There are ebooks and resource guides for all things Microsoft. For the past... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will a new editor find an audience for his 'religiously digital' newspaper?

In pre-Kindle days I once weighed myself down with more than dozen books after spending half a day in Powell's "city of books" in Portland, Oregon.People still enjoy cruising the miles of shelves in that wonderful monument to the era of print. By contrast, readers have been deserting the print... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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