On the Road with the Hachette Book Group

HBG charters a private bus for a 280-mile day trip, taking 26 editors and publishers (plus one reporter) on a sojourn from New York to bookstores in Rhode Island and Connecticut. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Where to recycle your used and unwanted gadgets

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Don Winslow is giving up novels for politics. His latest book is a gem.

Don Winslow’s gritty book, set in Rhode Island, is a welcome entry to the American-mob canon Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Tennessee, Missouri Introduce Library E-book Bills; Illinois Bill Advances

Despite opposition from the AAP, library e-book bills are now pending in five state legislatures, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Illinois, Tennessee, and Missouri. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Viola Davis is publishing a memoir she describes as “straight, no chaser.”

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Maryland Legislature Passes Law Supporting Library Access to Digital Content

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Rhode Island ACLU Sues Over Tax Law that Discriminates Against Nonfiction Authors

The suit revolves around a 2013 law designed to help creative workers in the state by offering authors, composers and artists in Rhode Island a sales tax exemption. But in a bizarre twist, the state’s tax officials have ruled that the tax break applies only to authors of fiction, because... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Bookstore News: September 20, 2017

New bookstores to open in Rhode Island and Virginia; the Seattle Mystery Bookstore to close, a list of gay bookstores around the world; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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On the Road with the Hachette Book Group

HBG charters a private bus for a 280-mile day trip, taking 26 editors and publishers (plus one reporter) on a sojourn from New York to bookstores in Rhode Island and Connecticut. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore News: January 6, 2017

Amazon ups its sales tax collection to 36 states and the District of Columbia; new owners for store in Rhode Island and Wisconsin; a long-time Maine bookstore to close; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Bookstore News: September 26, 2016

A California bookstore expands; stores in Rhode Island and Oregon get ready to sell; a bookstore marks its first seven decades; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Bookstore News: July 21, 2016

Rhode Island gets a bookstore bar; BAM's used book concept spreads to two more states; National Coloring Day prep begins; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Bookselling Roundup, Feb. 25, 2016

New stores are opening in Tulsa and Cleveland, while a store in Rhode Island is celebrating its fifth anniversary as an indie after converting from a Waldenbooks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Porterville Recorder Has New Owner

The Porterville Recorder has been sold to Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers, Inc., effective Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers is a privately owned publisher of several daily and weekly newspapers in Rhode Island. It will be b ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

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