Powell’s Books will stop selling books through Amazon due to its “detrimental impact” on stores.

With this year’s Independent Bookstore Day occurring at a particularly rough time for booksellers, the iconic Powell’s Books in Portland has decided to make a statement and stop selling through Amazon. In a statement, owner Emily Powell notes that the occasion, this year, feels “especially weighty,” prompting them to take action in support of independent […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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PW Asks: Your Top Seuss Books

The Cat, the Lorax, and Horton...those are your favorite Dr. Seuss protagonists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair Business Club is Seeking Ambassadors!

Apply by July 31st to be a Frankfurt Book Fair Business Club Ambassador. In exchange for promotion you receive a free pass and added benefits. The post Frankfurt Book Fair Business Club is Seeking Ambassadors! appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Product Hunt Wants To Be The New Oprah's Book Club

The popular product recommendation site is launching a new vertical for books.Product Hunt is expanding yet again. This time, the wildly popular product recommendation site is launching a new tab dedicated entirely to books. Product Hunt Books, which went live this morning, takes the site's... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Family Christian Stores Bankruptcy: PW’s Coverage

Keep up to date with the Family Christian's bankruptcy with PW's ongoing coverage, from the initial filings to the latest proposed deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ales Kot, the writer taking comic books to mindbending new dimensions

He has only been in graphic storytelling for three years, but already the Czech-born writer has produced several influential series for the biggest publishers – and his latest is set to reinvent crime noirAt 28 years old, Ales Kot is at the forefront of a new generation of writers injecting... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Revisit Fables’ Beautiful, Groundbreaking Comic Book Covers

Let's celebrate some of the best cover artwork comics fans have ever seen. The post Revisit Fables’ Beautiful, Groundbreaking Comic Book Covers appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired

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Baddiel pens second children’s book

HarperCollins Children’s Books will publish The Person Controller, the second children’s book from author and comedian David Baddiel. Illustrated by Jim Field, the book is about Fred and Ellie - twins who end up inside a video game, and will be published this October. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Dunkin' Donuts Is Using 7 Social Platforms to Sell Iced Coffee to Music-Loving Millennials

Dunkin' Donuts wants to create cool musical buzz with millennials this summer to push its iced coffee products. So it's playing with enough social-media platforms to outfit a marketing septet: Spotify, Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Vine, Facebook and Periscope. The initiative, called... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book VAT 'holds back small markets'

Charging VAT on digital books is “holding back the development of the ebook market in general, and especially in non-English and small-language markets”, the International Publishers Association’s (IPA) José Borghino has said. A global survey of VAT rates, conducted by the IPA and the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Do German Readers Prefer Print Books?

Does Germany's love of reading extend to ebooks? The results of the 2015 Allensbach Media Market Analysis reveal just how digital Germany's readers are. The post Do German Readers Prefer Print Books? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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International Hot Book Properties: Week of July 20, 2015

Among the titles generating interest this week are a Greek short story collection about locals fleeing the debt-ridden nation, and a previously unpublished novel by the grandson of Ché Guevara. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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PW Asks: What's Your Favorite Dr. Seuss Book and Why?

What's your favorite book by Dr. Seuss? To mark the publication of the lost-then-found new Seuss book 'What Pet Should I Get?' PW wants to know about your favorite! Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Chelsea Green Crashing Bernie Sanders Book

The Vermont-based press will be the first press to offer a book-length look at the agenda of native politico and Democratic presidential candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Details of Family Christian Stores’ New Ownership Plan Emerge

Family Christian Stores aims to land under new ownership by Aug. 11 in order to recover from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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New Survey Tackles Tax Issues Around Books

A survey from the Federation of European Publishers (FEP) and the International Publishers Association (IPA) has highlighted the international disparities in the taxing of books and ebooks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Go Set a Watchman knocks EL James's Grey from top of UK book charts

Harper Lee’s long-lost novel has sold over 200,000 copies in the UK over the past weekEL James’ reign at the top of the UK book charts for the last month with her erotic bestseller Grey has been ended by a novel written in the 1950s and abandoned in a box for decades: Harper Lee’s Go Set a... Continue reading at The Guardian

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VAT Rates on Books and Ebooks Around the World

The International Publishers Association and the Federation of European Publishers has released a report of VAT rates on books and ebooks around the world. The post VAT Rates on Books and Ebooks Around the World appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Go Set a Watchman sells over 1m copies in the US and Canada

Despite many readers’ disparaging criticism, Harper Lee’s ‘lost’ novel has become HarperCollins’ fastest selling book with 1.1m in first-week sales and preordersCritics dismissed it as a rough draft for To Kill a Mockingbird and readers despaired over an ageing, racist Atticus Finch. But Harper... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Angels On The Rise In Religion Books

Books about angels are growing increasingly popular with six titles expected for release over the next few months. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Which brilliant books have never been translated into English? Join the discussion

Frank Cottrell Boyce has discovered some new literary heroes at the most beguiling library in the world, The International Jugendbibliothek. It was set up after the second world war by a Jewish refugee after Nazi book burning and banning. Here Frank tells us all about it – and kicks off a... Continue reading at The Guardian

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