To combat Amazon's "global shopping day" on July 12, Connecticut bookseller R.J. Julia is encouraging customers to shop local with a dueling event through which it will donate 10% of its sales to the community. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thanks to Sherman Alexie's forgetfulness, writers across the U.S. will volunteer at their local bookstore Saturday for the inaugural Indies First day.Not long ago the writer Sherman Alexie missed one of his readings, standing up fans at the Queen Anne Book Company, a store in Seattle. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Advertising on Instagram has quickly moved from a novelty to a near-daily occurence, and they're churning up a tsunami of "likes" as well as a dose of aggrieved user comments.General Electric, Levi's, Lexus and Ben & Jerry's have now posted their first ads to the mobile photo- and... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray Press will publish the book of the BBC Radio 4 series Tweet of the Day, which... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you're still looking for gift ideas for that special someone, Amazon is looking to lend a hand. The online retailer has announced that customers can now give a $79 one-year membership to Prime. Recipients will get an email on the day of the giver's choosing with instructions on how to get... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Burmese Ministry of Information announced that a new translation of Orwell’s 1934 novel, Burmese Days, won the National Literary Award’s informative literature award. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The literary magazines at a Barnes & Noble include Tin House, The Paris Review, Mad Magazine and comics, while a New York Times renewal offers a year for $1099. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There is an ever-growing list of benefits that Amazon provides for its Prime customers. For a $79 yearly fee users enjoy Netflix-like streaming video, Kindle book rentals and free two-day delivery service. The latter has only one simple drawback -- if you order an item on a Friday, you need to... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Just as Kobo has cozied up to physical booksellers, so too does Amazon have a plan to smother them in e-ink kisses. Under the company's new "Amazon Source" program, any independent bookstore that sells a Kindle tablet or e-reader will be rewarded with ten percent of future book purchases made on ... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon.com is offering independent booksellers the opportunity to sell Kindle e-readers. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While not an entirely new concept, offering monthly sample box subscriptions has been a highly lucrative side business for many publishers. Boca Raton, Florida-based Sandow Media, a multiplatform publisher targeting the beauty and design markets, launched its NewBeauty TestTube five years ago,... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First day sales in the UK for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding topped 46,000... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The writer Carl Bernstein has struck a deal to write a memoir of his early years as a cub reporter in Washington, his publisher, Henry Holt & Company, said on Monday. Rather than focusing on his famous tenure at The Washington Post, where wit ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Get complete coverage of the Frankfurt Book Fair with the PW Frankfurt Show Daily. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Get complete coverage of the Frankfurt Book Fair with the PW Frankfurt Show Daily. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chain bookstores, indie locations, schools and school libraries are participating all over the world. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While invective about the state of American democracy has reached a fever pitch on social media, several government feeds themselves have gone quiet on the first day of the federal shutdown.Agencies including FEMA, the National Park Service and NASA have stated on their Facebook, Twitter and... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Launched a little over a week ago with much media fanfare, Oyster is a New York City–based e-reading startup that offers consumers an all-you-can-read ebook subscription model for $9.95 a month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Usborne is encouraging bookshops across the nation to take part in Usborne Day on Saturday 5th... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Title production hit 56,000 copies for the first six months of 2012, though overall sales are lower, according to news out of this year's Moscow International Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can a Spotify-like service created by ex-Googlers shake up the publishing industry? Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2013-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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