The Binc Foundation: 25 Years of Supporting Booksellers

As it celebrates its 25th anniversary, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation has never had a bigger part to play in supporting booksellers and comics stores Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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46 Years an Editor: PW Talks with Ann Regan

Ann Regan is retiring as editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Historical Society Press after 46 years with the press. We spoke with Regan about her long career, how publishing has and has not changed since 1978, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dead at 83

Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller but later saw his company overtaken by the rise of Amazon Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2024-08-27 20:22:22 UTC ]
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Former Barnes & Noble chair Leonard Riggio, powerhouse of modern bookselling, has died at 83, his family says

Former Barnes & Noble chair Leonard Riggio, powerhouse of modern bookselling, has died at 83, his family says Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2024-08-27 17:25:53 UTC ]
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Len Riggio, Trailblazing Bookselling Giant, Dies at 83

Len Riggio, who revolutionized bookselling—first by turning Barnes & Noble into the dominant bookstore chain in the United States, then by opening hundreds of superstores—died on August 27 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon’s Kindle just went on sale for the second time this year

If you’re an avid reader, an Amazon Kindle just makes sense. You can carry hundreds of books with you everywhere you go, and you don’t have to break your back doing it. The thing is, the Kindle doesn’t go on sale very often, which is why this rare discount is so exciting. Right now, you... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2024-08-26 16:30:38 UTC ]
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This Lego Labor Day sale discounts Star Wars and Mario sets by 25 percent

It’s almost Labor Day so the sales have started to trickle in. Here’s a cool one. A whole bunch of Lego sets are on sale for 25 percent off from, uh, Barnes & Noble. That may not make sense on paper, but we assure you that these discounts are very real. It’s tough to pick the “best”... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-08-26 15:23:20 UTC ]
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Back to School 2024: New Year, New Books

With summer vacation in the books and the 2024–2025 school year beginning, teachers and librarians are raring to go with new lessons, updated spaces, and plenty of books to recommend. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The American Booksellers Association Is Publishing a Handbook for Fighting Book Bans

The 'ABA Right to Read Handbook: Fighting Book Bans and Why It Matters' is scheduled for a September 16 release. All profits will support ABFE’s efforts against book bans. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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OpenAI inks multi-year deal with Condé Nast

The publisher of prominent titles such as Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Condé Nast Traveler aims to leverage AI following the digital media industry’s recent struggles to monetise content, particularly through traditional search. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2024-08-21 14:34:53 UTC ]
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The week's bestselling books, Aug. 25

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-08-21 13:00:54 UTC ]
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Bigoted Bookselling: When the Nazis Opened a Propaganda Bookstore in Los Angeles

In the first half of the twentieth century, radical bookstores took many forms and often served as part of larger, multichannel campaigns. Nazis, as well as Communists and Socialists, organized festivals and parades, dances and concerts, and schools and camps to disseminate critiques of American... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-08-21 08:56:24 UTC ]
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Compass Rose Publishing Looks to Harness the Power of Indie Booksellers

The new small press, launched by two congressmen-turned-authors alongside former American Booksellers Association CEO Oren Teicher, will work directly with independent booksellers to help curate and market a small list of titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Fall Regionals 2024: Booksellers Reach Across Regional Divides

For some regional bookseller associations, joint trade shows are a winning formula. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Eight New Books Indie Booksellers Want You to Read

Independent booksellers from across the country highlight eight independently published books they're excited to sell this fall. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Fall Regionals 2024: Booksellers Buzz About Fall Titles

With summer on the wane and holiday titles on order, excitement around this fall’s fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books is building. PW talked with booksellers about what they’ll be handselling and displaying in the coming months. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The US National Book Foundation Issues $350,000 in Grants

The Hawthornden Foundation has made possible these grants going to 49 nonprofit programs serving readers and writers. The post The US National Book Foundation Issues $350,000 in Grants appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-08-14 22:42:47 UTC ]
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Here are the 2024/25 National Book Foundation Teacher Fellows.

Today, the National Book Foundation announced the 2024/25 recipients of the National Teacher Fellowship, a program, only in its second year, “that supports and celebrates 6th-12th grade teachers using innovative methods to make reading for pleasure a part of their students’ school day... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-08-14 14:00:55 UTC ]
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The Years: an audacious adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s masterpiece of memoir and sociology

A life in five parts in a changing France is wrought powerfully on stage in this adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s book The Years Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2024-08-09 10:28:43 UTC ]
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