How should booksellers respond to books that challenge their ability to host an event while also offending their own political or moral principles? A BookExpo panel tried to answer just that. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google's Alice Zimmerman and Ben Drury, founder of the smart-speaker start-up Yoto, are the latest to join FutureBook Live, The Bookseller's publishing conference. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ali Albazaz, founder and chief executive of reader-powered publisher Inkitt, is the latest speaker to be announced for this year's FutureBook Live, Europe’s biggest publishing innovation conference, hosted by The Bookseller. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The co-owners of Paris' newest independent bookstore Ici say they're convinced they can make a go of it, even as France's market evolves. The post Despite the Odds, a New Independent Bookstore Opens in Paris: ‘ICI’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Drama Book Shop, known for its exhaustive collection of plays and books on theater and as hallowed ground for the Broadway set, will shutter its store at 250 W. 40th St. early next year. Its... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a LibScan chart dominated by crime fiction series and Jeff Kinney, Lee Child’s Jack Reacher remains UK library-goers’ detective of choice. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a letter to our editor, Robert Sindelar, the president of the American Booksellers Association, acknowledges that bookseller Jonathan Platt has a valid point that store margins could be better, but argues that improvements are being made. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gina Centrello, president and publisher of Random House, will oversee the merged publishing lines of Random House and the Crown Publishing Group. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After a number of months of sales gains, revenue at that nation's bookstores fell 1.2% in August compared to a year ago, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At an event organized by Byte the Book and the Frankfurt Book Fair, publishers looked at how social pressures influences publishing. The post Frankfurt: Self-Censorship and Morality in Publishing Today appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom Hanks features as one of five debut authors in the latest WH Smith Richard and Judy Book Club line-up, launched as part of an enhanced campaign that sees an extra selection each year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A number of industry members have gotten together to form Love Your Bookstore, a campaign aimed to help draw attention to all physical bookstores as the holiday shopping season begins. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Economic pressures and social media are forcing the media to think twice about upsetting readersBy the time the 130,000 regular readers of the New York Review of Books picked up their new copy of the literary journal last week, the cover story had already cost the editor Ian Buruma his job. In a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Affected booksellers attributed some of the recovery to loyal customers and community support, but they also cited the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc)’s key role. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith has said it expects it’s annual results to be "in line with expectations" when they are released in October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Calder, who published works by Samuel Beckett, Henry Miller, Eugène Ionesco and Marguerite Duras, among others. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2018-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A 5.3% increase in June bookstore sales over June 2017 was not quite enough to offset a soft start to the year and bookstore sales finished the first half of 2018 with sales down 1.0% compared to a year ago. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales rose from $741 million last May to $745 million in May 2018, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau, an increase of 0.5%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In stating its support for two years of discussion, the International Publishers Association at WIPO's semiannual committee meetings signaled its stance on international copyright exceptions in education. The post The International Publishers Association at WIPO: Drawing a Line at Copyright... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A small shop on sleepy Main Street with books warmly displayed from floor to ceiling. That's indie bookselling for you, right? Hardly. The realities of day-to-day business are vastly more complex and challenging. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew Tuck, editor of global affairs and lifestyle magazine Monocle, has said that “promiscuous" readers are irrelevant to the company's bottom line, which is bolstered by pursuing meaningful relationships with readers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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