Unit Sales Rose 9.7% Last Week Led by Adult Fiction

Facing difficult comparisons to last year when Barack Obama's 'A Promised Land' was piling up huge sales numbers, unit sales still increased 9.7% last week over 2020 as adult fiction sales jumped 35.3%. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Writers unite in campaign against 'thuggish' Amazon

Nearly 900 authors across world back criticism of online retailer's business tactics in ebooks dispute with US publisher HachetteThey include some of the biggest literary names on the planet, among them Stephen King, Donna Tartt, Paul Auster, James Patterson and John Grisham; a Pulitzer prize... Continue reading at The Guardian

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, July 28, 2014

This week, the plot to poison the world's greatest wine, a "Gone Girl" with heart, and Amy Bloom's latest. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Pearson Cutting 4,000 Jobs as First-Half Sales Decline

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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending July 25, 2014

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The Personal Touch It’s not only sales that publishers look for in a distributor

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This Week in Children's Apps: July 24, 2014

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Amazon-Dissenting Authors Form 'Authors United'

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Native-Ad Metrics Startup Simple Reach Raises $9 Million

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'Authors United' promises long-term Amazon strategy

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