Why was ‘The Office’ so successful? Kevin Malone, aka Brian Baumgartner, seeks answers in a new book

In “Welcome to Dunder Mifflin,” Baumgartner and producer Ben Silverman explore the iconic Scranton workplace Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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Amazon Starts Monthly Subscription Service for Unlimited E-Books

Amazon introduced a $9.99- a-month service for unlimited Kindle ebook downloads, letting customers devour books like they binge on TV services like Netflix and Amazon Prime.Kindle Unlimited includes more than 600,000 Kindle books and thousands of audiobooks from Audible Inc., Amazon said today... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book Sales Rose 4% in First Quarter

Trade ebook sales rose 4.3% in the first quarter of 2014 to $387.9 million, according to AAP's monthly StatShot report. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unicef to distribute free board books in Scotland

Nosy Crow has created a new board book, published by Unicef, that will be given to new parents in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jackson moves to S&S in four-book deal

Simon & Schuster has signed Eighty Days erotica author Vina Jackson for a four-book deal.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Tests Kindle Unlimited, Its Own E-book Subscription Service

The $9.99 monthly service offers access to more than 600,000 books and audiobooks.Now the go-to place for electronics, groceries, and pretty much everything else, Amazon's e-commerce empire was built atop books. The site hasn't forgotten about its roots--it is reportedly testing an ebook and... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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InterMix Acquires Book Country Title

InterMix, the digital-first imprint of Berkley/New American Library, has acquired "Tryst," a novel by Alex Rosa developed on Book Country, Penguin Random House’s online writing community. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Iowa's Hill Avenue Books Sold

Jill Krebs, who has owned Hill Avenue Books, a full-service general bookstore in Spirit Lake, Iowa, for the past 15 years, has sold the bookstore to Rachael Tinker, a long-time customer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book sales soared to £23m last week

Last week saw £23.4m of book sales registered through Nielsen BookScan; its highest value... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper Lee says she didn't cooperate with new book 'The Mockingbird Next Door'

Lee says that 'as long as I am alive any book purporting to be with my cooperation is a falsehood,' while author Marja Mills tells the Monitor, 'Nelle Harper Lee and Alice F. Lee were aware I was writing this book.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Tests Its Own E-Book Subscription Service

Amazon is quietly testing its own subscription ebook service, Kindle Unlimited, which will reportedly cost $9.99 per month and include over 600,000 titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mexico’s Manuvo: Building Book Apps for Spanish Readers

Award-winning Mexican app development studio Manuvo is at the forefront of building book apps for the Spanish-language market. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books Inspire Hot-Topic Dialogue in Searing Sharjah

The Islamic Book Exhibition serves as a forum for dialogue on some of the hottest topics affecting the Middle East and Islam, all through the medium of books. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Polish Book Chains Re-imagine Stores, Expand to Small Cities

Poland's two largest bookstore chains, Matras and Empik, are adding new services and plan vast expansions amid a shrinking number of independent bookstores. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fricking Awesome Maps From the Silver Age of Comic Books

When combined, maps and comic books are irresistible to fans who want to explore their favorite fictional worlds. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chicago Indie Bookstore Day A Huge Success

Despite torrential rains, the first Chicago Independent Bookstore Day on July 12 was a huge success that exceeded all expectations, participating indie booksellers told PW. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rep. John Lewis' 'March Book Two' Coming in 2015

Top Shelf has released the cover art for 'March Book Two,' the much-anticipated second volume of Civil Rights legend John Lewis’ three-volume graphic memoir. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's book author refuses award backed by Amazon

Allan Ahlberg refused a lifetime achievement award because it was sponsored by the internet bookseller Amazon. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Audio Book Club Meets Karl Ove

This month, Dan Kois, David Haglund, and New York Times Book Review editor Parul Sehgal discuss My Struggle: Book One, the Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard’s six-book autobiographical epic. Can the endless accretion of detail a masterpiece make? Would people respond differently to this... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown, Marvel Offer 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Kids' Books

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has an agreement with Marvel to produce a series of movie tie-ins based on the popular films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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