With Stores Closed, Barnes & Noble Does Some Redecorating

Retail locations shuttered during lockdowns, so the company spruced up hundreds of its stores as the first step in a bigger plan. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2020-07-09 19:32:11 UTC ]
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Apple Books Bestsellers: Obama Should Close Out Year At #1

Michelle Obama's 'Becoming' is on track to close out 2018 on top of the Apple Books store, and this week is another in the books with her debut memoir in the #1 slot. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weekly Standard, rightwing magazine opposed to Trump, closes after 23 years

Parent firm blames subscription figures but co-founder says magazine was ‘murdered’ to drive readers elsewhereThe Weekly Standard, one of the last holdouts opposed to Donald Trump within rightwing media, has been closed after 23 years, silencing its hawkish voice on foreign affairs and its... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Grand Central Publishing to Close Life & Style Imprint

Grand Central Publishing will absorb its Life & Style imprint into the flagship GCP list at the end of 2018. The reorganization will result in a few job cuts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Convenience Store Woman crowned Foyles' Fiction Book of the Year

Books from Granta, Hodder & Stoughton and Pan Macmillan have been unveiled as Foyles’ Books of the Year, with Convenience Store Woman by Japanese author Sayaka Murata taking the fiction crown. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online Distribution Platform Ganxy to Close

Ganxy, founded in 2009 by Joshua Cohen and Aleks Jakulin to help music and then book publishers sell their content online, is going out of business. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&N to Open Up to 15 Stores in 2019

Barnes & Noble executives said in a conference call Tuesday that they plan to open 10 to 15 new stores in calendar 2019. The move is, by far, the chain's most aggressive store opening schedule in years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ShortList magazine to close amid declining revenues

About 20 staff are expected to lose their jobs at men’s title, which launched in 2007ShortList magazine is shutting down after more than a decade, as publishers struggle to make free print publications profitable amid declining advertising revenue and the increased cost of paper.The magazine... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mr B's crowdfunder closes on £64k

Mr B's Emporium in Bath has raised almost £64,000 to expand its premises since launching its crowdfunder last month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Popular Broadway bookstore to close after rent hike

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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Llewellyn to Close Its Midnight Ink Fiction Imprint

Citing continuing poor sales, Llewellyn Worldwide, best known for its mind/body/spirit offerings, is shutting down its crime fiction imprint, Midnight Ink, in August 2019, after releasing its final list during the spring/summer season. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Discord’s game store is here to take a bite out of Steam

The popular gaming chat app wants to be the local bookstore to Steam’s Amazon. Discord hopes to claim a piece of the $29 billion digital PC game sales market by adding a store to its popular gaming chat app. The Discord Store Beta, which is launching today after a limited test run in Canada,... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2018-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HMH Closes Riverside Deal

The educational publishing division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has completed its previously announced divestiture of the clinical and standardized testing business to private equity firm Alpine Investors for $135 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&N Opens Prototype Store in Maryland

Barnes & Noble's latest prototype store, opening in Columbia, Maryland, today, offers a smaller footprint, contemporary design touches, and booksellers equipped with tablets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto reports 'encouraging' first half, but cuts jobs and closes Minneapolis office

Quarto has reported an "encouraging" trading performance for the first six months of 2018, including a group revenue rise of 12% year-on-year to $56.2m (2017: $50.2m) and an improved gross profit margin of 50.1% (2017: 48.2%). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto to Close Minneapolis Office

Quarto Group said that as part of a companywide cost cutting program, it is shutting its Minneapolis office and closing its Voyageur Press imprint. The Cool Springs and Motorbooks imprints are continuing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Austin Barnes ignites Dodgers rally in 11-4 rout over Mets

For the first time in four months, Austin Barnes was permitted a free trip around the bases, but his expression revealed little as he circled them. He clenched his jaw and tilted his chin toward his chest. A ballpark awakened around him, as Barnes revived the offense in the third inning of an... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walmart squares up to Amazon with a new ebook store

Walmart has officially launched the Amazon ebook and audiobook rival it's been working on with Kobo this past year. The big box retailer announced its partnership with Kobo's parent company Rakuten back in January, promising to give its customers (i... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HMH Closes Eamon Dolan Books

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is closing Eamon Dolan Books. With the shuttering of the imprint, which was formed in 2011, founding editor Eamon Dolan will be leaving HMH. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Europe’s Transbook Project Closes: Four Years in Digital Publishing for Children

In its four years, the partners brought together by the Transbook project based in children's literature, tried to learn 'what is the digital model in the publishing industry?' The post Europe’s Transbook Project Closes: Four Years in Digital Publishing for Children appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: UK’s Golden Booker Voting Is Closing; AudioFile’s Whitten on the Audies

Fifty years of Man Booker Prize for Fiction winners have been sorted down to a shortlist, and you can help crown the 'Golden' book. And some of this year's Audie Award winners are now playing on 'Beyond the Book.' The post Industry Notes: UK’s Golden Booker Voting Is Closing; AudioFile’s Whitten... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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