Jojo Moyes takes 3 of top 20 bestseller spots for first half of the year
Nielsen BookScan's list of bestselling print books for the January–June period includes three editions of Jo-Jo Moyes'Me Before You. The book also came in at #2 on Amazon's Kindle bestseller list for...
View ArticlePhysical bookstore sales rose nearly 2% in 2015
Publishers' trade book sales at physical retail stores rose for the second year in a row in 2015, climbing 1.8%, to $4.15 billion, according to the Association of American Publishers' StatShot Annual....
View ArticleBook sales at brick and mortar bookstores rise 2% year on year
Publishers' trade book sales (i.e. books for general readers) at physical retail stores in the USA rose for the second year in a row in 2015, climbing 1.8%, to $4.15 billion, according to the...
View ArticleDr Carla D. Hayden confirmed as 14th Librarian of Congress
Dr Carla D. Hayden has been confirmed, 74-18, by the U.S. Senate as the 14th Librarian of Congress, for a renewable 10-year term. Hayden was the longtime CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library system in...
View ArticleBritish author Sally Beauman, author of "Destiny" and other novels, dies aged 71
British author Sally Beauman died on July 7 aged 71. Writing in The Guardian, Lisa Appignanesi described Beauman as "a proud, loyal, fiercely private, beautiful and generous woman--at all ages. Her...
View ArticleUSA bookstore sales up for the ninth month in a row #books #news
May bookstore sales rose 3.1%, to $826 million, compared to May 2015, according to preliminary estimates from the Census Bureau. This marks the ninth month in a row that bookstore sales have risen -...
View ArticleJeff Bezos to have a bit part in new Star Trek movie
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a bit part in the new "Star Trek Beyond" movie. Apparently security was tight on set for Bezos who arrived with a full contingent of security, and then waited patiently...
View ArticleMuggle Mob stops traffic on Broadway
In anticipation of this Sunday's release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two (a two-part stage play written by Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling and John Tiffany), more than 300 Potter fans...
View ArticleCo-author of Left Behind series, Tim LaHaye, dies aged 90; Fundamentalist...
The Rev. Tim LaHaye, a leader of the Christian fundamentalist movement and co-author of the best-selling "Left Behind" series of apocalyptic novels prophesying mass slaughters and the end of the world,...
View ArticleHarry Potter fever builds - 3 days until release of Harry Potter and the...
Barnes & Noble reports that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II is the company's most pre-ordered book since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in 2007. Stores across the country...
View ArticleTop 12 highest paid authors earned a combined $269 million in past year #authors
According to Forbes Magazine, the world's top 12 highest-paid authors earned a combined $269 million over the last 12 months. Forbes arrives at its estimates by looking at print, e-book and audiobook...
View ArticleUS bookstore sales record 10th month of continuous year on year growth. June...
June USA bookstore sales rose 5%, to $770 million, compared to June 2015, according to preliminary estimates from the Census Bureau. This is the 10th month in a row that bookstore sales have increased.
View ArticleAuthor Thomas Steinbeck dies aged 72
Thomas Steinbeck, the eldest son of the novelist John Steinbeck and, later in life, a fiction writer who fought bitterly in a family dispute over his father's estate, died on Thursday at his home in...
View ArticleThree new Harry Potter books publishing as ebooks on September 6.
In addition to the "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" London play, also available as a published script, and the upcoming "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" movie, Harry Potter fans now have...
View ArticleNew editor for Sunday Book Review
Pamela Paul, editor of the New York Times Sunday Book Review, has been given an expanded role at the paper. She will now oversee all book coverage for the Times, including the daily Books section, book...
View ArticleCrowdfunding venture Kickstarter hits $100m mark on publishing projects
Kickstarter, the crowdfunding venture that allows individuals to donate money to support a variety of projects, marked a milestone last week, recording more than $100 million in pledges to...
View ArticlePublishers express frustration at sacking of B&N's CEO, leaving company...
Publishers have been expressing their frustration in the wake of the sudden and unexpected dismissal of Barnes & Noble CEO Ron Boire last week, just a year after he took over as head of the largest...
View ArticleElechi Amadi dies aged 82
Elechi Amadi, "one of the founding generation of African novelists in English," died June 29 aged 82. The Guardian reports that his work "was greatly admired by his fellow writers in Nigeria, and he...
View ArticleNew Beatrix Potter tale published today
A new Beatrix Potter tale was published today, two years after the manuscript was unearthed following a clue discovered by Jo Hanks, publisher at Penguin Random House Children's Books, in an...
View ArticleStore sales at Barnes & Noble fall nearly 7% year on year.
In the first quarter ended July 30, total sales at Barnes & Noble fell 6.6%, to $913.9 million, and the net loss was $14.4 million, compared to a net loss of $7.8 million in the same period a year...
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