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Thursday 2nd September |
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Book Trade News
Barnes & Noble, Burkle Trade More Charges The battle of letters and press releases between Barnes & Noble and Ron Burkle shows no signs of abating
Borders Working To Redefine Store Model As book sales migrate from print to digital over the next few years. the number one focus at Borders is to redefine its store model
Birmingham City Council Spends £187m On New Library - And Cuts Book Fund Cash-Strapped Birmingham City Council has cut its book-buying fund – as it spends £187 million on a showpiece library
Scribd.com Goes To The Dark Side Free Books Put Behind Paywall?
2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalists The Dayton Literary Peace Prize, inaugurated in 2006, is the first and only annual U.S. literary award recognizing the power of the written word to promote peace
No TV return for Richard and Judy Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan rule out TV comeback
Sony And Amazon Try To Rain On Apple's Parade Apple still has plenty of tame press and analysts to get excited about its launch event today, but its rivals are getting far more adept at stealing its thunder
Sony Unveils Revamped E-readers and probably blows it
Borders US sees sharp fall in revenue Second quarter sales were $526.1 million, down 11.5% from the same period a year ago, with comparable store sales declining by 6.8%
Richard And Judy Announce Book Club 'Page Turners' Richard and Judy opened a new chapter for their Book Club today as they chose a new stack of authors who are destined to benefit from their 'magic touch'
BBC loses court battle over Stig The BBC has lost a legal fight to stop publication of a book which reveals the identity of Top Gear's driver The Stig
Blair's Long-Awaited Memoirs Are Finally Published Former Prime Minister finally breaks his silence
Barnet's Libraries Could Be Sold Off and leased back to plug hole in council accounts
Merlin Wolfhound To Cease Publishing Merlin Publishing the Dublin based non-fiction publisher is to cease its publishing activities for the forseeable future
Company marketing messages to be regulated by ASA Messages on company websites and social media services such as Twitter to be subject to same rules as TV and newspapers ads
Blair Book 'To Become Biggest Political Memoir Of All-time' Tony Blair: A Journey set to become biggest political memoir of all-time
Reading Agency Defends Libraries' Impact On Literacy As government cuts threaten libraries, the Reading Agency comes to their defence with a success story – the Summer Reading Challenge
Stig Wrangle Continues In Private A court case to prevent the identity of Top Gear's The Stig from being revealed is to continue being heard in private
JK Rowling gives £10m for Edinburgh MS centre Author JK Rowling has donated £10m to the University of Edinburgh to set up a multiple sclerosis research clinic
Kobo Opens New York Office Kobo has opened an office in New York, focused on publisher relations and content acquisition for the US market
Chilean Artists Bomb Berlin With 100,000 Poems Chilean artist collective Casagrande, along with Literaturwerkstatt Berlin, drops 100,000 poems over Berlin as a protest against war
Book Attracts 692,000 Facebook Followers Yet Sees No Corresponding Increase In Sales "Shut Up, I'm Talking": It's the catchphrase not the book
Whitcoulls Owner Gets Waiver For Breaches Melbourne based book, stationery and entertainment company said it is exploring a range of options to strengthen its balance sheet longer term
Bertelsmann Raises Full-year Forecast Media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG said Tuesday said it swung to a first-half net profit and lifted its outlook for 2010
High Street Sales Up For Second Consecutive Month Volumes of sales on the high street were higher than a year ago in August, the second consecutive year-on-year increase |