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Barnes and Noble results and the latest news from Perseus

September 14, 2015 by Mike Shatzkin 13 Comments

The most recent Barnes & Noble financial results — which appear to have discouraged Wall Street investors — aren’t good news for the book business. They show that the sale of books through their stores is flat at best, as is the shelf space assigned to books. And it would take a particularly optimistic view […]

Filed Under: Authors, General Trade Publishing, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Avalon, B&N, Barnes & Noble, Basic Books, Bertelsmann, Big Five, BOL, Books Online, Borders, Hachette, Ingram, Jouve, Kindle, Livraria Cultura, Microsoft Reader, Mobi, Nook, Palm Digital, Perseus, Publishing Dimensions, Running Press, Sergio Herz, Walmart

Learned (or figured out) at BEA 2012

June 11, 2012 by Admin 34 Comments

BookExpo America, trade publishing’s industry-wide gathering, just completed what must be considered another successful year at Javits Center last week. Attendance was pretty much what it had been last year and the lines for autographs on the convention floor certainly gave off the feeling of enthusiasm and excitement that publishers want to see. Convention roundups […]

Filed Under: Conferences, Digital Book World, General Trade Publishing, Global, Industry Events, Licensing and Rights, Publishers Launch Conferences, Publishing History, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Abrams, Aerbook Maker, Avalon, BIC, Bill Newlin, BISG, BookExpo America, BookScan, Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, Crown, Doubleday, Fabbri, Firebrand, Fran Toolan, Joe Friedman, John Locke, Jonathan Nowell, Karina Luke, Laura Hazard Owen, Martha Moran, Martin Levin, Marvello Vena, Michael Cader, New American Library, Penguin, Perseus, RCS Libri, RCS Media, Rizzoli, Ron Martinez, Times Mirror Publishing

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