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Books Coming Out The Last week of April,16
Look for a new book about Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.
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New Books Coming Out this Week of May of 2016
Look for a new biography of Paul McCartney, plus Don DeLillo's latest.
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New Books Coming out May 17
Look for new books by Moby, Lincoln & Child, and Joe Hill.
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12 bookstores every reader should visit in their lifetime
Are you someone who refuses to believe the theory that “print is dead”? Who always makes room in a suitcase for a paperback? Who finds it easy to spend more time at a charmingly ramshackle bookstore than a crowded tourist attraction? You're not alone. The organizers of Independent Bookstore Day celebrate book havens and book lovers everywhere each spring, and what better way to mark the occasion than to seek out an indie book shop on your next trip?
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'People are hungry for real bookstores': Judy Blume on why US indie booksellers are thriving
At 78, the multimillion-selling author has begun a new career, opening her own bookshop – and joining a business sector that’s flourishing again in the US. She might be a beloved and bestselling author of classic children’s books from Forever to Blubber, but Judy Blume says she wakes up every day “and I look to the sky, and I say, ‘whoever’s up there, I thank you for not having to write today’.”
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Books for Summer
Thrills from Stephen King, laughs from Amy Schumer and wizardry from J.K. Rowling.
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Singapore now has vending machines that sell books
When was the last time you picked up a book?
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A World Without Barnes & Noble Would Be a Disaster for Book Lovers
Even by the standards of the ailing book publishing industry, the past year has been a bad one for Barnes & Noble. After the company spun off its profitable college textbook division, its stock plunged nearly 40 percent. Its long-term debt tripled, to $192 million, and its cash reserves dwindled. Leonard Riggio, who turned the company into a behemoth, has announced he will step down this summer after more than 40 years as chairman. At the rate it’s going, Barnes & Noble won’t be known as...
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Booze & books! Barnes & Noble to serve beer & wine
Take that, Amazon! Barnes & Noble hopes that booze will lure book lovers back to its stores. Barnes & Noble announced Thursday that it planned to open four new concept stores this fiscal year that will have an expanded food menu -- and also serve beer and wine. But no vodka. Sorry, Chelsea Handler. The first store will open in Eastchester, NY in October. Three more are set to open at the Edina Galleria in Edina, MN, the Palladio in Folsom, CA, and at One Loudon in Loudon, VA.
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New Books Coming Out this Week of July,2016
Look for a new Dr. Seuss, plus an anniversary reissue of 'Valley of the Dolls.'
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Why is the Iranian government opening the world’s biggest bookstore?
There is a conundrum facing Iranian officials. The government, on the one hand, wants Iranians to read more. At the same time, with the other hand, it wants to cover their eyes. Love of the written word is deeply rooted in Iranian society, due to its extraordinary history of arts, sciences and literature. However, Iranians aren’t reading enough. Bookstores in Iran are a rarity, with some 1,500 shops for a population of almost 80 million. There was a time when publishers gave books a print run of 3,300-5,500 copies. Now, the numbers have dropped drastically to 500, sometimes even 300 copies.
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B&N to Sell Self-Published Books In Stores
The big news about Barnes & Noble is that after twenty years of battling with Amazon they have finally made a competitive move that Amazon cannot match. Barnes & Noble, with 640 bookstores in 50 states, is giving self-published authors a chance to get access to their hallowed bookshelves. Meanwhile, Amazon runs one bookstore in Seattle (albeit with 3 more slated). Barnes & Noble wins this contest hands down.
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'Amazon without Amazon': one-hour book delivery service launched
At Ink@84, an independent bookshop in Highbury, north London, an order pinged in on Thursday morning for Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs and Steel. The Pulitzer prize-winning bestseller was then to be delivered to a nearby customer within 60 minutes – by NearSt, a new platform that is offering one-hour delivery for books across London, as well as the facility to browse your local shops with your phone.
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100-Year-Old Theatre Converted Into Stunning Bookstore
Tucked away in Barrio Norte, Buenos Aires is a beautiful bookshop called El Ateneo Grand Splendid. It is built within the almost 100-year-old Grand Splendid Theater, which opened in 1919. The theatre was later converted into a cinema and eventually…
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Tunnel of Books: Curved Shelves Wrap Bookstore Walls & Ceiling
Paired to fantastic effect, a series of arch-forming shelving units and a black-mirrored floor create a wraparound tunnel in a Chinese bookstore, punctuated by a fracture leading visitors through the resulting passageway.
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Physical Book Sales Rocket As Digital Dips
Book shops are attracting more and more customers by offering cafes and running events.
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Bookstore Sales Up 6.1% In First Half of 2016
For the first half of the year, bookstore sales were 6.1% ahead of the comparable period in 2015. According to estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau, bookstores totaled $5.44 billion in the January-June 2016 span, up from $5.13 billion a year ago. Bookstore sales in 2016 rose every month compared to 2015, including in June when sales increased 5.0% to $770 million. The bookstore sector performed better than the entire retail segment. Sales for all of retail rose 3.3% in June over the comparable month in 2015 and were up 3.1% for the first half of 2016.
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New and Noteworthy Books Coming Out August 23,16
Look for a new Donald Trump bio from The Washington Post. The Washington Post — which Trump has banned from his campaign rallies — used a team of more than two dozen reporters and researchers to assemble this portrait, written by two senior staffers.
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New Books Coming Out Late August and September
Look for new books by Louise Penny, Tom Wolfe, Dav Pilkey and Ransom Riggs.
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24 of the most Exciting Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Read this September
It’s a new month, which means that it’s a good time to look forward to the coming onslaught of science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels (as well as some cool nonfiction books) hitting bookstores...
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