Friday, July 03, 2015

The Roundup with PW

Sears Canada Head to Run Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble has appointed a retail veteran as the new head of its retail bookstore group. Ron Boire will also take over as CEO of Barnes & Noble, Inc. when the spinoff of Barnes & Noble Education is completed later this summer. more »


Graphic Novel, Comics Market Rises to $935 Million in 2014
Led by increases in the book trade, 2014 sales of graphic novels and periodical comics in North America rose in every sales channel except the newsstand, where sales of periodical comics declined. more »


Miscavige's Dad to Write Tell-All: Ronald Miscavige Sr., the father of Scientology leader David Miscavige, has signed a deal to write his memoir, 'If He Dies, He Dies,' with St. Martin’s Press.

Martin May Have Finished 'Winter': Upcoming 'Game of Thrones' director Jack Bender’s recent Reddit AMA has raised further questions about just how complete George R.R. Martin’s latest book 'The Winds of Winter' really is.

Amazon's Per Page Rate: Writers of shorter works could lose out on revenue as the company’s Kindle Owners Lending Library and Kindle Unlimited no longer pay per copy downloaded.

D.C. Losing a BAM Store: Books-A-Million is shuttering its Dupont Circle location on July 18 and has no plans to relocate in the District.

LGBT Books Under Fire in Texas: Dozens of community members have demanded that 'My Princess Boy' and 'This Day in June' be either banned from the Hood County Library or moved out of the children's section.


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