In its first earnings release since firing CEO Ron Boire last month, Barnes & Noble reported that sales fell 6.6% in its first quarter of fiscal year 2017, which ended July 30. Of particular concern for the retailer is the 6.0% decline it saw in comparable store sales. more »
Bowker Report Shows Self-Publishing Growth
The number of authors opting to self-publish continues to rise, with a growth rate of 21% between 2014 and 2015 for print and e-books combined, the report found. »
F. Scott
Fitzgerald's Lost Stories: 'I’d Die for You', due in 2017,
contains works the author was unable to sell in the 1930s due to subject matter
and style.
We Read—Just Not
Literature: Americans aren't reading less, they're just reading
fewer poetry collections, plays, and literary novels.
Make Reading Fun
Again: Lisa Lucas, the new director of the National Book
Foundation, has a mission, and she'll even bug Uber drivers about books to
complete it.
The Return of
Omniscience: A slew of recent novels suggest that narrative
omniscience is making a comeback.
Missing Georgia
Press Van Located: The case of the University of Georgia Press's
missing book-packed van, solved.
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