In reporting its first quarter results of the 2018 fiscal year, Barnes & Noble announced sales of $853.3 million, down from $913.9 million in the same period a year ago. The net loss, however, was cut to $10.8 million; a year ago B&N had a net loss of $14.4 million. more »
Amazon Looks for
a Second Home: The e-tailer plans to open a second headquarters
in North America, and is soliciting pitches from cities and states for what it
calls HQ2.
Kate Millett
Dies at 82: Kate Millett, whose 1970 book, 'Sexual Politics,'
made her “the principal theoretician of the women’s liberation movement,” died
on Wednesday in Paris.
Steinbeck
Stepdaughter Wins $13M Suit: A federal jury in L.A. awarded John
Steinbeck's stepdaughter the sum in a suit claiming the author's relatives
impeded adaptations of his books.
Who Is Stealing
Bukowski and Kerouac?: At Porter Square Books, volumes by the
writers disappeared so often that the staff set up a display of the “Most
Frequently Stolen Books.”
The Last Printer
on Printers Row: Chicago was once the book manufacturing capital
of the country. Then all the printers left—except for one, thanks to a single
beer served in 1982.
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