R.R. Donnelley announced this morning that it will split into three companies by the end of 2016 with one company to be focused on printing for the book and other industries. more »
The 'Girl on the Train' Tops E-book Sales in First Quarter
Paula Hawkins's blockbuster debut led e-book sales for the first quarter of 2015. The book, released January 13, landed one spot above E.L. James's 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' more »
Airport Book Sales Begin to Climb
Like their Main Street bricks-and-mortar counterparts, bookstores at airports and train stations are benefitting from a print revival. more » »
Nat Geo Rolls Out Big Pope Book, Timed with U.S. Visit
As part of the buildup to Pope Francis's first papal visit to the U.S. in September, National Geographic has released 'Pope Francis and the New Vatican,' by 'National Geographic' magazine photographer Dave Yoder and journalist Robert Draper. more » »
Bookstore
Offering 'Watchman' Refunds: Brilliant Books in Michigan says
customers are owed apologies for portrayal of Harper Lee’s long-lost manuscript
as a "nice summer novel" rather than an academic curiosity.
Unpublished
Fitzgerald Finally Released: 'Temperature,' a cinematic
"tale of high comedy" written by the 'Great Gatsby' author in 1939,
has been published in the 'Strand.'
Japanese Readers
Buying Digitally: According to new research, Japanese readers
will spend the most on electronic editions in 2015. U.K. readers will follow
closely, with U.S. readers somewhere down the middle, spending an average of
$46 this year.
Can a Virtuous
Character Be Interesting?: Thomas Mallon and Alice Gregory
debate whether morally upstanding characters necessarily make for dull fiction,
at the 'New York Times.'
Textbook Prices
Up 1,041%: College textbook prices have risen over three times
the rate of inflation from January 1977 to June 2015, a 1,041% increase,
according to NBC News.
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