Total revenue at Barnes & Noble fell 1.5% in the first quarter ended August 1, 2015, to $1.2 billion, compared to last year’s first period and the net loss increased to $34.9 million from $28.4 million. Sales at the retail trade bookstores fell 1.7%, although comp store sales rose, while Nook sales dropped 22.4% more »
The Red-Hot Adult Coloring Book Trend Reaches Religion and Spirituality
Adult coloring books come with Hindu, Buddhist, and Christian themes from religion publishers this year. more »
iBooks Bestsellers: 'Girl in the Spider's Web' Nabs #1
'The Girl in the Spider's Web,' David Lagercrantz's continuation of the late Stieg Larsson's Millennium series, took the top spot on Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended September 7. more » »
Scholastic Buys Troubadour
Scholastic UK has acquired Troubadour Ltd, which trades under The Travelling Book Company. The deal will make "book fairs available on a broader basis across the U.K. and Ireland through the network of experienced Travelling Book Company agents and staff," according to Scholastic. »
Alabama Murder
Mystery: What happened to Harper Lee's true crime novel?
James Bond in
2015: In the new novel 'Trigger Mortis,' author Anthony Horowitz
gives Bond a dose of modern morality.
Details from New
Trump Book: In 'Never Enough,' out September 22, Donald Trump
said his experience at the New York Military Academy gave him “more training
militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military.”
DFW and the
Perils of 'Litchat': "[David Foster] Wallace’s death, and
the private suffering that it revealed, has led to the formation of an iconic
posthumous public image that some of his friends have taken to calling 'Saint
Dave,'" writes Laura Miller, at the 'New Yorker.'
Tattered Cover
on NPR: The store has served Denver, Colo., for more than 40
years. Now, long-time owner Joyce Meskis is retiring and turning ownership over
to two publishing industry veterans.
'Winds of
Winter' Release Date?: An editor for Spanish publisher Ediciones
Gigamesh revealed a potential 2016 publication date for George R. R. Martin’s
next A Song of Ice and Fire book.
Bertelsmann
Launching Ed Activities Unit: The German media, education, and
service-provider company will announce the establishment of Bertelsmann
Education Group at a conference with education experts in New York on Thursday.
Nat Geo and Fox
Form Media Company: In a deal announced on Wednesday and valued
at $725 million, the National Geographic Society and 21st Century Fox are
creating a for-profit joint venture.
New Seamus
Heaney Translation Coming: The late Nobel laureate's translation
of the Aeneid’s Book VI is due to be published next year, according to the
Heaney's family.
The Fiction Atop
the Fiction: Did Thomas Pynchon publish a novel under the
pseudonym Adrian Jones Pearson?
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