Wednesday, September 16, 2015

The Roundup with PW

Bookstore Sales Jumped in July
According to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, bookstore sales in July rose 5.9% over July 2014, to $717 million, up from $677 million a year ago. more »


International Flavor for 2015 Man Booker Shortlist
The six finalists for the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction were revealed today, with two authors hailing from the U.K., two from the U.S., and one from both Jamaica and Nigeria. more »


Lunchtime Reading: Bustle gathers 10 books you can (and should) read over your lunch break.

Riggio Buys 1M Shares of B&N: On September 11, Barnes & Noble chairman Len Riggio bought one million shares of the company, bringing his number of shares to 8,594,491.

Boyd Advises Budding Authors: William Boyd's insights into what it takes to be a novelist.

The Question of E-book Pricing: The 'Observer' says that raising prices doesn't appear to be helping the bottom line at big publishers.

Publishing and the Plutocracy: "Elizabeth Koch's new Catapult press looks great, but the return to an era of patronage isn't a win in a democracy," writes Scott Timberg at Salon.


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