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Wiley HQ Opened
After being closed Monday in the wake of Hurricane Irene, John Wiley's worldwide headquarters in Hoboken, N.J. re-opened Tuesday.
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Books-A-Million Gets Borders Leases; Names Finley Prez
Monday was a big day for Books-A-Million. The retailer won court approval to take over the leases of 14 Borders locations and also named Terry Finley president, succeeding Clyde Anderson who will remain chairman and CEO.
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Irene and Bookstores
While most booksellers escaped with no or very little water, Bartleby’s Books in Wilmington, Vt., was completely destroyed by flooding. This is the second time within the past four months that owner Lisa Sullivan has lost a store. In April, her Brattleboro, Vt. bookstore, The Book Cellar, was closed due to a fire. No word yet on when either store will reopen.
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Books-A-Million At the Crossroads
At no time in its history has the opportunity and danger been greater for Books-A-Million.
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David Slavitt Joins the 100 Club at 76
Poet, novelist, and translator David R. Slavitt is the latest writer to join the 100 club: writers who have published, or contracted for, 100 books. Although the 76 year-old Cantabrigian, who published his first book, the poetry collection Suits for the Dead, fifty years ago, will only be at #96 by year's end, he has another four books coming out over the next two years.
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Tracking 20 Years of Bookstore Chains
The bookstore chain landscape has undergone seismic shifts over the past 20 years and will enter the fall with approximately 1,100 fewer stores than dotted the country in 1991. Just as it is today, Barnes & Noble was the country's largest bookstore chain 20 years ago, closely trailed by Waldenbooks. Unlike today, though, there were a number of regional chains that tried to compete with the powerhouses.
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Children's Store to Open in Katonah, N.Y.
Borders's loss is proving to be indies' gain. With the closing of a Borders in Mt. Kisco, Jennifer Cook, owner of NoKa Joe's in Katonah, N.Y., has decided to take the plunge and turn the second floor into a children's specialty bookstore.
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Calling It Quilts at DDG
A challenge for quilters across the state of Maine to create an art quilt based on a favorite children’s book has provided a unique display for Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers in Farmington, which is showcasing the resulting “Inspiration Transformation” quilt show this month before it tours to the Saco and Portland Public Libraries.
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Finding Waldo on the Cape
Who knew that skinny, bespectacled Waldo would enjoy a Massachusetts summer vacation as much as the First Family? And like President Obama, he's not always easy to spot.
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What's Selling at Blue Willow Bookshop
From Houston, Valerie Koehler, owner of Blue Willow Bookshop, sends word of what's hot at her store this summer.
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Books-A-Million Bids for 14 Borders Leases
Books-A-Million has agreed to acquire 14 Borders leases for a total of $934,259, provided that a deal can be reached by August 30.
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Name Change for MBA; SIBA Widens Circle
Change is in the air as the regional trade shows draw near. MBA announces a name change to Midwest "Independent" Booksellers Association. SIBA creates a hyperlinked online promotion to drive sales to members' Web sites.
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Bid Deadline for Borders's Small Stores is Friday
A flurry of items in regional business magazines about Borders’s locations being up for auction have been spurred by the August 26 deadline by which all bids on Borders’s small format stores are due.
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Books-A-Million Has Another Weak Quarter
Sales fell 11.4% at Books-A-Million for the second quarter ended July 31, to $106. 4 million, and the company had a net loss of $2.9 million compared to earnings of $1.9 million in the second quarter of 2010.
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Borders Sales Rise as Inventory Shrinks
With its going-out-of-business sales kicking in over the last 10 days of July, total revenue at Borders Group hit $152.2 million in the June 26-July 30 period, the company reported Monday. In June total revenue at the chain was $90.1 million.
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Birger Gets Memorial Tribute
The American Advisory Committe of the Jerusalem International Book Fair will hold a memorial tribute to former chairman and managing director of the biennial book fair, Zev Birger, on September 22 at the Random House building. A special program in Birger's name will be established to launch at the next book fair in 2013.
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2011 Regionals: Back to Bookselling Basics
If there is one topic that stands out at all nine regional bookselling conferences this year, it's getting back to basics, both the traditional ABCs of book retail and newer ones like creating an effective Web site and selling e-books using QR codes.
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Regionals 2011: Children's Galleys to Grab
Publishers are positioning their lead fall children’s titles—and upcoming spring books—to take full advantage of the season’s regional gatherings.
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2011 Regionals: Adult Galleys to Grab
Publishers may say that their being more selective about what they bring to this year’s regional conferences, but it sure doesn’t feel collectively like they have cut back. There’s something for every bookseller, from galleys for bestselling authors like M.J. Rose, The Book of Lost Fragrances (Mar. ’12) and the movie tie-in of Michael Lewis’s Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt, to The Recipe Project, which sings every ingredient of famous chefs’ recipes.
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Hudson Jumps on Borders's Airport Biz
With the liquidation of Borders's remaining 26 airport stores, Hudson Group has moved into two former Borders locations at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport.
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