Rodale Considers a Sale
The media company and publisher, home to such magazines as 'Men's Health' and 'Prevention,' along with Rodale Books, is considering its strategic options, which include the potential sale of the publisher. more...HarperCollins to Offer Multi-User E-Book Access to Libraries
HarperCollins has agreed to make a selection of its e-book backlist available to public library users on a multi-user model via Midwest Tape’s hoopla digital platform. more...B&N Reports Falling Sales in Fiscal 2017 Report
The country's largest book chain said sales dropped 6.5% in the fiscal year, ended April 29. Barnes & Noble reported lower losses in its Nook division, however, which led to a jump in operating income. more...Publishers Charge Follett with Selling Counterfeit Texts
A lawsuit filed by three major textbook publishers charges Follett with copyright and trademark infringement, as well as trademark counterfeiting, for knowingly selling counterfeit textbooks. more...and more.
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BooksellingBookstore News: June 22, 2017
Dallas's Interabang to open soon; ABFEE's director is leaving; Macmillan offers special terms for new stores; a bookstore thrives on the Jersey shore; and more.
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Financial Reporting
B&N Reports Falling Sales in Fiscal 2017 Report
The country's largest book chain said sales dropped 6.5% in the fiscal year, ended April 29. Barnes & Noble reported lower losses in its Nook division, however, which led to a jump in operating income.
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Publisher News
Publishers Charge Follett with Selling Counterfeit Texts
A lawsuit filed by three major textbook publishers charges Follett with copyright and trademark infringement, as well as trademark counterfeiting, for knowingly selling counterfeit textbooks.
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Publisher News
Rodale Considers a Sale
The media company and publisher, home to such magazines as 'Men's Health' and 'Prevention,' along with Rodale Books, is considering its strategic options, which include the potential sale of the publisher.
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Publisher News
How a Small Press Landed a Big Fish in Naomi Klein
After being tapped by the activist and author to handle the U.S. edition of her anti-Trump book 'No Is Not Enough,' Chicago's Haymarket Books collaborated with Knopf Canada and the U.K.'s Allen Lane to crash the title, which hit shelves this month.
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Awards & Prizes
NEA, Under Threat from Trump Budget, Awards $84m in Grants
The NEA has issued 1,195 new grants, totaling $84.06 million, to arts organizations across the country. The awards come as the organization faces the prospect of being eliminated under the White House's proposed budget.
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Cooking
The Undergraduate Chef: Takeaways from a New Book on College Cooking
In her new book 'Recipes Every College Student Should Know,' food and lifestyle blogger Christine Nelson offers easy recipes ideal for students with access to limited equipment...and funds.
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Cooking
Defining American Cuisine: PW Talks to the Editor of ‘America: The Great Cookbook'
Joe Yonan, the editor of 'America: The Great Cookbook,' discusses the challenges of representing the American food scene, in all of its complexity diversity, in a single volume.
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Bookselling
Bookstore News: June 20, 2017
A new indie for Oklahoma; Belmont Books opens in Massachusetts; a North Carolina chainlet changes hands; and more.
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Comics
Layoffs at Papercutz
The children's graphic novel publisher has laid off several workers, including its v-p of marketing.
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