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Houghton Mifflin Hracourt files for bankruptcy

May 21 2012: In an official statement earlier today, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced that it had "filed a 'pre-packaged' comprehensive financial restructuring plan that will strengthen the Company financially so we can continue to invest in our business and ensure we are well ...

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Jean Craighead George, author of 100 books for young people including 'My Side of the Mountain', dies aged 92

May 17 2012: Distinguished children’s book author and noted naturalist Jean Craighead George died on May 15. She was 92.

Best known for the Newbery-winning novel Julie of the Wolves (Harper, 1972) and the Newbery Honor title My Side of the Mountain (Dutton, 1959), George penned ...

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Mexican novelist, Carlos Fuentes, dies aged 83

May 15 2012: Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes has passed away at the age of 83, he was the winner of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize and the Latin Literary Prize. President Felipe Calderon wrote on Twitter, "I deeply lament the death of our beloved and admired Carlos Fuentes, a ...

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Popular authors increase output, some doubling to two books a year, to meet insatiable ebook demand

May 14 2012: Pity the poor authors in the days of the ebook. Whereas popular authors such as Lisa Scottoline used to produce one book a year, now they are writing two; while others such as Lee Child are churning out short stories in between novels in an attempt to satisfy their fans...

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Maurice Sendak dead at 83

May 08 2012: Legendary author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, best known for Where the Wild Things Are, died in Connecticut today. He was 83.

Earlier this year, Bumble-Ardy was published, the first work in 30 years for which Sendak had produced both text and pictures. The final ...

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Pushing back against 'Showrooming', Target will no longer stock Kindles

May 03 2012: Target plans to stop selling Amazon Kindle e-readers and tablets, and has already removed the products from its website.

"This is evidence that Target is getting more serious about Amazon as an enemy rather than a partner," said analyst Matt Nemer of Wells Fargo. "...

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Toni Morrison to be awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

Apr 30 2012: Toni Morrison is one of thirteen people to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom - the USA's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world ...

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Barnes & Noble and Microsoft form partnership in new B&N subsidiary combining digital business and B&N College

Apr 30 2012: Barnes & Noble and Microsoft have formed a partnership in a new B&N subsidiary - temporarily called Newco - that consists of B&N's digital business and B&N College. Microsoft is making a $300 million investment in Newco for a 17.6% equity stake; B&N will own the other ...

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