Oct 05 2010: Jonathan Franzen, in the UK to promote his new book Freedom, is having an interesting time. Last week, thousands of copies of Freedom were recalled because the UK publishers had gone to press with a version of the book that did not include "minor corrections" made to ...
Sep 28 2010: Barnes & Noble founder Leonard Riggio and supporters have defeated investor Ronald W. Burkle's attempt to secure more spots on the company board. After a shareholder vote, Riggio and his two nominees, Dave Golden and David Wilson, will sit on Barnes & Noble board.
Sep 27 2010: Billionaire Ron Burkle has a fighting chance of ousting Barnes & Noble Inc's founder and Chairman Leonard Riggio from the top U.S. bookseller's board and taking a director's seat.
If Burkle doesn't win at Tuesday's shareholder meeting, sources tied to this bitter, ...
Sep 27 2010: What will Amazon's bookstore of the future look like? A newly granted Amazon patent hints that people may have to pay if they want to preview excerpts of a book before deciding whether to buy it. The patent, which lists Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos among its inventors, ...
Sep 27 2010: A private company in Maryland has taken over public libraries in ailing cities in California, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas, growing into the country's fifth-largest library system.
Now the company, Library Systems and Services, has been hired for the first time to ...
Sep 23 2010: Independent UK bookseller Foyles has increased its operating profit five-fold in the last year (to 30th June) to just under half a million pounds, bucking the trend in the overall market.
CEO Sam Husain said: "We're pleased because we see it as sustainable, it's not ...
Sep 23 2010: A Harris Interactive poll finds that people with e-book devices are not only reading more than other Americans (which is unsurprising as one would expect early adopters to be among the heavier readers), but also more than they did before they owned the technology. "...
Sep 23 2010: The Los Angeles Times announced Wednesday that it is moving the location of its Festival of Books from UCLA to the campus of USC in 2011. The new location near the heart of downtown is anticipated to attract a larger and more diverse group of people to the two-day event...
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