Jun 09 2008: In a Q&A in the Wall Street Journal Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos talks about the future of the book and e-book:
"Over some time horizon, books will be read on electronic devices. Physical books won't completely go away, just as horses haven't completely gone ...
Jun 09 2008: Abebooks reports on the many treasures found in used books - from cash, a diamond ring and a Mickey Mantle rookie baseball card to a marriage certificate from 1879 and World War II discharge papers. One lucky customer found a $1,000 bill worth about $40,000!
Jun 09 2008: The 15-year "Poetry in Motion" campaign on the New York subway system comes to an end in a few weeks time, to be replaced by prose pieces under the name "Train of Thought."
Jun 05 2008: Registration at BookExpo America in Los Angeles was 28,494, down from 36,112 in New York in 2007. The most dramatic decline was in book buyers and librarians. The cost of travel, the fact ALA will be held in California in less than a month plus the fact that most of ...
Jun 05 2008: The anticipated cuts at Borders were announced this morning with the bookstore chain saying that it has eliminated a total of 274 positions.
May 30 2008: In the spirit of the Boston Tea Party, booksellers declared a new era of Independents at Book Expo America on Thursday. The American Booksellers Association - building on a rising tide of localism - launched its new program, IndieBound, to enthusiastic applause. The ...
May 30 2008: The Book Sense Book of the Year Award for fiction has been won by Khaled Hosseini for A Thousand Splendid Suns. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems won prizes for Children's Literature, and ...
May 29 2008: Publishers Weekly reports that the production of book titles increased by 39% in 2007 to 411,422 titles. The production of traditional books increased by just 1% to 276,649 but output of on-demand, short run and unclassified titles soared from 21,936 in 2006 to 134,773...
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