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Mar 16 2008: According to the BML Books and the Consumer survey, book purchasing over the internet now accounts for 20% of the UK market by value - exceeding 400 million UK pounds in 2007.
Mar 15 2008: The British Book Awards shortlist has been announced with Khaled Hosseini up for three awards and Doris Lessing making her first appearance. The Galaxy British Book Awards are sponsored by W H Smith, Readers Digest, Waterstones, Sainsburys, Tesco and other well known ...
Mar 14 2008: It has been announced that the final book in the Harry Potter series is just too big to be contained in a single movie, so will be made into two films, one to be released in November 2010, the other in May 2011. Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, who is currently filming ...
Mar 13 2008: The Wall Street Journal reports on Border's decision to display "as many as three times the titles as in the past" face out, and to remove 5-10% of the average store's titles (many of which sell only one copy a year per store). This move has apparently led to sales ...
Mar 12 2008: HBO recently completed a two-hour pilot based on the No. 1 Ladies Detective series; a further 13 shows will be filmed this summer on location in Botswana. Jill Scott plays Precious Ramotswe. Other cast members include Anika Noni Rose as Ramotswe's quirky secretary and ...
Mar 11 2008: The Guardian UK comments in less than glowing terms on Oprah Winfrey's judgment in touting her latest book club pick, The New Earth by Eckhart Tolle, and suggests that "enlightenment in the U.S. has always come at a price." "Like any self-respecting guru, Tolle is ...
Mar 10 2008: Publishers Weekly reports on the just-released report, Environmental Trends and Climate Impacts: Findings from the U.S. Book Industry, which was coordinated by the Book Industry Study Group and the Green Press Initiative in an effort to establish benchmarks relating ...
Mar 07 2008: The winners of the National Book Critics Circle awards, presented last night in New York City, are:
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from…or why…
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