Mar 15 2013
Why isn’t B&N taking books from Simon & Schuster? – The Simon & Schuster v. Barnes & Noble spat may still be going on according to Moby Lives. Take The Love Song of Johnny Valentine by Teddy Wayne for example, which went on sale February 4th. The book has enjoyed an all-star media lineup with(…)
Mar 14 2013
Amazon slashes price of 4G Kindle Fire HD by $100, expands tablet to Europe & Japan – I don’t think this signals new models, but perhaps a slow down of sales or a price cut in anticipation to new Apple products likely to be announced in early April. “Amazon announced Wednesday that it’s dropping the(…)
Mar 13 2013
Harlequin sent me a press release that said announced a seven figure two “book” deal with Sylvia Day which will launch a new line of books, ‘Cosmo Red Hot Reads from Harlequin’. The two books are going to be titled, Afterburn (available August 15, 2013) and Aftershock (available November 15, 2013), which will feature(…)
Mar 12 2013
Netflix ISP Speed Index | Compare global internet service provider speeds – Netflix has set up a website where it compares the transfer speeds of various ISP providers. Unsurprisingly, in the US Google Fiber is the fastest (also non existent for most of the country). Clearwear is the lowest. My guess is that ISPs aren’t(…)
Mar 11 2013
Wool: Sci-Fi’s Underground Hit – There are a lot of interesting details in this WSJ article about Hugh Howey. Setting aside that this article could have just as easily profiled Colleen Hoover writing about young women struggling with losing their parents or dealing with sexual abuse rather than Hugh Howey, the article discusses the print(…)
Mar 8 2013
At Writer’s Unboxed yesterday (post has since been removed), the blog post was from an author (not a romance author) who was unhappy with the way in which readers interacted with her. She enumerated several questions she didn’t like including the impertinent ones about money (how much do you make) and manuscript review (will you(…)
Mar 7 2013
Wal-Mart passed on Barnes & Noble before, but maybe it should look again – Here are more B&N rumors. Walmart apparently looked at buying B&N in 2010 but the thinking at that time was that B&N’s web site could help Walmart’s online presence. I don’t really understand this thinking. Alexa says that walmart.com’s traffic rank(…)
Mar 6 2013
McNally Jackson to Open Store with Objects for Home Office – Is this the way forward for Barnes & Noble. McNally Jackson is a famous independent bookstore in New York City and it will soon be opening McNally Jackson Store: Goods for the Study. Sounds like Levenger on steroids. (I love Levenger) Instead she is(…)
Mar 5 2013
U.S. booksellers, meeting in KC, express optimism – At an annual get together of over 500 independent booksellers, spirits were high. Sales at ABA member stores were up 8% in the last year and some have suggested a “retro-fueled backlash against the digital tide.” KansasCity.com ‘Fifty Shades’ Porn Parody Countersuit Claims Books Are In Public(…)
Mar 4 2013
Doctors report first cure of HIV in a child – The biggest news of the day is that a child born with HIV was been cured according to medical staff at the University of Mississippi. The circumstances surrounding the child are rare. Most babies are not born with HIV due to injections of prebirth drugs.(…)
Mar 1 2013
Barnes & Noble Reports Fiscal 2013 Third Quarter Financial Results – Yesterday’s big news was the dismal fiscal report of B&N’s holiday season. The previous two weeks have been rife with B&N rumors. One report in the WSJ was that B&N planned to close 1/3 of its stores within the next ten years. During Thursday’s(…)
Feb 28 2013
Hingston: Kill the hardcover, please – From Reader Lana is this opinion piece in the Edmonton Journal calling for the end of the hardcover. The hardcover is currently the biggest money making item for publishers. Hingston argues that no one wants the hardcover any longer and not just because of the expense. Further Hingston argues(…)
Feb 27 2013
Update: Amazon warns Apple users to NOT update the Amazon App. It is deleting books and resetting entire libraries. Leslie and Ben and Liz and Criss: NBC Comedies On Modern Marriage – I watch neither 30 Rock nor Parks & Recreation. Well, let me clarify. I have watched some episodes of 30 Rock and maybe(…)
Feb 26 2013
Barnes & – Noble Weighs Its Nook Losses So right after I scheduled the Monday news, a couple of articles were released that tell a story of Barnes & Noble’s attempt to survive. The Wall Street Journal reports that B&N s likely to cease production of the Nook and instead work to license B&N’s brand(…)
Feb 22 2013
Germans can’t see meteorite YouTube videos due to copyright dispute – Last week a meteorite fell in Russia. Apparently there are hundreds of citizens who have dash cams and many recorded some amazing video of the meteor’s fall into our atmosphere. In one video, the radio is playing and a German rights group is demanding(…)
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