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December 4, 2017

Monday News: B&N Kitchen, Twitter Lite, beautiful Dick (not what you think!), and Dashiell Hammett

JanetPublishing NewsBarnes & Noble / Dashiell Hammett / detective fiction / Philip K. Dick / restaurants / Twitter Lite3 Comments

Barnes & Noble continues Kitchen openings – I initially missed this story (h/t Nate Hoffelder) that Barnes & Noble is quite seriously getting into the restaurant business. In some ways I appreciate the dogged determination to make their business work (and the money they seem to have to take these ... more >

March 6, 2017

Monday News: B&N sales drop, revamping Oscar voting, menstruation manual for boys, and dying wife’s message of love

JanetPublishing NewsBarnes & Noble / bookstore earnings / Comic books / love letters / menstruation / Oscar voting4 Comments

B&N Still Searching For ‘Magic Bullet’ to Stop Sales Slide – It’s hard not to feel sorry for Barnes & Noble; they’re like the anti-Midas, stumbling from one bad scheme to another. Compared to last year’s third quarter, this year’s third quarter (which ended in late January) saw an 8% drop ... more >

August 17, 2016

Wednesday News: B&N fires CEO, Harper Collins launches new website, NK Jemisin on SF diversity, and American Book Award winners

JanetPublishing NewsAmerican Book Award / Barnes & Noble / booksellers / diversity / HarperCollins / N.K. Jemisin / SFFComments Off on Wednesday News: B&N fires CEO, Harper Collins launches new website, NK Jemisin on SF diversity, and American Book Award winners

Barnes & Noble Fires CEO, Calls Him a Poor Fit – Ron Boire, who previously served as CEO of Sears Canada and Brookstone, was hired less than a year ago to head Barnes & Noble, and while it is unclear what went wrong, publicly stating that he was “not a good ... more >

June 24, 2016

Friday News: Led Zeppelin legal victory, beer & books, collecting, and Taylor Swift, Girl Detective

JanetPublishing NewsBarnes & Noble / book collecting / copyright infringement / girl detective / Nancy Drew / Stairway to Heaven / Taylor Swift7 Comments

Led Zeppelin Wins ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Jury Trial – Led Zeppelin won a crucial victory in defending the legendary “Stairway to Heaven” from claims of copyright infringement on behalf of the 1968 Spirit song “Taurus.” The suit was particularly interesting because it was brought on behalf of songwriter Randy Wolfe’s estate, because ... more >

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December 7, 2015

Monday News: Haruki Murakami’s library records published, Barnes & Noble expands, Wally Lamb book as app, and Traits of Classic Romance Novels

JanetPublishing Newsapps / Barnes & Noble / digital publishing / Haruki Murakami / infographics / Libraries / privacy / Wally Lamb10 Comments

Novelist Haruki Murakami’s privacy violated by publication of library details – Apparently some old books at Murakami’s Kobe high school library were being discarded, and the cards showing the check-out records were discovered by someone going through the books. The cards were then shared with a local newspaper, which photographed and ... more >

November 12, 2015

Thursday News: Nook Audiobooks, FBI v. Tor, Vietnam ‘love letters,’ and protest reading

JanetPublishing Newsaudiobooks / Barnes & Noble / epistolary / Nook / online security / privacy / protest reading / Vietnam3 Comments

B&N Launches Nook Audiobook Apps for iPhone, iPad – Barnes & Noble is getting back into the digital audiobook business, with a selection of 60,000 audiobooks. According to Nate Hoffelder, you can’t sort offerings by price or play other audiobooks in the app, but clearly B&N is hoping to cash in ... more >

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