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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 >
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Twitter Bars Milo Yiannopoulos in Wake of Leslie Jones’s Reports of Abuse – If you thought we were past the extreme racism, homophobia, transphobia, and misogyny of Gamergate, the disgusting rhetoric aimed at Ghostbusters, and the fabulous Leslie Jones, in particular, proves otherwise. Egged on by Milo Yiannopoulos, the vileness continued pretty ... more >
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Books are back: Printed book sales rise for first time in four years as ebooks suffer decline and BEA 2016: E-book Sales Fell 13% in 2015, Nielsen Reports – Trends in both then UK and US book markets appear to mirror each other, with adult coloring books and other “lifestyle non-fiction” propelling the ... more >
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Paul Beatty, Maggie Nelson, Sam Quinones among winners of 2015 Book Critics awards – Paul Beatty’s novel The Sellout won the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction, while Maggie Nelson’s memoir The Argonauts won the award for criticism. A full list of winners can be found here. The poetry award went to ... more >
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A Penny for Your Books – I’ve actually always thought of these books as $4.00 books, because while they technically sell for a penny, Amazon’s $3.99 shipping effectively makes them $4.00. What I did not know, though, is that these books are basically picked from garbage. How brilliant is that?! It’s ... more >
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Waterstones is removing Kindles from stores – In the wake of reports that print sales continue to gain strength, UK bookseller Waterstones is going to stop selling Kindles in their store due to poor sales. In fact, the word “pitiful” was used to describe sales of the e-reading device. This reality ... more >