Archive for August, 2007
B&N Won’t Stock If I Did It in Stores
The nation’s three largest booksellers have made their decisions about carrying If I Did It, and the results suggest that more customers may be buying the book online than in stores. Amazon said it will carry If I Did It on its site just as it would any other book, and Barnes & Noble.com will [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Penguin Launches VP Book Club Online
The Penguin Group has launched the VP Book Club, an online reading resource featuring titles from Viking Press and Penguin Group. The site is aimed at reading groups and will feature the regular presentation of new Viking hardcovers, Penguin paperbacks and Penguin Classics. The new site offers a monthly newsletter, an archive collecting the books [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )J.K. Rowling Writing Crime Novel?
J.K. Rowling has been spotted at cafes in Scotland working on a detective novel, a British newspaper reported Saturday.The Sunday Times newspaper quoted Ian Rankin, a fellow author and neighbor of Rowling’s, as saying the creator of the “Harry Potter” books is turning to crime fiction.”My wife spotted her writing her Edinburgh criminal detective novel,” [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Gordon Lee Case Delayed Again
The much delayed trial of Rome, Georgia comic book retailer Gordon Lee, which was set to go to trial yesterday, will be delayed again after the trial judge in the case was unable to preside due to illness. The case is likely to be postponed until November.Charles Brownstein, executive director of the Comic Book Legal [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Gordon Lee Set to Stand Trial
After nearly 3 years and $80,000 spent on his defense, Rome, Georgia comic book retailer Gordon Lee is set to stand trial today for allegedly distributing material with nudity to two minors during a promotional event in 2004. Lee is charged with two misdemeanor counts of distributing material harmful to minors and faces penalties of up [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Book Excerpts to Be Viewed on IPhone
The publishing world is linking up to the iPhone.HarperCollins announced Wednesday that it had set up a special link, http://mobile.harpercollins.com, that will allow browsers to view excerpts from more than a dozen new releases, including Michael C. White’s “Soul Catcher” and Michael Korda’s “Ike,” a biography of President Eisenhower.
“Reaching consumers on mobile devices and the [...]
Denise Brown Wants O.J. Book Boycott
The sister of Nicole Brown Simpson on Tuesday called for a boycott of the O.J. Simpson book “If I Did It” about the slaying of Simpson’s ex-wife and her friend Ronald Goldman.Denise Brown said she was “shocked and horrified” to learn that a literary agent for the Goldman family had reached a deal to publish [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )DailyLit Adds Publishers, Titles
From Publishers Weekly:
DailyLit, a new company formed this spring to deliver books to customers via e-mail or RSS installments, has added two more publishers to its roster as well as 150 new public domain titles. Perseus Books Group and Globe Pequot have both agreed to give titles to DailyLit, which will launch its paid service [...]
Bennett Books to Close
From Publishers Weekly:
Almost exactly 19 years after it opened, Bennett Books in Wyckoff, N.J., will close its doors. All stock is currently marked down 30%. The last day for the 5,000-sq.-ft. independent will be on or before September 30, when its lease ends.
“It’s not any one thing,” co-owner John Bennett said of the decision to [...]
Another Bad Month for Bookstore Sales
Info from Publishers Weekly :
Bookstore sales fell again in June, dropping 6.6%, to $1.13 billion, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Sales declined every month in the January through June period, resulting in a 4.6% drop in bookstore sales at the midway point of 2007. For the entire retail sector, sales were [...]
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