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The Author's Guide to Great Networking

Arielle Ford | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Networking, Tim Ferriss, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Book Market, Author Advice, Author Networking, Book Networking, Books News
Arielle Ford

Like sales, networking is the bane of many an author's existence. But networking is a skill that often means the difference between success and failure for authors.

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Barnes And Noble:

Publishing Perspectives | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Publishing, Book Market, Publishing Market, Barnes and Noble, Bookstore, Bookselling, Bookseller, Barnes Noble, Books News

B&N was the bookseller whose massive expansion into superstores in the '80s and '90s was seen as the catalyst for the closure of numerous independent ...

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The President's 'Inner Circle,' 'World War II' And More: The Week's Hottest Reads

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, Kathryn Stockett, Tom Clancy, Stieg Larsson, Book Selling, Book Market, Robert Crais, Books, Bestselling Books, Dean Koontz, Brad Meltzer, Grant Blackwood, Bookseller, Ebooks, Books News

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Inner Circle" by Brad Meltzer (Grand Central Publishing)...

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'True Grit' Book Sales Up, Thanks To Movie

usatoday.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: True Grit Book, Bookselling, Book Market, Booksales, Book Sales, True Grit Book Sales, Books, True Grit, Book Buzz, Ebooks, Books News

For True Grit, Oscar buzz intersects with book buzz. And there's more buzz: Angelina Jolie pens a blurb for Gayle Lemmon's Dressmaker of Khair Khana, ...

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If Borders Folds, Should We Mourn?

Washington City Paper | Lydia DePillis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Market, Borders Books and Music, Publishing Market, Borders Booksellers, Borders Bookstore, Bookstore, Borders Books, Bookseller, Books News

Borders Books and Music is in trouble. It's not done well in the rough-and-tumble world of online bookselling, and according to the people who follow ...

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Used Booksellers Threatened By Utah Law

blogs.publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Market, Used Books, Used Bookstores, Publishing Market, Books, Bookstore, Bookselling, Book, Bookstores, Books News

Bookseller Ken Sanders, who owns Ken Sanders Rare Books, posted a call to action on his Web site earlier this week alerting customers to a Utah state...

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Life After Borders

publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Market, Publishing Market, Books, Bookstore, Borders, Borders Books, Publishers, Bookseller, Books News

Although Borders has been struggling financially for years, for the first time the book industry is openly, and in many cases actively, planning for w...

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Weirdest Things Bought In Bookstores (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Market, Indies, Barnes and Noble, Slidepollajax, Bookstore, Bookselling, Indie Bookstores, Borders Books, Bookstores, Bookseller, Books News

With Borders Books in trouble but Barnes and Noble doing well, and with indie bookstores getting so much positive attention, it seems like so many wac...

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Oprah Book Club Of England Equivalent

Metro.co.uk | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Oprah Book Club, Book Market, Richard and Judy, Books, Judy and Richard, Bookstore, Bookselling, Richard and Judy Book Club, Books News

The selected titles were announced yesterday and include four debut novels. Among those on the list are Trespass by Rose Tremain, The Blasphemer by...

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Nook To Thank For Great End-Of-Year For Barnes And Noble

DailyFinance | SARAH WEINMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ereaders, Nook Ereader, Nook, Barnes and Noble Nook, Book Market, Kindle, Books, Ereader, Nook Kids, Barnes and Noble, Nookcolor, Bookstore, Bookselling, Borders, Bookseller, Ebooks, Books News

For the nine-week holiday period ending Jan. 1, comparable store sales for Barnes & Noble's brick-and-mortar business was up 9.7% compared to last yea...

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BookstoreBingo

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Writer Wednesday, Book Market, Twitter, Twitter Hashtag, Books, Overheard in Bookstore, Bookstore, Writerwednesday, #Writerwednesday, Bookstore Bingo, Bookstore Overheard, Bookseller, Bingo, #Bookstorebingo, Bookstorebingo, Books News

For the first #WriterWednesday of the new year, amidst news of turmoil at Borders and sales records at Amazon, let's celebrate what goes on in booksto...

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eBooks

The Jakarta Globe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foriegn Books, Book Market, Book Publishing, Digital Bookstore, Foriegn Publishing, Publishing Market, Ereader, Ebook, Digital Books, Ebooks, Books News

Among avid readers, the question of whether e-books would eventually replace the printed page remains a hotly debated subject. Many readers simply don...

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Making Books Do Things eBooks Can't, And Vice Versa

latimes.com | David L. Ulin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ereaders, Slake, Book Market, Print Book, Print Books, Ereader, Ibook, Siglio Press, Bookselling, Tree of Codes, Ebook, Simon and Schuster, Book, Ibook App, Ebooks, Books News

Mainstream publishers say printed books are far from extinct. Nonetheless, their role in publishing is changing. Amazon.com now sells more e-books tha...

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Book Publishers Scramble For Chinese Readers

nytimes.com | DAN LEVIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Market, Publishers Market, Books, Publishing Market, Chinese Publishing, Publishers in China, Publishing China, Bookseller, China Publishing, China, Books News

The novel "The Persian Boy," by Mary Renault, has it all. In the West, the book, which is filled with scenes of pederasty and homosexual passion, rais...

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17 Amazing Bookstores

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's been a tough decade for bookstores with a record number of closings. We've done the bookstore obituaries and then we decided to celebrate the liv...

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Mark Twain And George Bush Duke It Out For The Top

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, Stieg Larsson, John Grisham, Book Selling, Book Publishing, Book Market, Patricia Cornwell, Stephen King, Publishing Market, Bestselling Books, David Baldacci, Publishers, James Patterson, Ken Follett, Bookseller, Books News

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Port Mortuary" by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam Adult)...

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Amazon Grants Nielsen BookScan Information To Authors

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a move to provide authors with a service their publishers have not, Amazon is making current Nielsen BookScan sales data available to authors on it...

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UPDATED: Bookstore Obituaries

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Market, Google Ebooks, Ereader, Books, Barnes and Noble, Bookstore, Bookselling, Bookstore Closings, Waldenbooks, Bookstore Closed, Bookseller, Amazon, Physical Books, Book Seller, Ebook, Borders, Book Store Closing, Books News

As the year comes to a close, we're all slammed with hoards of "best of" lists -- Best Books, Best Kids Books, Best Cook Books, etc. On top of that, ...

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First Espresso Book Machine In Continental Europe

publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Demand Books, the company behind the Espresso Book Machine, continues to extend its reach. Late last month it installed its first machine in contin...

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Will Google eBook Venture Level The Playing Field?

sfgate.com | Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google Editions, Google, Book Market, Indie Bookstore, Ereader, Google Ebook, Ebook, Digital Books, Bookseller, Ebook Venture, Google Books, Books News

As president of the independent American Booksellers Association, Tucker has been working with Google on its Google Editions initiative for the past t...

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When Thrillers Attack!

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, John Grisham, Book Market, Robert Jordan, Stephen King, Books, Brandson Sanderson, Bestselling Books, David Baldacci, Dirk Cussler, James Patterson, Steig Larsson, Books News

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Cross Fire" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)...

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Can Publishers Use Social Games?

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Electronic Games, Social Media, Book Market, Publishing, Social Games, Ereader, Social Media Books, Publishing Business, Ebooks, Books News

We stopped by Mediabistro's Social Gaming Summit yesterday, gathering some publishing intelligence from Manny Anekal, the director of brand advertisin...

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Indie Bookseller Lauches Anti-Amazon Blog

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indie Booksellers, Book Market, Anti-Amazon, Against Amazon, Book Stores, Independent Bookstore, Books, Bookselling, Bookseller, Amazon, Books News

Jeff Waxman from Chicago's indie bookstore, 57th Street Books, has launched a Tumblr account called Against Amazon. MobyLives has more details: "[It ...

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What Do Sondheim, Roosevelt And Vonnegut Have In Common?

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Finishing the Hat, Bestsellers, Vonnegut, Book Market, Reviews, NY Times, Books, Review of Books, Book Reviews, New York Times, Ballet, Ballet Book, Sondheim, Roosevelt, Books News

"APOLLO'S ANGELS: A History of Ballet" by Jennifer Homans The New York Times Homans's accomplishment is akin to setting the most delicate and beautifu...

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Failing Bookstore Bought By Two Best Friends

Dispatch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, Book Market, Children's Books, Publishing Market, Kidlit, Bookstore, Bookselling, Kid's Books, Children's Book, Bookseller, Books News

After years of buying books at Narnia Children's Books in Richmond's Museum District, best friends Jill Stefanovich and Jenesse Evertson have bought t...

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