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10 Ways to Help Your Favorite Author

Dorie Clark | Posted 05.10.2013 | Books
Dorie Clark

Here's what I've learned in the past few months about concrete ways you can support your favorite writer, whether they're a close friend or someone you admire from afar (even celebrity authors would welcome your help on most of these).

Beyond Skeuomorphism: What's Next for Magazines?

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 04.25.2013 | Media
Magda Abu-Fadil

The real question is: with bigger smartphones and smaller tablets, what's to become of content and how do you reinvent it? That and countless other q...

Why Is Barnes & Noble Still Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight?

Michael_Levin | Posted 04.13.2013 | Books
Michael_Levin

Barnes & Noble is fighting the good fight, but it looks like it may be going down big time.

The Battle to Save Bookstores

Penny C. Sansevieri | Posted 03.29.2013 | Books
Penny C. Sansevieri

Should publishers step in to save bookstores? The answer, without question, is yes. But it's bigger than that.

Authors Caught Between Inky Mom & Paper Dad

Randy Susan Meyers | Posted 03.26.2013 | Books
Randy Susan Meyers

Judging from how much the order for my new novel, The Comfort of Lies, was reduced, I am firmly in the "lesser known" camp of writers in the standoff between Barnes & Noble and Simon & Schuster.

Barnes & Noble Makes A Desperate Move

Reuters | Posted 05.22.2013 | Technology

(Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it would give away a free Nook Simple Touch e-reader to any customer who buys its high-definition Nook H...

Ron Dicker

Boy, 6, Writes Book To Raise $30,000 For Pal With Rare Disease

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 02.26.2013 | Impact

Dylan Siegel goes beyond what many first graders might do for a pal. Siegel, a 6-year-old from Los Angeles, wrote a book called "Chocolate Bar" to ...

A Savior For Barnes & Noble?

AP | MAE ANDERSON | Posted 04.27.2013 | Books

NEW YORK — The last remaining national bookstore chain is being taken off the shelf and dusted off for sale. Barnes & Noble's founder Leonard R...

Barnes & Noble To Close Hundreds Of Stores

Posted 01.30.2013 | Books

Barnes & Noble's top store executive Mitchell Klipper has told the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) that the company plans the closure of a...

UH OH: Suddenly, Fewer People Are Buying Nooks

Reuters | Phil Wahba | Posted 03.05.2013 | Technology

By Phil Wahba (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook unit reported weak holiday season numbers on Thursday as it sold fewer e-readers an...

WATCH: Barnes & Noble CEO Doesn't Read The Paper Books He Sells Anymore

The Huffington Post | Dino Grandoni | Posted 11.21.2012 | Technology

It's not everyday that the CEO of a major American company say he doesn't use his company's most important product, at least in terms of how much mone...

Want to Be an Author? 5 Insider Tips

Anna Leahy | Posted 01.18.2013 | Books
Anna Leahy

Here are five secrets from the insiders in publishing to writers everywhere who want to be authors.

Jason Gilbert

Two Tablets To Consider Instead Of The iPad Mini

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 12.14.2012 | Technology

Like Nate Silver, One Direction, and whatever Honey Boo Boo Child is, the 7-inch tablet is so hot right now. The one you've probably heard the most...

A New Way To Buy Comic Books

AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 01.07.2013 | Books

PHILADELPHIA — DC Comics is expanding its digital storefront, putting all its monthly titles – from Batman to Superman – on sale at ...

SHOWDOWN: iPad Mini vs. Kindle Fire vs. Nexus 7 vs. NOOK HD

The Huffington Post | Jason Gilbert & Chris Spurlock | Posted 10.23.2012 | Technology

Seven-inch tablets* are so, so hot right now. Google's Nexus 7 was a surprise best-seller over the summer, and Amazon and Barnes & Noble both have 7-i...

Jason Gilbert

Amazon vs. iBooks vs. Google Play vs. Barnes & Noble

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 10.18.2012 | Technology

When shopping for eBooks for your reader, tablet, or laptop, you have what can seem like an intimidating number of options. Google Play, Amazon, Barne...

The Season in Picture Books

Jay Bushara | Posted 12.17.2012 | Books
Jay Bushara

Let's pack up our trail mix and slip on our waders for a long day's journey behind short-term bottom lines with the hope of discovering some wild thing on the loose, here in this season when almost nothing ever happens by accident.

Jason Gilbert

Tablet Showdown: Kindle vs. Nook Vs. Nexus

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 09.26.2012 | Technology

With the debut of Barnes & Noble's Nook HD, the competition to make the best 7-inch tablet appears to be a three-company race: Barnes & Noble with the...

Jason Gilbert

Barnes & Noble Unveils New Nooks, Aiming For Amazon, Apple

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 11.12.2012 | Technology

You didn't think Barnes & Noble was just going to let Amazon release a flashy set of breathlessly-hyped Kindle Fires without returning a punch, did yo...

How I Learned To Love Something I Never Thought I Would

Joanne Tombrakos | Posted 10.15.2012 | Books
Joanne Tombrakos

It was against everything I believed in, but I had made a decision to self-publish and I was going to have to open my eyes and my heart to what they might be able to offer me.

Pay Skyrockets For Book Store Chain CEO

AP | Posted 07.24.2012 | Business

NEW YORK -- The CEO of bookstore chain Barnes & Noble's compensation skyrocketed to $10 million from just $1.6 million last year, due to a hefty stock...

Barnes & Noble Says U.S. eBooks Lawsuit Hurts People

Reuters | Phil Wahba | Posted 08.07.2012 | Books

By Phil Wahba (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc <BKS.N> has objected to the U.S. government's proposed settlement of its price-f...

The Baffling Mystery That Is Amazon.com

PandoDaily | Posted 05.06.2012 | Technology

A couple months ago, realizing it would be futile to hold out any longer against the tsunami of pop cultural peer pressure, I decided to go ahead and ...

E-books and the Privatization of the Village Square

Dan Kennedy | Posted 06.18.2012 | Technology
Dan Kennedy

The trouble is that in too many cities and towns, we no longer have a village square except in the form of enclosed spaces owned by profit-seeking corporations. What happened to that protester said a lot more about our privatized idea of community than it does about that one particular incident.

A Detour in the Publishing Journey

Boyd Morrison | Posted 06.16.2012 | Books
Boyd Morrison

I'm back to where I was in 2009, with a highly praised novel and no one willing to publish it. Before electronic self-publishing became a viable alternative, that would have been the book's death sentence.