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New York Bound Bookshop launches website

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Karen

I am glad to see that an old favorite bookshop has at least established a virtual presence on-line. The Store: New York Bound Bookshop The New York Bound Books website www.newyorkboundbooks.com is a new resource dedicated to all things New … Continue reading →

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62% say Twitter is a Fad – Huh?

Posted on May 10, 2010 by admin

Mike Shatzkin, who is always informative as well as entertaining opened the annual BISG Making Information Pay seminar with some results from the survey they sent out to publishing professionals. 62% say Twitter is a fad, soon to pass More … Continue reading →

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Publishers Weekly Gets Sold

Posted on April 5, 2010 by admin

Publishers Weekly has been acquired by PWxyz, LLC, a newly formed company headed by one-time PW publisher George Slowik. The acquisition includes the Web site Publishersweekly.com and Publishers Weekly Show Daily. The new company will retain all of PW’s editorial, … Continue reading →

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B&N “moves in with Lynch” Names him CEO

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Karen

In a surprise move, Barnes & Noble named William Lynch, president of the company’s Web division, as chief executive, replacing Steve Riggio, who will remain as vice chairman. Some industry analysts were surprised that Mr. Lynch had been promoted so … Continue reading →

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B&N adding new ereader for IPad

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Karen

B&N announced on its blog B&N blog that it will soon have an eReader for Ipad that will give customers access to more than 1 million books. The Ipad will launch on April 3rd. ChangeWave polled more than 3,100 U.S. … Continue reading →

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Publishing Conferences of Note

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Karen

Making Information Pay 2010 Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010 Time: 8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET Location: McGraw-Hill Auditorium, NYC URL: http://www.bisg.org/mip Publishing Business Conference and Expo Date: March 8–10, 2010 Location: Marriott Marquis Times Square, NYC URL: http://publishingbusiness.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=1af1c1c1-b104-4d22-9da1-3f27bb48a3e9 BISG & NISO … Continue reading →

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New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association asks Publishers to keep Reps in the Field

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Karen

The Board of Directors of The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association has written an open letter to Publishers and asked them not to cut Reps
Publishers are cutting field reps because of dwindling sales with independent bookstores. However sales are likely to fall even further if you don’t have a person helping the buyer make sensible decisions for their store. It baffles me that publishers are cutting their sales staff now when a sale is even harder to come by. Continue reading →

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The new Ipad is up

Posted on January 27, 2010 by admin

http://www.apple.com/ipad/ Personally I liked the name Islate better but who am I to quibble with Microsoft. iBooks Here’s the books component: “The iBooks app is a great, new way to read and buy books. Just download the app for free … Continue reading →

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My first Video

Posted on January 27, 2010 by admin

Things are so intense in the world today that I decided to do something fun. I created a video at Animoto It was easy. I uploaded my pictures from my vacation with my dog Izzy and my cousin and her … Continue reading →

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Becca Stevens is awesome!

Posted on January 25, 2010 by admin

I had the opportunity to spend some time this weekend with Rev. Becca Stevens. She is an Episcopal Priest who  founded Magdalene House, a two-year resident community and safe haven for women from the streets who are drug addicted, into … Continue reading →

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