Category Archives: News
New York Bound Bookshop launches website
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
Publishers Weekly Gets Sold
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
Healing Arts for Haiti
If you live in the New York City Area – I urge you to go to the Hyatt Regency Grand Ballroom at Grand Central Station on Friday Feb. 12th. Every dollar raised will be donated to UNICEF, directly helping rescue … Continue reading
New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association asks Publishers to keep Reps in the Field
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
Reviews for Ivy in Bloom and Birds of a Feather
Reviews for Vanita Oelschlager’s Ivy in Bloom and Birds of a Feather: Birds of a Feather The Children’s Book Review http://tinyurl.com/pbtmc5 Ivy in Bloom The Children’s Book Review http://tiny.cc/uamtT Heartland Reviews http://tiny.cc/DHR02 Poetry for Children http://tiny.cc/JPVUp
Borders Job Cuts
Borders Job Cuts Continue reading
