Tag: reading
member name: Chris Steib
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September 24, 2009 10:42 PM EDT --
After getting trounced repeatedly in book sales since the onset of the downturn in late 2008, publishers are rejoicing very cautiously and quietly over July's little skip up in book sales. The Association . . .
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June 24, 2008 04:09 PM EDT --
With beach season now upon us, publishers are undoubtedly in full-swing summer-reading mode, paying exorbitant sums of cash to stock B&N's front-list tables with disposable mass-market fodder. . . .
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June 05, 2009 04:50 PM EDT --
With the exciting announcement of a new local bookshop in the Fort Greene area of Brooklyn, NY, my love and nostalgia for the indie book shop is in full swing. During a trek down to SoHo this week . . .
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August 05, 2009 05:50 PM EDT --
NBA's site features a visual list of the 77 fiction-prize winners over the last six decades of handing out the Award. Sadly, I've only read five of them in their entirety, and snippets of others. . . .
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February 21, 2007 01:24 PM EST --
Jumping on the bandwagon of industries claiming to be totally screwed by China's 90% piracy rate, American publishers told Congress last week that the conservative estimate for their losses due to . . .
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May 27, 2009 03:47 PM EDT --
Here's a quick one for you: CollegeHumor.com takes a shot at the de-evolution of reading with this faux-mercial for the next-generation digital e-reader. Featuring "an exciting new visual . . .
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July 20, 2009 02:15 PM EDT --
Using an exacto knife and old pulp novels, American photographer/artist Thomas Allen created a series of delightful diaramas that spotlight the quirky appeal to the classic paperback genre. Shot in . . .
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May 28, 2009 12:25 PM EDT --
Anyone who has ever participated in a book club -- and especially those who failed to read the book -- will find this all-too familiar. Funny or Die (the video-comedy site from Will Ferrell , et al) . . .
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August 03, 2009 05:33 PM EDT --
Feeling guilty about being an unproductive scribe? Enjoy your next coffee break(s) with this great list of 100+ Lit-Twitterers that will remind you that even the likes of Paulo Coelho get distracted . . .
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February 07, 2007 11:41 AM EST --
The good people at the Association of American Publishers announced today the book sales figures for 2006, showing that the industry dropped by a slim 0.2%, down to $10.03 billion from $10.04 billion in . . .
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August 18, 2009 07:03 PM EDT --
HarperCollins announced a 20.6% drop in revenue for the quarter ending June 30, 2009, Publisher's Weekly reports . Citing -- among other things -- a decline in book sales, CEO Brian Murray admitted . . .
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July 02, 2008 11:26 PM EDT --
No matter what you think you leave behind, until your heart stops, you carry it all with you.
War -- the second novel by author/filmmaker Todd Komarnicki -- follows the narrative of an . . .
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July 28, 2009 11:31 AM EDT --
In an overdue attempt to attract more tech-wielding squatters, Barnes & Noble today announced a deal with AT&T to pump free wi-fi into its 777 locations. According to CEO Steve Riggio, . . .
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August 31, 2006 02:43 PM EDT --
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
$2 RADIO AND VOID MAGAZINE ANNOUNCE "GET LIT 2006"
FREE event to feature music & literature, benefiting local literacy nonprofit Behind the Book . . .
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