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New B&N CEO James Daunt gets to work on rejuvenating America’s largest bookstore retailer

Sep 23 2019: If the fortunes of Barnes & Noble are going to be turned around—and new CEO James Daunt is confident they will be—the improvement will be led by the company’s booksellers. In an interview at B&N’s flagship bookstore in New York City, Daunt repeatedly stressed that the ...

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UK book industry joins global climate strike

Sep 23 2019: UK publishers, booksellers and literary agents were among the millions around the world who took part in a climate strike and protests to demand urgent action on environmental change.

The marches, inspired by Swedish environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg, saw ...

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Cokie Roberts, pioneering journalist who helped shape NPR, dies at 75

Sep 18 2019: Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts, who joined an upstart NPR in 1978 and left an indelible imprint on the growing network with her coverage of Washington politics before later going to ABC News, has died. She was 75.

Roberts died Tuesday because of complications from ...

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No-deal Brexit could put indie publishers out of business

Sep 16 2019: Indie press Galley Beggar has warned of the impact a no-deal Brexit could have on publishing after learning of “crazy” government requirements on distribution and warned it could put smaller publishers out of business.

The Norwich-based independent, which recently ...

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Publishers announce new Elena Ferrante novel out in November

Sep 10 2019: Elena Ferrante, the Italian author whose Neapolitan novels became a global phenomenon, is to publish a new book in Italy on 7 November – her first novel in four years.

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Jojo Moyes: UK government must tackle ‘shameful’ adult literacy levels

Sep 07 2019: Bestselling author Jojo Moyes has called on the government and the publishing industry to do more about the UK’s “shameful” adult literacy record. In 2018, Moyes, writer of global hits including Me Before You and The Girl You Left Behind, donated three years of funding ...

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Dorothea Benton Frank, beloved Lowcountry author, dies

Sep 05 2019: Dorothea Benton Frank, author of 20 novels set in the Charleston area and a beloved figure who for years split her time between Sullivan’s Island and the New York City area, died Monday evening after a brief illness. She was 67.

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Indie booksellers express fury at Amazon's early release of Atwood's The Testaments

Sep 05 2019: Amazon has broken the worldwide embargo on Margaret Atwood's The Testaments (Nan A. Talese), which isn't supposed to go on sale until next Tuesday, September 10, inadvertently shipping about 800 copies to customers. This has infuriated indies, led to early reviews of ...

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