Hi, As part of my publishing Masters course, we are putting together a book about parenthood and how to survive it! If you are a writer and a parent, or even if you just have a story to share, please get in contact and submit your stories! (UK and US entries only) The all important [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bookselling’
2010 book sales and Waterstones news
Posted: January 5, 2011 in Books and their issuesTags: 2010, Amazon Kindle, Bookselling, HMV, HMV Group, Jamie Oliver, Stephenie Meyer, Waterstones
Happy New Year to my readers and fellow bloggers! During my usual daily visit to The Bookseller website, i discovered that Waterstones is suffering and is forced to close 20 of its stores over the year, further diminishing the amount of bookstores on our highstreets. See Waterstone’s confirms 20 store closures – on The Bookseller.com for more [...]
“Talking books”, and Booksellers who don’t read books!
Posted: November 10, 2010 in Books and their issuesTags: audio books, Book, Bookselling, Business and Economy, Foyles, Publishing, talking books
I thought today i would share some interesting news articles with you today, both based on the literary and publishing world. The first is on the subject of “talking books”, which on Sunday 7th November turned the grand old age of 75 years old. For those of you who don’t know, this scheme of recording [...]
The death of the library?
Posted: November 1, 2010 in Books and their issuesTags: Bookselling, E-book, Libraries, Library, Public library, Publishing, Shopping
An interesting discussion i was part of today was that of the future of the library and how we can improve them to keep them going. It would seem that the average local library is only used by children and the elderly, which in many cases i have seen is true. The sad thing is [...]
