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  • May 2008

    • Publishers Bank On a 007 Comeback

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 8, 08 1:55 PM CDT

      Publishers Bank On a 007 Comeback

      This year is the centenary of author Ian Fleming's birth, but while Daniel Craig gave the James Bond movie franchise a much-needed recharge, sales of the 007 books haven't caught up. Now, the Wall Street Journal reports, the Fleming estate has commissioned respected writer Sebastian Faulks to pen a new Bond novel, Devil May Care , with an ambitious first US printing of 250,000.  More »

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      literature  • publishing  • James Bond  • bookstore  • Barnes and Noble  • Sebastian Faulks  • Ian Fleming

  • March 2008

    • Cash-Strapped Borders Considering Selling Itself

      newser  |  Detroit Free Press  |  Mar 20, 08 11:11 AM CDT

      Cash-Strapped Borders Considering Selling Itself

      Bookseller Borders is considering selling itself or some of its divisions, the Detroit Free Press reports today. The company, based in Ann Arbor, Mich., is in the midst of a turnaround, but is desperately short on cash, today borrowing $42.5 million from its biggest shareholder, Perishing Square Capital Management. Perishing also offered to buy parts of the company’s international business. More »

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      book  • mergers and acquisitions  • quarterly earnings  • liquidity  • bookstore  • Borders  • JPMorgan Securities

    • Borders Tests More Covers, Fewer Books

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 13, 08 3:00 PM CDT

      Borders Tests More Covers, Fewer Books

      Borders is betting you do judge a book by its cover, the Wall Street Journal reports. In hopes of catching more customers’ eyes, the nation’s second-largest book retailer will dramatically increase the number of face-out books it displays. The move, aimed at countering stagnant sales and distracted customers (elections, Olympics, Internet shopping), will gobble up shelf space, cutting titles by 5% to 10%. More »

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      book  • retail sales  • marketing  • online shopping  • bookstore  • Borders  • Barnes and Noble

  • January 2008

    • 10 Best Bookstores on Earth

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 17, 08 3:35 PM CST

      10 Best Bookstores on Earth

      Not all bookstores are mega-style these days. Some are even built in churches, theaters, and 19-century buildings. A Guardian scribe lists his top 10 booksellers worldwide: Maastricht, Netherlands: Boekhandel Selexyz Dominicanen. Owners converted an 800-year-old church into a divine bookstore. Buenos Aires' El Ateneo. Once a theater, its stage is now a cafe where readers flip pages and sip coffee. Porto, Portugal's Livraria Lello. Started as a bookstore in 1881, it boasts stained glass ceilings and ornate wood carvings. Secret Headquarters comic shop in Los Angeles. Nestled in hip Silver Lake, this boutique is for the refined comic lover. Borders in Glasgow. Okay, so this one's a chain—but it's tucked into a neo-classical 19th-century building.   More »

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      list  • Japan  • Los Angeles  • Mexico  • Netherlands  • Brussels  • bookstore  • used bookstores

  • August 2007

    • Stephen King Spooks Bookshop Staff

      newser  |  BBC  |  Aug 16, 07 1:30 PM CDT

      Stephen King Spooks Bookshop Staff

      Stephen King recently dropped by an Australian bookstore and autographed a few copies of his own works—without telling anyone he was coming, or who he was. Nervous sale staff alerted management to a man vandalizing books, the BBC reports. It wasn't until King had wandered off, and someone checked out the damage, that they realized who the desecrater was. More »

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      Australia  • book  • horror  • thriller  • bookstore  • Stephen King

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