News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News ‘We’re back in business’: UK bookshops see sales soar (The Guardian) Print Units Jump at The End of June, at least in the US…. Read more »
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News & Notes – 6/20/2020
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Amistad Launches #BlackoutBestsellerList on Social Media (Publishers Weekly) NBCC Board, Down to Nine Members, Begins ‘Difficult Internal Work’. Of the National Book Critics Circle’s… Read more »
News & Notes – 6/13/2020
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News [American] Bookstores Go It Alone in Reopening. (Publishers Weekly) Many are being more cautious than their state guidelines require. ‘We’re so nervous’: England’s bookshops… Read more »
News & Notes – Coronavirus Edition, Week 12 (5/30/2020)
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News The Nebula Awards will be announced today (May 30), and you can watch the ceremony live on Facebook starting at 5:00 pm PDT (8:00… Read more »
News & Notes – Coronavirus Edition, Week 10 (5/16/2020)
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Photo Essay: Bookstores Are Opening, Cautiously, Across the Country (Publishers Weekly) Print Unit Sales Up 9.9% In Early May (Publishers Weekly) Booksellers Look to… Read more »
News & Notes – Coronavirus Edition, Week 9 (5/09/2020)
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News The 2020 Edgar Award winners were announced. Winners include The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths (Best Novel), Miracle Creek by Angie Kim (Best First… Read more »
News & Notes – Coronavirus Edition, Week 8 (5/02/2020)
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News In Q1, Sales Rose 26% at Amazon as It Works to Improve Shipping Times (Publishers Weekly) Workers To Hold Mass Strike On May 1,… Read more »
News & Notes – Coronavirus Edition, Week 7 (4/25/2020)
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Literary Losses Sheila Connolly, beloved author of a number of cozy mystery series, died April 20, 2020. Fellow writers say she had been fighting cancer. Connolly… Read more »
News & Notes – Coronavirus Edition, Week 6 (4/18/2020)
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Print Unit Sales Up 2.9% in Early April (Publishers Weekly) As the Pandemic Rages, Reedpop Looks Toward 2021 after canceling BookExpo, BookCon, and Unbound…. Read more »
News & Notes – Coronavirus Edition, Week 5 (4/11/2020)
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Literary Losses NAME, biographyObituaries and tributes: CNN; The Guardian; NPR; Publisher’s Weekly . Bibliography and Biography: Goodreads; Wikipedia; author’s website Bookish News The 55th annual Nebula Conference has… Read more »