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AAP: US Student Spending on College Materials Down 23 Percent in Fall Semester
by Porter Anderson
12 Dec 2019 at 6:00am
Charting a five-year downturn in US college students' spend on course materials, the Association of American Publishers cites a drop in the fall term.
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International Audiobooks: Sweden?s Storytel Opens New Media Center
by Porter Anderson
10 Dec 2019 at 10:30pm
Now with South Korea among its markets, Storytel launches its media center Clipsource and projects 1,079,000 subscribers worldwide for this quarter.
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In Canada, a Year-End Look at Bestsellers in Print Fiction, Nonfiction, and K...
by Porter Anderson
10 Dec 2019 at 10:30pm
Listing bestselling work, BookNet Canada takes a look back at this year?and at a decade that started by putting 'Fifty Shades' on top.
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Metabooks Completes Submarino Integration in Brazil, Kicks Off Mexican Expansion
by Porter Anderson
10 Dec 2019 at 10:07pm
Metabooks Brazil's 80-percent market penetration includes Submarino's retail operation, and Metabooks Mexico kicks off at Guadalajara.
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Words Without Borders December: True Crime for the Holidays
by Porter Anderson
10 Dec 2019 at 9:12am
In this 'Words Without Borders' issue on true crime, Susan Harris asks, for the reader, 'Is this the truth of the case? And if not, how can I tell?'
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US Register of Copyrights Karyn Temple To Leave the Post for MPAA
by Porter Anderson
10 Dec 2019 at 1:30am
Temple is following a path similar to that of the AAP's Maria A. Pallante. Senate IP subcommittee leadership is calling for the post to be filled swiftly.
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Industry Notes: Hay Releases Early-Bird Tickets, Cartagena Programming
by Porter Anderson
9 Dec 2019 at 8:30pm
Characterizing its 2020 programming as 'activism-themed,' the May flagship Hay Festival in Wales opens early-bird ticket sales.
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Tales of Two Markets: USA and UK Amazon Charts? Year-Enders
by Porter Anderson
9 Dec 2019 at 6:56am
Newly instituted in the UK this year, the Amazon Charts for the first time offer market comparative top titles between the British and American markets.
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Richard Charkin: A Publishing Christmas Carol
by Richard Charkin
9 Dec 2019 at 1:30am
Three ghosts later, publisher Gerald Hambledon posts a new message to the worldwide staff of Hambledon Global Publishing?about 'the future of our industry.'
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The UK?s ?Spirit of the North? Portico Prize Announces 2019 Shortlist
by Porter Anderson
8 Dec 2019 at 10:30pm
'This list defies the rumor that it?s grim up north,' says the Portico Prize jury of its 2019 shortlist of fiction and nonfiction related to the northern regions of England.
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