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An Update & The Great American Bookshop - 7

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Why I am going to visit every bookshop in London - 135

Radio 4′s Today Listeners rebel against Roald Dahl.

September 13, 2011

Listeners of Radio Four’s Today were feeling a little grumpy this morning and did not take too kindly to suggestions that they should contribute towards the 500k needed to help the fundraising campaign to Roald Dahl’s writing shed. What obviously started as innocent bit of PR on Roald Dahl Day, quickly whipped the Today program’s… [Read more…]

Tagged: Books, Literature, PR disaster, Radio 4, Roald Dahl

Posted in: Book News

A Lesson in Bookselling from Germany.

September 13, 2011

With Waterstone’s announcing that they are abandoning the 3 for 2 offer, Bill Morris’ article on the German book industry’s pricing policy is timely. The piece mostly focuses on the differences between the bookselling culture in the US and Germany, but is essential reading as the story will sound familiar to anybody with even a… [Read more…]

Tagged: Amazon, America, Book Pricing, Books, Bookshops, Germany, Literature, Publishing, UK

Posted in: Interesting Ideas

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