Should the deeply troubled Borders chain close, publishers will survive just fine. But for authors who don’t have instant name recognition with book buyers, the loss of an outlet with scads of shelf and floor space is a serious…
A novelist realizes that a book she wrote 20 years ago — now out of print — can be revived today as an e-book. Here’s the story of how she took that old print volume and turned it into an e-book, complete with new title, new …
Barnes & Noble had its best holiday season in over a decade with store sales up 9.7% over last year, and online sales soaring a whopping 67%.
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The country’s second-largest book retailer had been counting on a Christmas miracle to rescue it from deep financial doldrums. But the holiday season played Scrooge instead. Now, confronting a liquidity shortfall, a bankruptcy …
A broad array of technology news helped define 2010, from the launch of Apple’s iPad to the arrival of the app to a supernova of Internet stock gains. Here’s a look back at those major stories — and a glimpse of some highlight…