The sale of Borders’ Ann Arbor, Mich., headquarters for almost $18.4 million adds to persistent rumors of the company’s imminent demise. But the truth has more to do with the real estate market than books sales.
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Macmillan isn’t the first major publishing house to jump into the film and TV waters, but with today’s launch of Macmillan Films, it is the latest. Brendan Deneen, a former development executive and literary agent, will run the…
After Conde Nast’s surprise shuttering of Gourmet last fall, Ruth Reichl, its editor-in-chief, was out of a job. While the 70-year-old title is back as an iPad app, Reichl herself has moved away from magazines and back to book …
As e-reading continues to gain ground and market share, several new studies shed light on the demographics of those who choose digital: kids love e-readers, men with money buy them, and iPad and Kindle are king.
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Borders, the nation’s second-largest book retailer, is trying a new tactic to gain a much-needed sales boost heading into the end of year shopping season: It’s opening 25 “pop-up” shops meant to last only for the holidays, the …