The French translation of The Mentor has been nominated for the Prix du Polar 2018, an award
giving by the booksellers.
Not exact matches
In Jean Renoir's satire of the bourgeoisie, Michel Simon
gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued
by a well - to - do
bookseller, whose family decides to take in the irrepressible bum.
While
booksellers might be concerned that libraries are straying into commercial territory, it will be worse all around if they are backed into a corner
by politicians and a public with high expectations, while not
given the resources to deliver on these aspirations.
Rather, as with products such as Flash, Adobe hopes to profit
by giving away Reader Mobile in order to sell its Content Server 4 back - end software to publishers and
booksellers.
But no online
bookseller gives away the entire book, with the exception of Amazon as a sales gimmick and even then, they only do it for a limited amount of time and they charge the author rather than the reader
by demanding exclusivity for 90 days,
Books are hand sold
by booksellers all over the world, which means that they
give recommendations to people browsing their stores and can influence purchasing decisions.
«
By giving control back to the
booksellers, we were telling the publishers, «We know what sells better than you.»
JKS worked to get the first book of her Liv Bergen Murder Mystery Series into the hands of
booksellers across the country, resulting in the highly - prized Indie Next Pick nomination, a strong endorsement
by independent bookstores across the United States, that
gives an author the type of buzz in the book industry needed to create legitimacy.
By giving readers the opportunity to choose to purchase from an indie bookstore, you are showing local
booksellers that you are a savvy author and that you actively encourage sales of your book from independent bookstores.
And organizations like IndieBound, a community - minded movement organized
by the independent
booksellers of the American Booksellers Association, give local, independent stores more strength and sta
booksellers of the American
Booksellers Association, give local, independent stores more strength and sta
Booksellers Association,
give local, independent stores more strength and staying power.
«The Libro.fm membership now
gives audiobook listeners the opportunity to support their local bookstore every month and discover great audiobooks hand picked
by expert indie
booksellers,» said Mark Pearson, CEO, Libro.fm.
Given the dynamic nature of the book industry, the challenges faced
by traditional
booksellers, and the robust innovation pipeline fueling new opportunities in hardware, software and content creation and delivery, Barnes & Noble is utilizing the strength of its retail footprint to bolster its leadership in selling content to drive sales across its multiple channels.
The final presentation at this year's FutureBook event, hosted
by The
Bookseller and sponsored
by Kobo, Ingram, Atwood Tate, Nielsen, and YUDU, was to
give out the Innovation awards in a large number of diverse categories that spanned the major functions in digital publishing.
If you follow this link, it'll take you to a site listing deals and
give - aways
by authors,
booksellers, e-zines and websites.
By Edward Nawotka Last night in London the first annual
Bookseller Industry Awards (which combines the
Bookseller's own trade awards with the old Nibbies) were
given.
As yet, only the vague promise of «autumn» has been
given by the American
bookseller as to when John Lewis customers can expect to find them on the high street (so presumably no later than a month after they become available online).
As a former
bookseller himself, he celebrated the launch of This Side of the River
by giving 6 bookstores $ 250 grants for whatever improvements they needed... a helping hand on a little smaller scale than James Patterson, but doing his part!
Dilys Award was annually
given by Independent Mystery
Booksellers Association from 1993 until 2014 to the mystery titles of the year which the member booksellers most enjoyed ha
Booksellers Association from 1993 until 2014 to the mystery titles of the year which the member
booksellers most enjoyed ha
booksellers most enjoyed hand selling.
Below, John Green, accepting the Indie Prize
given by the American
Booksellers Association to writers who best represent commitment to independent book stores, calls «bullshit» to the concept that authors like him, who speak directly to their readers via social media, don't «need the value - sucking middlemen of bookstores and publishers and in the future... no one will stand between author and reader except possibly an e-commerce site that takes just a tiny little percentage of each transaction.»
Bringing bricks and mortar
booksellers into the ebook revolution was always a brave — even noble — effort
by Google,
given how little online presence and expertise
booksellers had.
Given a green light
by competition authorities, Poland's
bookseller Empik adds Platon to its assets, a major national and international book distributor.
We've already seen images of the elegantly - named 7 - inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook, but in a new video, discovered
by The Digital Reader, the
bookseller asks Nook - owning customers to
give the device a spin.