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Demos Parneros sues Barnes and Noble for wrongful dismissal

Demos Parneros the former CEO of B&N has just filed a lawsuit saying he was fired after a deal went sour to sell the company and that the founder was toxic.

Ikea has created reading rooms and are giving away free books

The Ikea location at Wembley in London has created a reading room…

Book publishers generated $26 billion in 2017

The Association of American Publishers has proclaimed that the U.S. book publishing…

Comic and Graphic Novel sales tumbled 6.5% in 2017

Comic book and graphic novels had a dismal year in Canada and…

What is next for Barnes and Noble?

Barnes and Noble recently fired  CEO Demos Parneros for violating its policies.…

Barnes and Noble just fired their CEO

Barnes and Noble has had a tumultuous time in retaining a CEO…

Quartz has been sold to Japanese company Uzabase

Atlantic Media has sold the popular website Quartz to Japanese financial publisher…

Amazon is starting to use Bookerly on their main website

Amazon Bookerly was unveiled in 2015 and it was designed to replace…

NOOK turned its first ever full-year profit

Barnes and Noble released their 4th quarter and full year results on…

Alibaba launches new ebook app called Tmall Reader

Alibaba is leveraging their Literature unit and has just released a new e-reader…

Rogers slashes 75 jobs in their print and digital publishing division

Rogers has just slashed 75 full-time employees, reducing the size of publishing team…

Major publishers investment in audiobooks is paying off

Major publishers are continuing to see strong gains from audiobooks in the…

E-Ink is doubling down on Spectra epaper

E Ink is the company that has powered the entire e-reader revolution…

Amazon Prime price has increased to $119

Amazon Prime has just increased the cost of a one year subscription…

Spotify has the right audience to make audiobooks work

Spotify is getting involved in the audiobook space and is in negotiations…

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos talks about selling books in new interview

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently conducted a 40 minute interview with Axel Springer…