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Tracking Book Sales

Numbers rule the book publishing business: who sold how much and to whom. Nielsen has bought two book tracking services from Bowker, improving its ability to deliver the news. Publishers Weekly discusses how it all might work.

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B&N Posts Another Loss

And Riggio pulls back from his attempt to buy the retail business. Publishers Weekly has the numbers.

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Barnes & Noble founder pulls out of plan to buy struggling bookstores

Overstock Still At War

With Amazon, naturally, but now they are"...hoping to continue that battle, in a way that lessens any harm to the mom-and-pop booksellers we consider our comrades in arms." Publishers Weekly quotes and comments.

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Those Ebook Refunds

Millions of people are owed money under the settlement of the ebook price fixing case. Publishers Weekly has the news.

Why No Book Bundles?

Publishers Weekly wonders why more books aren't bundled, that is, why aren't print and electronic versions sold together? My guess is a lot of ereading people don't want a print book.

In Praise of Used Book Stores

The New York Review of Books talks about what it will mean to lose used bookstores.

Fifty To Be Sure You've Read

Any such list is arbitrary, of course, but here are fifty books every genre reader should know.

Apple, Get On With It, Says Judge

Apple has been told to have their case in the damges portion of the trial ready by the end of December 2013. They will be no stay as the company goes forward with appeals. Publishers Weekly has the news.