Bookshop.org in the UK has launched Bookloop, a program allowing customers to trade in used books for store credit. Customers can either leave books at a drop-off point or have them picked up at home. Bookshop will continue to only sell new books, but will trade the books to Zeercle, the company that also operates WH Smith’s buyback program. Distinct from the WH Smith program, Zeercle will not sell the used Bookshop books through Amazon-owned sites. Books are valued via an online calculator and customers must sell £5 worth of books to participate. The Guardian calculates that recent titles Prophet […]
Archives for August 2024
Len Riggio Dies at 83
The man who built Barnes & Noble into a bookselling powerhouse Len Riggio died at age 83 following a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. In addition to building and running Barnes & Noble, Riggio also founded Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, MBS Textbook Exchange, and GameStop. BN said in a statement, “His leadership spanned decades, during which he not only grew the company but also nurtured a culture of innovation and a love for reading.” A mass of Christian burial will take place on Friday, Aug. 30, at 10:00 am at The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 263 Mulberry Street, with a public […]
People 8/27
Susan Barnes has joined as a senior editor at Tor, acquiring commercial fiction.
New Books Publishing August 27
This week’s fiction releases include new titles by Ann Cleeves and Fiona Barton, while David Rohde and Amanda Jones publish nonfiction. 12 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-august-27 6 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-august-27 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months on Bookshop. Check out August‘s 105 fiction releases, 18 works of nonfiction, and 51 children’s titles; September‘s 70 fiction releases, 35 works of nonfiction, and 20 children’s titles; and October‘s 36 fiction releases, 31 works of nonfiction, and 50 children’s titles. […]
Watch The Romance Editors Panel
In case you missed last week’s Buzz Romance Editor’s Panel, you can watch the full recording, broken out into a five-part playlist, here. And you can still download the Buzz Books 2024: Romance sampler—our biggest collection yet—from Edelweiss, NetGalley, Kindle, Nook, Apple Books, Google Play, and Kobo.