Part of our BEA coverage every year is to look back at the “Buzz Books” selection from the prior year to see how they fared in the marketplace. That’s more complicated now that frontlist titles, particularly fiction, are selling so strongly in ebook editions. But the print sales numbers from Nielsen BookScan still tell a […]
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BEA Offers Some Free Attendance to ABA Members; ABA Drops Off-Site Meetings
As we previewed in our BEA piece last month, the convention has been working with the American Booksellers Association (ABA) to help “ease the economic challenges facing booksellers who wish to attend the 2009 trade show” and get more bookseller engagement at the main convention facility. (As we’ve noted in a variety of annual commentaries, […]
Company News: Lulu Layoffs; Harper Studio UK; and More
Lulu.com is laying off 24 employees, almost a quarter of their workforce of 100. The reductions include recently-hired president Bryce Boothby Jr. and European vp Cristel Lee Leed. The company plans to relocate its headquarters from Morrisville, NC to Raleigh within the next few months. CEO Bob Young tells NewMediaAge “with the credit and capital […]