Author Archives: Rachel Aydt

Bye, Bye Jan Berenstain, Soother of Parent’s Souls

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Jan Berenstain’s 300 books have sold more than 200 million copies and soothed just as many souls. One Mom remembers.

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One Bookseller’s Modest Proposal: Amazon Pay Bookstores an Affiliate Fee

‘We suggest that Amazon pay an affiliate fee to such bricks and mortar stores,’ said bookseller Roxanne Coady in response to Amazon’s Price Check campaign.

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US Bookseller Experiments With Online Handselling, Subscription Model

A new online service from R.J. Julia Booksellers promises to match readers with their ideal books and keep them coming back for more.

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Italy’s 40K Books: No Paper, No Attention Span, No Problem

Milan-based 40K Books is convinced that less is more, and offers e-books that can be read in 60 minutes or less.

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#BEA11: YA Writers Collaborate to Educate About Bullying

By Rachel Aydt Wednesday at noon, on the Uptown Stage, four YA authors gathered to discuss their new book project Dear Bully, a spirited anthology  … 

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#BEA11: International Rights – “Hope In A Rapidly Changing World”

By Rachel Aydt International rights deals provide a growing revenue stream many agents, even as advances from publishers continue to shrink. Tuesday’s panel “What is  … 

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#BEA11: The “New Era” of the Author is Imminent

By Rachel Aydt BookExpo is nothing if not obsessed this year with the challenges of digital book publishing. The panel “New and Evolving Publishing Models:  … 

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#BEA11: Marketing With PR and Social Media

By Rachel Aydt Monday’s panel at BookExpo America, ”Free for the Asking: Marketing with PR and Social Media” was a bit of a tease. After all,  … 

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Tweets, Blogs and Books: How Online Writers and Publishers Still Rely on Each Other for a Payday

Tweeters and bloggers are teaching publishers new tricks, and each continues to profit from collaboration with the other. By Rachel Aydt Blogger. Vlogger. Tweeter. Author.  … 

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Cool Idea: Five-year “Anniversary” of Memoir Prompts Book Party

By Rachel Aydt Last Friday night, at the Bowery Poetry Club in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, the book GirlBomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir, by Janice Erlbaum,  … 

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