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World E-Reading Congress Report: Date – Don’t Marry – Technology

By Roger Tagholm LONDON: There were some choice phrases on offer at the World e-Reading Congress, held in London this week. “Apple is a walled garden;  … 

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A Bookseller Who Bridges Print and Digital, Day and Night, This World and the Next

Watkin’s Books — the world’s most famous mind-body-spirit bookstore — nearly went under in 2010. A 21st-century business strategy and an American with vision saved  … 

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With UK Print Book Sales Falling, Can E-books Close the Gap?

E-book sales accounted for just 1% of the UK book market in 2010, but are expected to boom in 2011 — growth that might be  … 

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Proof that Publishers Know the Public Doesn’t Care About Publisher Branding

By Roger Tagholm Notice anything odd about this illuminated panel advertisement for Sean Rayment’s Bomb Hunters currently adorning the London Underground? No? Try answering this  … 

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What Can Schools Do to Inspire More Literary Creativity in Children?

By Edward Nawotka Over the last several years literary entrepreneurs, supported by A-list authors, have opened several imaginative creative writing centers and bookshops aimed a  … 

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Inside The Ministry of Stories, London’s Most Unusual New Literary Institution

By Roger Tagholm LONDON: A little girl grins as the man on the sidewalk wearing the wolf mask stops her and asks: “Have you been  … 

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Could Online Writing Communities Replace Creative Writing Programs?

• Quillant.com, an online writing community based in the UK launched two months ago • Chris Vannozzi, a co-founder of Quilliant.com discusses the role online  … 

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Do Booksellers Promote Too Many Titles at Once?

By Edward Nawotka Today’s lead story describes some of the bookselling strategies of London’s Daunt Books. One focus of the piece is the fact that  … 

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The Bookselling Secrets of London’s Daunt Books

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• Independent bookselling is not dead, but it takes close attention to the details — and a carefully edited selection of books — to thrive  … 

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“Connect, Don’t Network”: Author Blog Award Winners Gaiman, Benet on Blogging

By Edward Nawotka “Use your blog to connect. Use it as you. Don’t ‘network’ or ‘promote.’ Just talk,” says author Neil Gaiman, winner of the  … 

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