November 19, 2013

Bloomberg News laid off approximately fifty employees yesterday, about 2% of the organization, in addition to the ten people from their TV department cut last week. According to an email… Read more »

Arts & Culture

Protesting sexism, comic book artists pull out of running for Angoulême Grand Prix — Liam O'Brien
Barnes & Noble takes penultimate step to exiting Queens — Liam O'Brien
Fifth employee connected to Hong Kong bookstore goes missing — Liam O'Brien
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover — Kait Howard

Burning the books, shattering the statue, of poet and holocaust victim Miklós Radnóti

Dustin Kurtz

They drove a car into it, a black Mercedes. Miklós Radnóti, if you’ve not read him. was an immensely skilled poet, born in Hungary in 1905. He died in 1944, murdered… Read more »

Authors to become booksellers for a day with Indies First

Julia Fleischaker

You may be surprised to see who rings you up when you visit your local indie bookstore on November 30. On September 1, author Sherman Alexie introduced the Indies First… Read more »

China’s first children’s book fair a success

Earlier this month, China held its first international children’s book festival in Shanghai, welcoming European and Chinese publishers alike to the Shanghai Children’s International Book Fair. And The Bookseller’s Lisa… Read more »

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Bloomberg cuts arts section, lays off 50 employees

Kirsten Reach

Burning the books, shattering the statue, of poet and holocaust victim Miklós Radnóti

Dustin Kurtz

Authors to become booksellers for a day with Indies First

Julia Fleischaker

China’s first children’s book fair a success

Nick Davies