Reading service aims to create the “YouTube of storytelling”
Oolipo, a subscription-based mobile reading service from German publisher Bastei Lübbe, will launch in July of next year, The Bookseller’s Lisa Campbell reports. In a sidebar profile, Oolipo’s Chief Product Officer Ryan… Read more »
Who’s behind the books of the world’s top-grossing films? The answer won’t surprise you.
Lisa Campbell of The Bookseller reported yesterday that “UK books power world’s top-grossing films.” In it, she reveals that 40% of the highest-grossing films since 2001 were adaptions of novels… Read more »
Foyles store will close in July
Lisa Campbell reports in The Bookseller that the Foyles shop at St. Pancras station in London is scheduled to close next month. The store’s lease expires July 31, and after… Read more »
Third Nook executive in a row to leave Barnes & Noble
Jim Hilt, vice president and head of global ebook sales for Barnes & Noble, will leave the company in February and B&N has no plans to replace him, according to… Read more »
The fifty best bookshops in England, Scotland and Wales
A treat for readers in the UK: on Friday The Independent published its list of the fifty best bookshops in the land, picked by the following literary bigwigs: Chris Conway, MD… 3 / Read more »