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February 24, 2016

NEWS: Why is Mein Kampf Suddenly a Runaway Bestseller in Germany?

February 24, 2016/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: Why is Mein Kampf Suddenly a Runaway Bestseller in Germany?

It's now the second-best-selling book in Germany

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February 24, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler, Holocaust, Germany
February 19, 2016

NEWS: Harper Lee (1926-2016) – An Appreciation (and an Against-the-Grain Prediction)

February 19, 2016/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: Harper Lee (1926-2016) – An  Appreciation (and an Against-the-Grain Prediction)

The reputation of her second book, Go Set a Watchman, is likely to grow

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February 19, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Harper Lee, Apprciations, To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman
February 13, 2016

NEWS: Very Good to Hear: Bookstore Sales Rise for the First Time Since 2007

February 13, 2016/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: Very Good to Hear: Bookstore Sales Rise for the First Time Since 2007

A welcome, and to many unexpected, 2.5% increase

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February 13, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Bookstores, Book industry, Print
February 10, 2016

NEWS: Wizards and Muggles Rejoice: J.K. Rowlings Just Announced a New Harry Potter Book is Coming Out This Summer

February 10, 2016/ Adam Cohen
NEWS:  Wizards and Muggles Rejoice: J.K. Rowlings Just Announced a New Harry Potter Book is Coming Out This Summer

It's scheduled to go on sale midnight July 31

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February 10, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling
February 09, 2016

NEWS: Google’s Wild New Book Venture: A Bookstore of Smartphone-Based “Books that Cannot Be Printed”

February 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: Google’s Wild New Book Venture: A Bookstore of Smartphone-Based “Books that Cannot Be Printed”

Google boasts that these books can do things that print books cannot

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February 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Google, Ebooks, Technology
February 06, 2016

NEWS: Megyn Kelly Has Reportedly Signed a $10 Million Book Deal. Could Her Speed-Written Memoir Possibly Be Worth It?

February 06, 2016/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: Megyn Kelly Has Reportedly Signed a $10 Million Book Deal. Could Her Speed-Written Memoir Possibly Be Worth It?

The book, reportedly a memoir, is scheduled to hit the bookstores this fall

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February 06, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Megyn Kelly, Fox News, Donald Trump, Book Deals, Advances
February 02, 2016

NEWS: Wow! Amazon May Be About to Open Hundreds of Bricks-and-Mortar Bookstores

February 02, 2016/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: Wow! Amazon May Be About to Open Hundreds of Bricks-and-Mortar Bookstores

And at this point, there are more questions about the report than answers

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February 02, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Bookstores, Amazon
January 18, 2016

BOOK AWARD NEWS: National Book Critics Circle Announces Prize Finalists

January 18, 2016/ Adam Cohen
BOOK AWARD NEWS: National Book Critics Circle Announces Prize Finalists

Winners will be announced March 17 in New York City Ceremony

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January 18, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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NBCC, Book Awards
January 11, 2016

News: Top Children's Book Prize Winners: the Amazing True Story of Winnie-the-Pooh, and a Child's Discovery of Race and Class

January 11, 2016/ Adam Cohen
News: Top Children's Book Prize Winners: the Amazing True Story of Winnie-the-Pooh, and a Child's Discovery of Race and Class

And this year: the first Latino author to win the Newbery

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January 11, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Book Awards, Children's Books, Race
December 31, 2015

Book Award News: It's Great Year for Women First-Time Fiction Authors

December 31, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Book Award News: It's Great Year for Women First-Time Fiction Authors

The NBCC's John Leonard Long List is All Women and All Fiction Writers

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December 31, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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NBCC, National Book Critics Circle, Fiction, First-Time Authors, Book Awards
December 30, 2015

News: Yikes! Adult Coloring Books Now Hold 9 of the Top 20 Spots on Amazon’s Bestsellers List

December 30, 2015/ Adam Cohen
News: Yikes!  Adult Coloring Books Now Hold 9 of the Top 20 Spots on Amazon’s Bestsellers List

The crayons-for-adults craze has a lot of fans -- and some critics, who find it disturbingly regressive

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December 30, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Adult Coloring Books, Bestsellers, Publishing, Coloring Books
December 22, 2015

Good News: Cancel the Obituaries -- Print Book Sales for 2015 are . . . Up

December 22, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Good News:  Cancel the Obituaries -- Print Book Sales for 2015 are . . .  Up

It's actually the second consecutive year of increased print sales

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December 22, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Books, Print, Book Sales
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