Growing up in Columbus, Maggie Smith spent countless carefree childhood days exploring the creek that ran through the backyard of her family’s home. “And, when I was a kid, it was a river, because when you’re 6, even a stream is a big body of water,” Smith said during aRead More →
Sensex, Nifty End Down Amid Volatility; Zomato extends gains, M&M Fin slips after reporting first quarter loss Highlights ESB SmallCap gained 0.34% Thirteen of the 19 S&P BSE sector indices post losses S&P BSE Energy lost 1.09% and S&P BSE Realty was down 0.76%. New Delhi: Monday’s benchmarks ended aRead More →
Food tech startup Zomato made a stellar debut on the stock exchanges on Friday with its stock market listing at Rs 116, or 52% of the issue price of Rs 76. Frenzied demand drove the share price to Rs 139.20, the upper end of the intraday circuit filter, before profitRead More →
At Friends of Wareham Free Library second-hand book sales, the rule of thumb is “shop till you drop”, according to volunteers. Priscilla Porter, president of the Friends of Wareham Free Library, said the sales have been very popular recently. For the past few months, she notes, a queue has formedRead More →
Few in the industry have been ready to predict how book business will end in 2021, but in a July 21 presentation on the industry’s printing unit sales in the first half of the year , NPD BookScan analyst Kristen McLean presented three possible scenarios. . All results assume thatRead More →
April and May have not been good months for the eBook industry. The format fell 1.2% in April and generated $ 90.8 million in revenue. In May, the decline was more pronounced, falling 23.4% for the month from May 2020 to a total of $ 86.3 million. The declines areRead More →
There are many aspects of investing that can be difficult for investors to master. For example, having the patience to run a game-changing business through wild hesitation and allowing your investment thesis to unfold over time can be a daunting task. But arguably the hardest thing to invest is decidingRead More →
A lot of mutual funds and stocks have doubled based on the performance of the past year. Stock markets continue to peak, but the economy as a whole is still struggling to come back to full forceTo obligate. As a result, blocks are still enforced and there is general concernRead More →
Shares listed on the Nifty IT Index have corrected after their record gains earlier this week, a result of June 2021 quarterly results. The Nifty IT Index has been up sharply since the start of this month, as technology like TCS, Infosys and Wipro, along with others, announced their firstRead More →
The sequence is over. The long streak of print book unit sales showing weekly sales gains over the comparable week in 2020 ended last week, with units down 1.3% from the week ending July 11 2020, at NPD BookScan outlets. The decline is the result of continued pressure on salesRead More →
At least two Amazon employees have quit in recent weeks to protest the company’s decision to continue selling a book they say frames young people who identify as transgender as mentally ill. The resignations come after a complaint posted on the company’s internal bulletin board in April drew support fromRead More →
July 12, 2021 @booksandpublishing In the United States, unit sales of printed books increased by 18.5% in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2020, reports Weekly editors. All major publishing categories except children’s non-fiction saw double-digit sales increases, while backlist titles grew 21.4% andRead More →
In the first half of 2020, unit sales of printed books surprised many industry players by posting an increase of 2.9% compared to the same period in 2019 in the outlets under NPD BookScan, overcoming a decline in early spring sales after the onset of the crisis. Covid pandemic19. PrintRead More →
GLENS FALLS, NY (NEWS10) – Patrons are back in the library, but the books are coming back to the park. That’s the goal of returning Crandall Public Library books to carts in the park, a series of library book sales scheduled to begin later this month. The first sale isRead More →
GLENS FALLS — With sales of popular books from the Crandall Public Library still suspended due to the pandemic, Friends of the Crandall Public Library will bring their book sales back to carts in the park later this month. Four sales are planned at City Park throughout the summer, startingRead More →
This summer, Women’s Place of South Niagara will be holding “Mystery Box” book sales to provide books to Niagara residents. This event will take place every Sunday from July 11 to August 29 (except August 1), from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A list of box categories to choose from,Read More →
REGION – One of the missing events during the pandemic was the sale of library books, which serve as a fundraiser for many libraries in the region and groups of friends who support the programs. It also deprived book lovers of the ability to browse donated books for their newRead More →
hapabapa/iStock Editorial via Getty Images It’s been an incredible year so far for the retail sector (XRT), with the ETF up more than 50% year-to-date, beating the S&P’s 14% return. 500. Target (NYSE: TGT), with the stock adding to its gains after an explosive first-quarter report. Not only did theRead More →
Book sales in France fell from 2.8 billion euros in 2019 to 2.7 billion euros (3.2 billion dollars) in 2020, a decrease of 2.3%, according to the association French publishers, the National Publishing Union (SNE). The statistics were released at the association’s annual meeting, which was held virtually. Sales ofRead More →