The annual event known as Free Comic Book Day is held the first Saturday in May every year—May 5 in 2012. It’s a day when comic book shops all over North America give away free comics to each and every customer. It’s also a huge day for selling comic books.
The number of books on this week’s USA Today bestseller list that sold more e-book copies than print. In fact, the list’s top six books all sold more e-versions than print versions. According to USA Today, it’s the first time the Top 50 list, released Thursday, has had more than two titles in which the [...]
Bookstores seem to be doing surprisingly well this year, but those sales might not be sustainable.
If you ask people their least favorite day of the week, the consensus is almost always Monday. Everybody hates Mondays. But now, there’s a reason to love them.
Forget about diligent saving, careful spending, and avoiding debt. Forget about tax cuts and private investment. For the economy to blossom, it is essential—and morally, the right thing to do—for consumers and the government alike to increase spending substantially, according to one economic historian. How’s that as the ultimate justification for guilt-free shopping sprees?
The reality behind the move is that B&N may have no choice but to try something, anything.
— CATHERINE HAKIM, author of Erotic Capital: The Power of Attraction in the Boardroom and the Bedroom, discussing why workers (women particularly) should improve their appearances for the sake of their careers [via Slate]
When something’s called a liquidation sale, the prices just have to be good, don’t they? Actually, they don’t. And here’s proof they’re not at Borders right now.
At least once a week, someone tries to explain all the reasons that I need an eBook reader. It’s become so annoying that I recently resorted to online threats: I recently Tweeted that the next person who sees me reading a book and asks me why I don’t have a Kindle will walk with a [...]
