June 2013 NYC Bookstore Events Barnes & Noble NYC 06/06 Grace Robbins: Cinderella and the Carpetbagger (Lex) 06/07 Walter Mosley: Little Green (USQ) 06/10 Andre Leon Talley: Little Black Dress (USQ) 06/11 Carl Hiaasen: Bad Monkey (USQ) 06/11 Tania Grossinger: Memoir of an Independent Woman (82nd & Bway) 06/11 Goo Goo Dolls: Magnetic (Citi)…
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May 2013 NYC Bookstore Events
A couple of musical luminaries (Burt Bacharach, Lou Gramm), a Nobel Peace Prize nominee (Dr. Paul Farmer), and David Sedaris make the book tour rounds this month. Here’s a few May 2013 events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble NYC 05/06 Granta: Best Young British Novelists (USQ) 05/06…
March 2013 NYC Bookstore Events
Barnes & Noble Inc.’s founder and chairman, Leonard Riggio, told the bookstore chain he is interested in buying its consumer business and spinning out the unit that makes the Nook tablet, said a person familiar with the matter. … Barnes & Noble is scheduled to report its fiscal third- quarter earnings on Thursday. The…
February 2013 NYC Book Store Events
Barnes & Noble Inc. expects to close as many as a third of its retail stores over the next decade, the bookseller’s top store executive said, offering the most detailed picture yet of the company’s plans for the outlets. “In 10 years we’ll have 450 to 500 stores,” said Mitchell Klipper, chief executive of…
January 2013 Bookstore Events
What we lack in quantity this month, we make up for in author star power. Here’s a few January 2013 events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes and Noble 01/08 Michael Bush: The King of Style Dressing Michael Jackson (Tri) 01/08 Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman w/ James Shaheen: The…
December 2012 NYC Bookstore Events
As we head full steam ahead into the holiday season, it’s pretty much a barren wasteland at our local booksellers. Here’s a few December 2012 events that I found interesting for one reason or another. B&N December 2012 Bookstore Events 12/03 Adam Gopnik and Bob Mankoff – New Yorker Book of Dogs (82nd &…