Search Results by tag: Abebooks

AbeBooks sells single title for more than $190,000

Victoria-based online book marketplace AbeBooks reports the most expensive book sale in its 19-year history was made last month. A 1765 Italian ornithology book, the title of which is translated and shortened to A Natural ... Read More »

February 5, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling

Q&A: Richard Davies on Abebooks’ $25,000 Maurice Sendak sale

By Natalie Samson

On May 25, a copy of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are sold for $25,000 (U.S.) at Abebooks, a Victoria-based online marketplace for new, used, and rare books. The sale came just two weeks ... Read More »

June 4, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling

Wattpad pulls in $3.5 million in new investment

By Steven W. Beattie

Wattpad, the Toronto-based Internet company that allows readers and writers to connect and share their work online, has completed a new round of funding, including an investment from Union Square Ventures, the New York company ... Read More »

September 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Daily book biz round-up: Rohinton Mistry controversy; Twain is #1; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Rohinton Mistry title sparks controversy in Mumbai Newly published Twain memoir hits #1 on Amazon R.I.P.: Belva Plain Harlequin ... Read More »

October 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: More on IFOA, Payback, and the limitations of big-box bookstores

By Stuart Woods

Margaret Atwood talks to Salon about her well-timed meditation on debt, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth Are Canadian authors' festivals the greatest? More gripes about those nasty chain bookstores Reed Elsevier beginning ... Read More »

October 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

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