<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Book-publishing News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=53&amp;catid=14</link><description>News Feed for - Book-publishing</description><item><title>Barnes &amp; Noble Reports 2Q Loss, Cuts Guidance</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96399434&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T14:53:00</pubDate><description>Barnes &amp; Noble Takes 2nd-quarter Loss, Says Nook Production Will Cost More Than Expected</description><source>CBS News</source></item><item><title>Borders Group Reports Smaller 3rd-Quarter Loss</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96400123&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T15:23:00</pubDate><description>Borders Group says it lost money for the third straight quarter as sales at its bookstores continued to decline, but the loss was smaller than a year ago. Brick-and-mortar book retailers have faced increased </description><source>ABC News</source></item><item><title>Barnes &amp; Noble: Ramping production of the nook isn't cheap</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96406109&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T15:38:00</pubDate><description>Barnes &amp; Noble said Tuesday that it will invest heavily on boosting production of its nook e-reader and that move will hurt future earnings. Barnes &amp; Noble cut its outlook for the fiscal year ending April </description><source>ZDNet</source></item><item><title>Bestselling Author Carla Neggers and MIRA Books Want to Know: 'What's Your Perfect </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96405986&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T15:41:00</pubDate><description>NEW YORK, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- A master of suspense, New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers sends her readers on a journey to adventure with every book. Strong, self-reliant heroines make </description><source>Houston Chronicle</source></item><item><title>Palin Book Tops Charts with Huge Sales</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96367166&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T03:48:00</pubDate><description>NEW YORK -- Sarah Palin appears well on her way to becoming a million-selling author. 'Going Rogue' sold 700,000 copies _ a number that includes pre-orders _ in its first week of release, according to </description><source>NewsMax.com</source></item><item><title>Is this the final chapter for traditional bookshops?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96361401&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T02:28:00</pubDate><description>As Borders 's problems mount, the future looks grim for book retailers, faced with competition from supermarkets and the internet By James Thompson Tuesday, 24 November 2009 vine $ new $adsHtml google_ad_request_done(google_ads) </description><source>The Independent</source></item><item><title>Operation HOPE Founder John Hope Bryant's Best Selling Book LOVE LEADERSHIP Now </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96357651&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T01:27:00</pubDate><description>BusinessWire - Financial literacy nonprofit, Operation HOPE today announced that audio book leaders Audible.com and iTunes have both released bestseller LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Guest blog: Will the Espresso Book Machine help to save bookstores?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96356329&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T01:04:00</pubDate><description>This has been a hard season for bookstores in Seattle. Bailey/Coy, a mainstay independent store since the early 1980s, just closed its doors. The Elliott Bay Bookstore, pride of the cityâ??s historic </description><source>Christian Science Monitor</source></item><item><title>Retail stocks mixed; Barnes &amp; Noble cuts outlook</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96405490&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T16:11:00</pubDate><description>Retail stocks were mixed on Tuesday after retailers Zale Corp. and Dollar Tree Inc. posted better-than-expected quarterly results while book retailers Barnes &amp; Noble Inc. and Borders Group Inc. posted </description><source>MarketWatch</source></item><item><title>Borders Third Quarter Results "Difficult and Disappointing"</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96405781&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T15:36:00</pubDate><description>Total sales at Borders Group continued to sink in the third quarter, though the chain did better on the bottom-line. Revenue fell 12.7% in the quarter ended October 31, to $595.5 million, while the loss </description><source>PublishersWeekly.com</source></item><item><title>Borders UK wants to attract big book buyer</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96404351&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T15:23:00</pubDate><description>The Borders bookshop chain in the UK wants to quickly find a buyer for the business. A takeover deal involving WHSmith was quashed before the weekend when the Smith interests walked away. Borders has </description><source>Argentina Star</source></item><item><title>Bookshop staff face losing jobs</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96395558&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T12:39:00</pubDate><description>STAFF at a Christian bookshop are facing the threat of redundancy in the run-up to Christmas. The former Church of Scotland bookshop in Edinburgh's George Street could close with the loss of ten jobs </description><source>The Scotsman</source></item><item><title>Tom Sutcliffe: Should we pay double to save the bookshop?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96362552&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T02:37:00</pubDate><description>A civilized city without bookshops â?? or without enough bookshops â?? struck me as a contradiction in terms Close I fell into a cultural gloom a few months ago â?? one of those "what-have-we-come-to" </description><source>The Independent</source></item><item><title>Publishers want bigger piece of the action as schools shift to e-books</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96358031&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T01:39:00</pubDate><description>Publishers and hi-tech firms are demanding a bigger slice of the action in the government's HK$140 million drive to switch the city's publicly funded schools over to e-textbooks. Creating a central depository </description><source>South China Morning Post</source></item><item><title>M-Edge Embraces Bold Hues in the New Contemporary Accessory Line for Amazon Kindle</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96399637&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T13:15:00</pubDate><description>ODENTON, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--M-Edge Accessories, the leading provider of eReader accessories, today announced a new Contemporary line of accessories for the latest generation Amazon Kindle that allows </description><source>Business Wire UK</source></item><item><title>Capstone Publishers Names Paul Von Drasek as New Book Trade Sales Manager</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96412749&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T16:21:00</pubDate><description>Capstone Publishers, the leading publisher of childrenâ??s books in the U.S. education market, announces that Paul Von Drasek has joined the company in the newly created position of Book Trade Sales Manager. </description><source>PRLog</source></item><item><title>Barnes &amp; Noble Shares Plummet Following Weak Q3 Forecast (BKS)</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96405201&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T15:31:00</pubDate><description>Noble Shares Plummet Following Weak Q3 Forecast readCookie(name) return x readCookie('nasdaqecm') (x) else CookieValues for(var CookieValues.length;i++) else else Bond Market Financial Dividend Stock </description><source>Nasdaq</source></item><item><title>Best Holiday Gift Ideas for Women Rock Climbers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96258182&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T14:58:00</pubDate><description>Need help finding the perfect Christmas gift for the female climber? Below, find numerous gift ideas for women rock climbers and climbing girls. No matter what price range or relationship of the female </description><source>Suite101.com</source></item><item><title>City literary agent has best year ever despite rocky market</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96392038&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T12:09:00</pubDate><description>(The Charleston Gazette - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Christine Witthohn knows a good story when she sees it. In her line of work, she had better. A Charleston-based </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Sacrifice and Triumph Converge in Filipino Novelist's New Book -- Author Dhen M. </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96391291&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:52:00</pubDate><description>The story introduces readers to Pepoy, an orphan boy, thin, poor, homeless, and unwanted. Along with his wooden cart and a significant amount of empty bottles, he scavenges the mountain of trash he scornfully </description><source>Yahoo! Canada</source></item><item><title>Water Resources Consultant Shares His Consulting Chronicles -- New Book Features </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96390403&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:31:00</pubDate><description>ST MICHAELS, Md., Nov. 24, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pursuing a second career as an international water-resources and flood-management consultant, author Richard W. Paulson discovers many new and interesting </description><source>GlobeNewswire via Yahoo!</source></item><item><title>Entourage Opens e-Book Store For e-Reader/Netbook</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96384877&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T10:51:00</pubDate><description>MCLEAN, VA.  The e-book store at www.entourage.com will include more than 1 million free e-books in the public domain (digitized by Google) and hundreds of thousands of trade and professional e-book titles </description><source>TWICE</source></item><item><title>Dubai Book Fair writes new chapter in publishing rights</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96374733&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:34:00</pubDate><description>Dubai will soon have an international rights trading centre, which will serve as a dedicated trading platform to buy and sell publishing rights in the Arab World.</description><source>Zawya.com</source></item><item><title>Amazon is selling the Lenovo S10-2 netbook with a floral finish</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96373085&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:17:00</pubDate><description>Category: new notebook models Customers can choose from five colour schemes, two of which are called 'floral sea' and 'nature' Decorated notebooks and netbooks seem to be in demand, as an increasing number </description><source>Notebookcheck</source></item><item><title>Author Challenges Faith-based ClichÃ©s In A Little Book With A Lofty Goal</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96367151&amp;Channel_ID=53&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T03:48:00</pubDate><description>Debby Chaddick thought she had achieved a healthy integration of faith, intellect and overall health. That perception slammed into an immovable barrier when she was diagnosed with a chronic pain disorder. </description><source>PRLog</source></item></channel></rss>