Among the authors of popular songs of self: Keith Richards, Patti Smith, Steven Tyler, Sammy Hagar and Ozzy Osbourne.
If they close those physical sites, that would be a wonderful opportunity for smaller independents." - A group of publishing rock stars commented in an article in the New York Times on the strong sales of rock star memoirs in the past few years. They are finding it difficult to justify the existence of their huge brick-and-mortar stores. The big-box stores are focusing on e-commerce. "There was even talk about forming a cooperative to run the business." Despite her store's closing, Cantrell said that she believes "in the next few years we are going to see a resurgence of independent bookstores, precisely because of the advent of e-books and online commerce. "A group on Facebook launched an effort to save the store," the paper wrote. I would like less stress and more free time to visit grandchildren." Cantrell there had been much interest in buying the store, "but no firm offers," and she had explored alternatives to closing. "I love running the store, but I don't want to do it as many hours. "I would like to have more free time," Cantrell told the paper. The 90-year-old bookstore that sells new, used and rare books is owned by Kathleen Cantrell, who bought it from her father in 1979. If fact, stop reading this post before you're spoiled on which characters are still alive." - The Erie Book Store, Erie, Pa., is closing at the end of August when the store's lease expires, according to the Erie Times-News. You will be totally confused and will have missed out on a ton of great storytelling. Question number one: "Can I read Dance with Dragons if I have only watched the HBO series Game of Thrones?" Answer: "No. Martin's novel A Dance with Dragons, which will be released tomorrow. An Amazon tablet will use the same playbook." - Entertainment Weekly's Shelf Life blog answered " 10 burning fan questions" about George R.R. The Kindle with Special Offers has ads and can go even lower on price. "Amazon can offer cheap Kindles because it can make up sales on e-book sales. DigiTimes cited information obtained from "upstream component suppliers for non-iPad tablet PCs" in noting that Amazon's demand for touch panels is "likely to reach two million units for the August-September period" and shipments of tablet PCs to Amazon "are expected to reach 1 to 1.2 million units by a conservative estimate in the third quarter." "Welcome to the subsidized tablet," ZDNet observed.
Amazon's expectations for its upcoming tablet keep getting higher.
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