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- Trump sues New York Times, Penguin Random House for defamation, seeks $15 billion www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
- Barnes & Noble just annced plans acquire Books Inc., the longtime Bay Area brick-and-mortar bookseller. Books Inc. has filed a motion asking the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California to allow sale of its assets to an affiliate of B&N Booksellers, Inc., for $3.25 million.
- If the acquisition is approved, the 174-year-old Books Inc. will preserve its independent identity. Books Inc. will continue to trade under its brand name, preserving the company’s seven neighborhood store locations, together with two stores operated at San Francisco International Airport.
- Breaking news! Jonathan Karp to step down as CEO of Simon & Schuster and launch the company's newest imprint, Simon Six.
- "Our friends, Alison Reid and John Evans, lost their home in the devastating Palisades Fire. Alison and John have enhanced their communities with each of the Diesel Bookstores and now Camino Books in Del Mar." Please help if you can gofund.me/10d52f53
- Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81
- A classic from @harvardbookstore.bsky.social
