http://locus-international.com A platform for sharing new English releases by Locus Publishing Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:34:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bloomberg Businessweek has a thought-provoking article on the rise of China, past Japan into the world's economic No. 2 spot, and how Japan might be the model it follows, which may not be the best for China as it would lead to turmoil and disquiet. Bloomberg Businessweek's John Lee ... http://locus-international.com/2010/09/will-china-become-like-japan/ The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the world's most definitive work on the English language, may no longer be printed because of the Internet's negative impact on print book sales. It all boils down to economics: online OED subscribers in America now plunk down $295 annually, while the massive 20 ... http://locus-international.com/2010/09/is-the-oed-dead/ More jolting news about Barnes & Noble in New York. Due to a whopping rent increase, its popular Upper West Side megastore on West 66th Street is closing its doors at the end of January 2011. The four-story store has been a neighborhood fixture since opening in 1995, a ... http://locus-international.com/2010/08/lincoln-center-barnes-noble-to-close/ Mitch Albom, world famous author of the Locus Publishing bestselling books "Tuesdays With Morrie," "The Five People You Meet In Heaven," "For One More Day," and "Have a Little Faith," will be visiting Taiwan this week. On Thursday, September 2nd, Mr. Albom will be giving a lecture entitled, "How One ... http://locus-international.com/2010/08/tuesdays-with-morrie-author-mitch-albom-visits-taiwan/ Evan Osnos, a staff writer in Beijing, reports in his Letter From China blog at The New Yorker magazine that despite the historic news that China has overtaken Japan as the second greatest global economy, Chinese media and even Chinese people in the street have reacted with less than ... http://locus-international.com/2010/08/chinas-take-on-becoming-the-worlds-no-2-economy/ Barnes & Noble failed to change with the times fast enough, according to James B. Stewart at the Wall Street Journal. He sensed "an air of desperation" about their move to sell the bookstore, while company officials explained that the reason for the sale was because its shares weren't valued ... http://locus-international.com/2010/08/a-personal-response-to-why-barnes-noble-fell/ China finally overtakes Japan as the world's number 2 economy. After three decades of robust growth, government calculations on Monday reveal how China has become a new superpower that commands respect from the world. China had already zoomed by Germany, France and Great Britain in the economic ... http://locus-international.com/2010/08/china-the-worlds-new-no-2-economy/ The Shanghai Book Fair 2010 is taking place from August 11-18, 2010 at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. The venue for the Shanghai Book Fair, the Shanghai Exhibition Center (SEC), was established in Shanghai City in 1955, and provides large-scale international and domestic conference and exhibition services. For 40 years, ... http://locus-international.com/2010/08/lectures-at-shanghai-book-fair-2010/ On Tuesday August 3rd, the board members of Barnes & Noble, America's largest bookseller with 720 chain stores across the nation, decided to put the company up for sale. The sale comes as the book business struggles, competing with burgeoning online retailers and the increasing revenue from e-books. Pressure ... http://locus-international.com/2010/08/up-for-sale-u-s-bookseller-barnes-noble/ Today, Amazon.com claimed in the Wall Street Journal (7/20/10) that their e-books were outselling their hardcover books over the past three months. On Thursday July 24th,  Amazon is going to unveil its numbers and we might get a better idea of how e-books have been selling.  A Seattle vendor states ... http://locus-international.com/2010/07/viewpoint-will-e-books-replace-hardcover-books/