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Barnes & Noble Education has released results for the first and second quarters of their 2026 fiscal year, after delays due to an investigation into incorrect reporting. In the first half, ended November 1, sales grew 7.7 percent to $932.6 million, just shy of the expectations the company released in November. Net income and Adjusted EBITDA fell within their expected ranges: Net income was $6.7 million, compared to a loss of $60.8 million the previous year. Adjusted EBITDA was $38.3 million, up 13 percent. Comparable store sales grew 6 percent and First Day programs were up 29 percent. “Building on …
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Lisa Reit's THE WAITRESS, pitched as THE GUEST meets THE LOST DAUGHTER, about an acclaimed writer's unraveling after her husband pays a waitress from the town cafe to disappear, a confounding act he doesn't explain—even as it unleashes a torrent of shocking consequences and betrayals, to Margo Shickmanter at Avid Reader Press, at auction, by Danya Kukafka at Trellis Literary Management (NA). Rights also to Sophie Missing at Scribner UK (UK). Rights: Allison Malecha at Trellis Literary Management … read more
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