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Nothing has challenged bricks-and-mortar bookstores to reconsider their physical space and what they carry more than the recession and the rise of ebooks. Recently, two independents announced that they will reduce their space. Third Street Books in McMinnville, Ore., which expanded in 2006, is... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google has told UK bookshops that it is shutting its reseller programme, and has invited the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dutch investment company ProCures has bought all 16 branches of upmarket book chain Selexyz.... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google will end its Google eBooks reseller program which allowed independent bookstores to sell ebooks through Google's platform. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google said the program, which allowed independent bookstores to sell ebooks through their Web sites, was not a success. Bookstores said it was a valuable platform that allowed them to give customers something they wanted. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The nation's independent bookstores got another bit of bad news Thursday: Google Inc.is closing the books on them. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Big Green Bookshop in Wood Green, London, is to have its own "writer in residence... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The future of two long-lived campus bookshops serving the universities of Leicester and... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tensions between academic booksellers and publishers are likely to heighten following the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Willesden Bookshop is searching for new premises after Brent council plans to develop the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales fell 0.8% in 2011, the slowest rate of decline since bookstore sales peaked at $17.18 billion in 2007, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Since 2007, bookstore sales declined a total of 9.6%. The modest drop in 2011 comes with one big caveat—December... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wesley Owen has announced it may close all but one of its chain of Christian bookshops, saying... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones is to open a Russian-language "bookshop" within its flagship London... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In business for a total of 122 years, four well-known African-American–owned bookstores—Eso Won (22 years); Hue-Man (10 years); Marcus Book Stores (52 years); and the Shrine of the Black Madonna Cultural Center & Bookstore (37 years)—are no strangers to economic ups and downs. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The team behind the successful book Change the World for a Fiver has launched a free newspaper... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first category of this year's Bookseller Industry Awards opens next week, with... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first category of this year's Bookseller Industry Awards opens next week, with... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beginning January 1, HarperCollins will be using Ingram Publisher Services/Spring Arbor as its exclusive distributor to the Christian market. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 11/11/2011 - 07:25 The former owner of Maher the Bookseller, which went out of business in June after 16 years trading, has opened another bookshop selling titles for up to 50% off r.r.p. Tony Maher, who used to own his former business in the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 11/11/2011 - 07:35 The Booksellers Association is calling for the end of tax and business rate concessions for charity bookshops, saying that they represent "unfair competition" to high street booksellers. The call comes amid claims... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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