Ingram has undergone tremendous change since it was founded in 1970 as a book wholesaler, becoming a thriving $2 billion operation due to its willingness to embrace new opportunities—and to its chairman, John Ingram, for leading it through such a remarkable transformation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
Sanford “Sandy” Jaffe, founder and CEO The Booksource, a book wholesaler and bindery focused on the education and library market, died September 12, He was 80. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers and publishers have described the potential merger of Eason with book wholesaler and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bertrams has appointed an international sales director to support the book wholesaler’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 20/10/2011 - 09:00 Bertrams' sales and operating profit has dropped marginally in the last year while the book wholesaler said its merger with Dawson Books will increase revenues by a third. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 09/06/2011 - 15:21 The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a merger inquiry after Smiths News Plc bought Dawson Holdings for £20m. The deal, which will see Dawson Holdings' division combine with Bertrams and provide the book wholesaler... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's not unusual for bookstores to have cafés, so perhaps it's only to be expected that a book wholesaler might want to get into food service, or one of its partners would. That's the case for Bookazine COO Richard Kallman, who recently added a new title, CEO of CupcakeStop. Kallman, who had... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 06/04/2011 - 09:13 Gardners will look to create a mobile phone app for Hive after its official launch. The book wholesaler has been working with e-consultancy firm Tangent One to build the Hive website, which will sell books directly to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]