The retiring B&N chairman reflects on his years in the bookselling business, and the big changes that have reshaped the chain in the past decade. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
After purchasing Inkwood Books in Tampa, Fla., a little over two years ago, Stefani Beddingfield is getting her family into the bookselling business. Her sister Julie, who is based in the Northeast, will be opening a second location of the store in New Jersey. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
In her more than 25 years in the bookselling business in Barbados, there isn’t much that Beverly Smith-Hinkson hasn’t done. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Another New England bookstore has put itself on the market. David Didriksen announced that he is retiring from the bookselling business and selling 18-year-old Willow Books and Café in Acton, Mass. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
It might seem only reasonable for independents to gloat, at least a little, now that one of their biggest competitors, Borders Book Group, which had 1,249 stores in 2003, has begun closing its remaining 399 stores. But the response from indies to Borders's demise has been muted by the potential... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]