Sales at the U.K. bookstore chain rose 17% in the year ended April 2024, and profits soared from £12.0 million, to £32.8 million. The return to offices by employees and increased tourism led to higher sales at stores in London and other cities. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Len Riggio, who revolutionized bookselling—first by turning Barnes & Noble into the dominant bookstore chain in the United States, then by opening hundreds of superstores—died on August 27 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
The 35-year veteran has been tapped to oversee operations and revitalize the Denver-based bookstore chain in the wake of its bankruptcy and acquisition by Barnes & Noble. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
By large majorities, Indigo shareholders approved the sale of the Canadian bookstore chain to private equity firms controlled by Canadian billionaire Gerald Schwartz, an Indigo board member and the husband of Indigo founder and CEO Heather Reisman. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Isobel Abulhoul, who founded the Emirates LitFest and Magrudy’s bookstore chain, focuses on turning children into readers. The post The Power of Books: Isobel Abulhoul on Engaging Young Readers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-22 21:55:50 UTC ]
During 'Bologna week,' Publishing Perspectives learned that the Italian distributor Emmelibri-Messaggerie and the bookstore chain Libraccio are engaged in a merger after many years of cooperation. The post Italy’s Messaggerie-Libraccio Alliance: A Shift in Ownership appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-12 22:11:07 UTC ]
The buyout offer is expected to close in June, when Indigo will be removed from Toronto's stock market, the company going private. The post Canada’s Indigo Bookstore Chain Agrees to a Buyout Offer appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-03 21:44:05 UTC ]
Mitchell Kaplan has been an influential fixture in publishing since he founded the bookstore chain Books & Books in Miami in 1982. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
As the bookstore chain mounts a comeback, it’s breaking a cardinal rule of corporate branding and store design: consistency. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-10-17 15:29:03 UTC ]
Libri Group’s takeover by Mathias Corvinus Collegium raises fears of crackdown on literary freedomsThe takeover of Hungary’s largest publishing house and bookstore chain by a private foundation with close ties to the country’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has prompted walkouts from authors who... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-06-23 11:38:44 UTC ]
Canada's largest bookstore chain says it won't pay ransom to the online group claiming responsibility for the cyberattack that stole at least some personal data of current and former employees of Indigo Books & Music, and which likely caused... Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2023-03-02 02:09:18 UTC ]
The bookstore chain has announced the first-ever BookTok Festival will be held at its flagship store in New York City's Union Square on February 4. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
Mitchell Kaplan, owner of Books & Books bookstore chain in Miami, has launched HUBB — Helping Ukrainian Books and Booksellers. Together with a group of literary friends and booksellers, HUBB is sending its first grant of $10,000 this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
We look back on our 1991 survey of the bookstore chain landscape, when 11 corporations operated a total of 3,300 outlets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Half Price Books, a Texas-based company, has firmly established itself as the nation’s third-largest bookstore chain with 121 stores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
We look back at the liquidation of Crown Books, which was once the third-largest bookstore chain in the U.S. before its closure in 2001. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
Driven by an increase in its physical stores, sales at Indigo Books & Music increased 17.4% in the fiscal year ended April 2, 2022, over fiscal 2021, rising to C$1.06 billion. Canada’s largest bookstore chain had an operating profit of C$29 million, compared to a loss of C$31.9 million in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones, the U.K. bookstore chain owned and overseen by the same team—Elliott Advisors and James Daunt—that runs Barnes & Noble has acquired Blackwell's that operates 18 U.K. bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
Customers have reported days of disruption to the Nook e-reader service, as well as other systems that the company said have since been restored. After users reported issues with Nook e-reader book access for days, with Barnes & Noble saying Monday that a “system failure” was interrupting... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2020-10-14 17:46:15 UTC ]
Pandemic Dispatches Elena Poniatowska In this column that originally appeared in La Jornada, Elena Poniatowska considers the role of editors and talks with Diego Rabasa, founder of publisher Sexto Piso. Already precarious, the pandemic lockdown has made... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-06-03 21:05:48 UTC ]