Barnes & Noble Inc. said Thursday that a key sales measure rose 1.7% during the holiday season as sales of physical books continued to stabilize. The news sent shares rising 4.6% in premarket... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon Anonymous campaigners hand-deliver giant Christmas card to online retailer’s UK headquarters and call for company to pay workers a living wageDisenchanted shoppers have taken over £5m worth of business away from Amazon this Christmas in protest at the internet retailer’s business... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Light' was published in May but has stayed visible due to acclaim like a nomination for the National Book Awards. Now many independent bookstores say Anthony Doerr's novel is one of their top sellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers are usually tasked with selling books but, in a twist this holiday season, they’ve been invited to write the ending to one. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
German booksellers are facing a nail-biting finish to the holiday season. With end November sales... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
A customer representing the Poarch Band of Creek Indians walked into Barnes & Noble in Spanish Fort, Ala., and bought an entire display in the children's section. As a result, nearly 500 children in the tribe will receive at least one new book this holiday season. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
For anyone struggling with choosing the perfect literary present this holiday season, there’s a large, vocal, and opinionated group that just might be able to help: the more than one million subscribers to the Books category on Reddit, the popular social media Web site. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jennifer Brenninger of the Doylestown Bookshop in Doylestown, Pa., talks about several books she's enjoying handselling during the holiday season. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
If skyrocketing tablet sales and cute videos of babies that confuse magazines for iPads are any indication, touchscreens are the interface of the future. But there's just one problem with that portentous prediction: If it's true, laptop buyers are stuck with one foot in the past. The market... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Welcome to the Engadget holiday gift guide! Picking presents for friends and loved ones is never a simple task, and with thousands of options for each category, buying technology can be an especially frustrating experience. We're here to help. Below you'll find today's bevy of curated picks, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Can you imagine a holiday season without Amazon's e-reader series? The Kindle celebrates its fifth birthday today -- a device that, since its debut, has added bigger screens, slimmer builds, and even some damn decent backlighting. Back at the start, Amazon's first hardware was just a little... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon Prime's trifecta of two-day shipping, instant media streaming and monthly Kindle book rentals just became a little more consumer friendly at a slightly higher price. As a Hacking Netflix reader recently noticed, Amazon is now inviting users to buy into Prime for $7.99 a month, bringing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The addition of 41 former Borders stores helped to give Books-A-Million its best holiday season in years for the quarter ended January 28, 2012, but how well that strategy will play out for the full year isn’t yet clear. While fourth quarter sales rose 10.7%, to just under $167 million,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three stores in PW’s informal coast-to-coast survey of bookstores—Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Mass.; Beaverdale Books in Des Moines, Iowa; and Skylight Books in Los Angeles—called this their best holiday season ever. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cheap new e-readers are expected to be one of the hottest gifts this holiday season. But new owners of Kindles and Nooks may be in for sticker shock on Christmas morning: The price gap between the print and e-versions of some top sellers has now narrowed to within a few dollars -- and in some... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
When the e-reader tablet wars heat up this holiday season, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other companies will be selling their wares to a consumer market that is growing increasingly comfortable with digital reading. According to BISGs final report in volume two of its Consumer Attitudes... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]