The retail giant will shut its bookstore in San Jose and Walnut Creek, as well as it its 4-star stores in Burlingame, Berkeley and Corte Madera as part of a company-wide brick-and-mortar reset. Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2022-03-02 23:22:50 UTC ]
As much as 75 percent of the Russian book industry's usual domestic profits may be lost during the closures of physical bookstores in the pandemic. The post Coronavirus Worklife: Russian Publishers See Bookstore Sales Plummet appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-05-08 14:11:48 UTC ]
Physical book sales in Sweden are falling but the take-up of digital subscription services is on the rise, leading to a boost in revenue during 2019, new figures show. Statistics published by trade magazine Svensk Bokhandel showed sales nudged up 1.1% by value and 4.9% by volume in 2019... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-18 15:14:31 UTC ]
A number of industry members have gotten together to form Love Your Bookstore, a campaign aimed to help draw attention to all physical bookstores as the holiday shopping season begins. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The pace of openings for Amazon's physical bookstores has ramped up. Here's a map of every existing and announced location. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Offering beer, wine, or coffee in bookstores is part of an ongoing effort by physical retailers to find new ways to attract consumers to physical bookstores and keep them there. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
New stores with cafés that serve beer and wine are part of the chain’s plans to boost its bottom line. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Opinions were mixed about what Amazon's rumored plans to open more physical bookstores could mean for the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The German Bookseller and Publishers Association presents statistics for the German book market 2014. Sales are up in nonfiction and at physical bookstores. The post German Book Market 2014: Nonfiction Up, Overall Sales Down appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week's edition looks at how online author communities promote members' books, the pros and cons of physical bookstores, and the steadily growing Kindle market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The question of how readers will discover books that they didn't already plan to buy has been growing in importance in the book industry as more sales move from physical bookstores to online retailers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
As publishers worry about the shrinking number of physical bookstores, Levy Home Entertainment is making the case that mass merchants will be a viable alternative not only to showcase books but to sell them as well. In a presentation at the Book Industry Study Group's May 5 "Making Information... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble, through its combination of physical bookstores and bn.com, remained the largest outlet for the sale of trade books in 2010. That was one of the first findings from Bowkers annual rollup of its monthly book consumer tracking program, PubTrack Consumer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]