5 Ways Amazon Changed Shopping in the 2010s

If it wasn't for Amazon, we might still be buying books at bookstores or at least from another website. Barnes and Noble could still be independent. Borders might still be around. Your mom and pop could possibly eke out an honest living as independent booksellers. And so on. Click here to read more. But, since... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2019-12-23 12:00:31 UTC ]
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Mikyla Bruder Steps Up at Amazon Publishing

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Mirror Books will publish a guide to reducing your carbon footprint from ITV meteorologist and climate change expert Laura Tobin.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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You Won’t Find the Hardcover of Dave Eggers’s Next Novel on Amazon

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ALA Working Group Calls for Change in the Library E-book Market

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[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-28 04:43:18 UTC ]
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