Amazon to open bookstores in Chicago and Portland

For an independent bookstore, few threats are bigger than Amazon. With its ebook store and brutally competitive print book prices, it can be hard for a family-run business to compete. Well, it's only going to get tougher now that Amazon is expanding... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Fast Company | 2013-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kindle drives Amazon print sales

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Open Road expands European partnerships

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BA's Godfray: Amazon can destroy book trade

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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H&S buys Ee from Amazon

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon attacked for Welsh-language stance

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ PC World | 2013-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lessons From Building A Programmed Bookstore

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[ Fast Company | 2013-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Non-fiction appeals before opening of LBF

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon and US publishers dismiss indie DRM lawsuit

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Picks Up Bibliophilic Social Platform Goodreads

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[ AdWeek | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Buys Book Recommendation Site Goodreads

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[ AllThingsD | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can Government Intervention Save Bookstores? Maybe in France

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US indie Melville House to open British branch

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Engadget | 2013-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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