B&N will cut up to a third of its brick-and-mortar stores, slowly and carefully over 10 years. Bookseller Barnes & Noble has said it expects to shut up to a third of its real-world stores. CEO Mitchell Klipper has confirmed the plans in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. But underlining the considered nature of the closures, Klipper said they would happen slowly over 10 years, reducing the store count by about 20 every year down to about 450 or 500. While that sounds terrible, and will impact retail staff employment, it's a careful and considered reaction to the inevitable decline in in-person buying of goods, thanks to the Net, and of the rise of the ebook at the expense of the printed one. Klipper is confident of his business plan, and has been expanding B&N's digital book business to compensate. British book and newspaper retailer W.H. Smith, now over 220 years old and recently championed for its success, may be a role model.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2013-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In an interview with TMZ on Sunday, Matt Barnes was questioned about his relationship with Rihanna. "Rihanna is my friend right now, so we'll see where it goes," Barnes said. Barnes went on to say that there "possibly" could be a future with her, adding that they're "just past the crush stage."... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rihanna called out NBA star Matt Barnes on Sunday for instigating rumors that they were dating. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Both the NEIBA and NAIBA boards contacted the ABA's board to express their dissatisfaction with ABA's IndieCommerce platform, which lacks many of the features that online shoppers have come to expect. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hummingbird Digital Media is the latest company to try to develop a system that will allow booksellers to sell ebooks and digital audio directly to consumers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Family Christian Stores will remain open after a creditor-approved sale to FC Acquisition. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Steve Hamilton, who made waves earlier this week by essentially firing his longtime publisher, St. Martin's Press, over complaints about its lackluster plans to market his forthcoming book, has signed a new four-book deal with G.P. Putnam's Sons. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retailers have praised the 2015 Man Booker Prize longlist as “excellent” and containing a “rather lovely mix” of publishers. However literary agent David Godwin has said the dominance of US writers on the list means people's “worst fears have come to pass”. The longlist was announced yesterday... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Over the past several years, the Clippers and the Memphis Grizzlies have become rivals, their games filled with tough, physical, chippy play. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Keep up to date with the Family Christian's bankruptcy with PW's ongoing coverage, from the initial filings to the latest proposed deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Why are we still getting humans to do the work of computers?" Regular FutureBook contributor Emma Barnes of Bibliocloud and Snowbooks sees paperclip-and-pencil jobs in publishing as where industry newcomers get off on the wrong foot. And she follows the meager money upstairs to find little... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Family Christian Stores aims to land under new ownership by Aug. 11 in order to recover from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The e-commerce site is 20 years old this week. So what influence has it really had on the retail and internet industries?It was originally billed as “Earth’s Biggest Bookstore” and featured over one million titles. Twenty years later it boasts over 270m active accounts and claims to have more... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Led by sales of comics, revenue at Diamond Distributors rose 10% in the first half of 2015 over the same period in 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles Book Search is a unique app that enables customers to find the location of a physical book within the confines of Foyle's Charing Cross bookstore. The post Foyles Finds the Future With an App for In-store Searches appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Passwords are, by many accounts, quickly going the way of the dodo. And while many sites now allow users to log in via social media, they're not always a viable option. That's why (as an alternative to logging in via Facebook or Twitter) blog-publish... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In partnership with AdvantageCS, Folio: surveyed more than 100 publishers on their Web store efforts. The post Finding Success With Online Stores appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retailers that trade in quickly produced, mass-market clothing have been running circles around iconic legacy brands like American Apparel, Abercrombie & Fitch, J. Crew and the Gap lately. Among the most prolific so-called fast-fashion brands is H&M. The Swedish retailer has mastered the... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On June 18, Barnes & Noble will be holding "Page & Screen" discussion events about Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' at all stores nationwide, in anticipation of the release of Lee's second novel, 'Go Set a Watchman,' on July 14. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Consolidation in the campus store sector has begun in advance of B&N's spinoff of its higher education sector. With its purchase of Nebraska Book Company's retail store division, Follett will have more than 1,150 college stores. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles new c.e.o Paul Currie has said the company’s new Birmingham store will be its “model of the future.” Speaking at former c.e.o Sam Husain’s retirement party last night (8th June), which also celebrated the first anniversary of the new Foyles flagship store on Charing Cross Road, Currie... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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