Indie booksellers invited to complete 2020 Christmas trading survey

Indie bookshops in the UK and Ireland are invited to complete The Bookseller’s annual Christmas trading survey.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 20:16:26 UTC ]
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Gardners abandons Christmas catalogue

Gardners will not produce its own consumer-facing Christmas catalogue this year, but will instead... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tablet Adoption Lowers Reading of Physical Books, Newspapers, Survey Shows

More than half of tablet adopters are reading books and other media on their tablet screens instead of relying on paper. Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2012-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Angry Robot to support indies with ebook scheme

Angry Robot has set up an ebook initiative to support independent bookshops, with the scheme... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Record number of indies join IBW

More retailers than ever before are taking part in Independent Booksellers Week (starting... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's indies avoid the brunt of the downturn

The schools market, events and consumer loyalty are all helping protect the children’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book library borrowing rate is low, Pew survey finds

E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library, deterred by a limited selection and by not even knowing whether their local branch offers e-releases, according to a new study. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trade predicts a Grey summer

Retailers and publishers are predicting a grey summer, with Cornerstone’s E L James... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Core range being remaindered', say indies

The thorny issue of remainders has been raised once more by independents concerned at the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indies continue to decline on high street

Booksellers Association chief executive Tim Godfray has renewed calls for publishers to "... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo, Hive and Anobii pitch ebook options to indies

Independent bookshops are to have access to Kobo ebook devices, a Hive-sourced ebook tablet and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DoJ settlement 'would injure booksellers', says B&N

Barnes & Noble has said the Department of Justice's proposed settlement with... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trade upbeat for Jubilee

Booksellers have been decking their shop windows with Union Jacks, and publishers rushing out... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury: ebooks at 9% of adult trade sales in 2010/11

E-books accounted for 9% of Bloomsbury's adult trade sales overall across the 12 months to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK bookseller Waterstones to start selling Kindles

The UK's biggest bookstore chain has announced that it will start selling Kindles alongside other digital services from Amazon. Waterstones stores will let Kindle owners digitally browse books in-store and link up with special offers, tying into the chain's plans for substantial renovations that... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shock as trade absorbs Waterstones/Amazon alliance

  Publishers have given sharply divided reactions to news released this morning (21st May... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trade must help bookshops compete in e-world

Booksellers must address their "toxic" real estate and band together to compete in an... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Octogenarian wins Indie Foreign Fiction Prize

Octogenarian Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld has won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper & Foyles triumph at Bookseller Awards

HarperCollins claimed this year’s prestigious Publisher of the Year accolade at the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An indie bookstore 'saved by a tweet'

Broadway Books in Portland, Oregon, saved from shutting its doors when the owner's son tweeted a plea to help save it, is now celebrating its 20th birthday. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Web Journey Complete, FT Switching Off iOS App

The Financial Times is preparing to kill off its iPad and iPhone app for good, signalling its final conversion from executable-app to web-app publishing. The news publisher launched a HTML5 web app and pulled its iOS app off iTunes Store in mid-2011 ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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