New Report Examines the Problem of High Bookstore Rents

A new report looks at what ABA president Betsy Burton calls "the most critical issue" for locally owned businesses. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Bertelsmann: Penguin/HC merger report is 'speculation'

Random House parent company Bertelsmann has called a report surfacing in the German media that it... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BA backs indie's high street shopping campaign

An independent bookseller who launched a campaign to encourage more people to shop on their high... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Asking 'Where's Waldo' helps increase local bookstore business

The 'Find Waldo Local' campaign, held nationwide for the month of July, had customers hunting for Waldo in independent bookstores and businesses. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reinventing the Community Bookstore

Is there a future for independent bookstores in general and Kepler’s Books in particular? That was the question posed by Future Search leaders Sandra Janoff and Michael Pann-witz to nearly 80 booksellers, publishers, distributors, authors, and community supporters who gathered at the Oshman... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Report: consumers switch between print and ebooks

A new study by the Book Industry Study Group says readers are choosing both print and ebooks. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London's high street 'dead' as Games hit trade

Retailers have spoken of “dead” high streets in London as shoppers avoid the West End... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hooper report calls for 'copyright hub'

A government-commissioned report into the feasibility of developing a Digital Copyright Exchange... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Fifty Shades' sex trilogy dominates bestsellers, report says

Booksellers, get out your handcuffs: Roughly one in five physical books sold in the U.S. over most of the spring were the ¿Fifty Shades¿ sex trilogy. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print book sales hit 2012 high

Thanks to the record-breaking popularity of E L James' Fifty Shades trilogy, printed book... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALA Report 2012

It was an upbeat annual conference for the American Library Association in Anaheim, Calif., highlighted by the awarding of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, the ALA’s first-ever book award for adult fiction and nonfiction. But with the release of a new Pew report and a pilot project... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PA welcomes select committee report on Hargreaves

The Publishers Association has welcomed the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sage launches e-bookstore

Academic press Sage has launched an e-bookstore, part of its online social science platform Sage... 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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GfK MRI Spring 2012 Report Reveals a 1.7 Percent Decline in Print Readership

GfK MRI's latest Survey of the American Consumer reveals an unsurprising drop-off in print readership, along with a glimmer of hope from digital editions. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BA: new digital offers for high street

The Booksellers Association's chief executive Tim Godfray has said Kobo, Anobii and Hive will... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daunt: library e-lending "disruptive" to high street

Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has warned that e-lending in libraries will put further pressure on... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-11 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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