The majority of booksellers’ profitability has not been hit by the increase in the minimum wage which was implemented in April 2016. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has nearly doubled its stake in newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises, the parent company of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Lee's shares jumped nearly 20 percent on the news Wednesday, closing at $1 ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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Sales of London-themed Olympic 2012 books shot up 21% last week, as booksellers reported a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publishing giant behind the Daily Mail is entering the travel arena with a bookings site. MailTravel.co.uk is described as offering a “robust new sales distribution channel to existing and new suppliers”. A& ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the app market evolves, a publisher’s success is measured less by the number of downloads and more by the engagement level and number of returning customers. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ebook store market may be dominated by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple, but a few independent online ebookstores, patterned after bricks-and-mortar retailers, have carved out a lucrative niche. Some were emboldened as far back as 2003, when Barnes & Noble.com initially exited the... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sainsbury's enters the digital books marketplace by buying HMV's stake in Anobii, an online retailer of ebooks, for just £1. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A “battle philosophy” is what agent-turned-entrepreneur Joe Regal said drove him to launch Zola Books, the new ebook retailer he, along with a handful of authors and tech industry veterans, recently unveiled. Regal is the first to admit that he never saw himself running a startup, much less... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones and W H Smith have been shortlisted for the retailer of the year category at this... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LS Travel Retail UK & Ireland has opened a new UK shop at London's Cannon Street Station... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Major retailers are already discounting J K Rowling's forthcoming The Casual Vacancy by 50%... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble is continuing to meet with international publishers to hammer out agreements... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The British Retail Consortium's (BRC) sales monitor for March has revealed "some... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An 18-month study into the future of retail in the age of digital technologies has been launched... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic-book nerds are about to have it all. Beginning this month, all new Marvel releases are available digitally the same day they hit shelves. But the real feat is this: Comic-book stores will be on board with the change, too. That's because Marvel has spent years developing its strategy,... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers have called on retailers to come up with creative new paperback promotions in stores... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retailers have welcomed the "huge news" J K Rowling is to publish her first novel for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retailers have welcomed the "huge news" J K Rowling is to publish her first novel for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst owned Spanish-language weekly La Voz is going to increase its circulation from 100,000 to 150,000 in the second half of 2012. La Voz is published by The Houston Chronicle “in the first quarter we are launching Phase 1 which is a re-a ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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