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Algonquin Expands “Lucky 7”
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill is adding one more week to its Lucky 7 e-book promotion. Starting in March seven books will be discounted for 14 days.
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Bookseller Urges Colleagues to Support IPG
A Michigan bookseller is urging other booksellers to take a public stand in the IPG/Amazon standoff over terms.
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Google Drops Bookstore Affiliates
After a two-week pause in its affiliate program, Google dropped a number of affiliates that sell Google eBooks, including some independent booksellers.
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Nebraska Book Company Gets Extension on Reorg
With the granting of a second extension, Nebraska Book Company now has until April 23 to create a plan to emerge from the pre-arranged bankruptcy it entered in June.
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Rafter Expands Platform Capabilities
On the eve of CAMEX, the edtech giant announced three new programs aimed at extending the capabilities of its platform for book supply, textbook rental, and course adoptions.
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IPG Stands Firm on Terms with Amazon
IPG president Mark Suchomel told his distribution clients that Amazon has failed to renew its agreement with IPG to sell Kindle titles.
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What’s Up with the Google Affiliate Program?
With no prior announcement Google stopped accepting applications for affiliates to its Google eBooks program two weeks ago.
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That Bookstore Next on the Block
In what’s starting to seem like a trend for long-established bookstores, 36-year-old That Bookstore in Blytheville, Ark., is for sale.
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B&N Sales Rise, Earnings Fall; New Tablet Announced
Total sales increased 5% in the third quarter ended January 28 at Barnes & Noble, to $2.44 billion, but continued investment in digital products dropped net income in the quarter to $52.0 million from $60.6 million.
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E-book Reading 10% of Canada's National Book Count
Canada's second National Book Count shows e-books at 10% of a healthy reading culture.
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Eso Won Books to Move Following Sale of Building
Following sale of building, Eso Won Books In Los Angeles to move to smaller space at half the rent on same block.
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Bookstore Sales Slipped in 2011
Bookstore sales fell 0.8% in 2011, the slowest rate of decline since bookstore sales peaked at $17.18 billion in 2007, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Since 2007, bookstore sales declined a total of 9.6%. The modest drop in 2011 comes with one big caveat—December bookstore sales fell 15.6%, by far the largest decline of the year.
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Kitson Stacks Up the Books
When Fraser Ross opened his first trendy Kitson clothing and accessories store in West Hollywood in 2001, it was a magnet for celebrities and the paparazzi that stalked them, a most unlikely retail candidate to capture the attention of New York publishers. But one decade and an additional 12 stores later, Kitson has emerged as a valuable specialty outlet for publishers, with book sales topping $1.6 million last year. “Our turn on books is 11 times a year,” says Ross, who moved to Los Angeles from Toronto after establishing himself there as a retailer by running Ice, his first specialty store. “Kitson carries about 400 titles, which might not seem like a lot, but when a book is hot we easily sell 1,000 to 1,500 copies of it. It’s a huge add-on business. Clothing has become risky, but our book sales keep growing. The books at Kitson provide entertainment shopping for the whole family,” Ross says. And sales keep growing; this January the chain sold $100,000 in books, five times more than last January.
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The Evolving Role of the Sales Rep
In the past few years everything about the book business has changed, and with it the role of the rep, or district manager, as many are now known. In part that’s a reflection of how ordering has changed, especially with the increasing adoption of Edelweiss, the interactive publishers’ catalogue service.
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Second Group Makes B&N Investment
The day after Dimensiona Fund Advisors reported a 5.45% stake in Barnes & Noble, Fidelity Management & Research Company, a subsidiary of FMR LLC, has acquired just under a 10% interest in the company by buying just over 6 million shares.
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Bookmasters Adds 6 UK Clients
Bookmasters in Ashland, Oh., is adding Arcturus Publishing, Quintessentially Publishing, House of Stratus, Heni Publishing and Salma Editions, Stripe Publishing, and Management Briefs to its bag.
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Bookstore Sales Plunged in December, Slipped for Year
Bookstore sales dropped 15.6% in December, down 0.8% for year.
Many booksellers reported that the past holiday season was the best in a number of years, but whatever -
Simon & Schuster Joins Edelweiss
Starting yesterday, Simon & Schuster began offering its seasonal catalogs as well as e-galleys through Edelweiss.
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Pittsburgh’s Mystery Lovers for Sale
Twenty-one-year-old Mystery Lovers Bookshop in the Pittsburgh suburbs is the latest well known store to put up a for-sale sign out front.
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Clarification
Thursday evening we changed the headline and opening sentence in our story about the American Booksellers Association’s for-profit IndieCommerce subsidiary delisting Amazon titles. We made the changes at the request of IndieCommerce director Matt Supko, who said that the policy change was made by IndieCommerce personnel. Because the ABA is a nonprofit, it can’t tell its members to carry or not carry a book or books.
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