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Indigo Third Quarter Profits Down
Indigo, Canada's largest book retailer, reported Q3 revenues that were up slightly, but profits were down from the previous year.
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ABA's IndieCommerce Site Dropping Amazon Publishing Titles
On Wednesday the American Booksellers Association's for-profit subsidiary, IndieCommerce, began removing all Amazon titles from its database.
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Seneca's The Booksmith Up For Sale
The Booksmith, a literary fixture of Seneca, S.C., has just been put up for sale by co-owners Alan and Patricia Lightweis, who plan to retire after more than two decades behind the counter.
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Algonquin Launches “Lucky 7” E-book Promotion
Algonquin Books in Chapel Hill is looking to spread the e-book love to indies with a marketing promotion that kicks off just in time for Valentine's Day, 7 e-books for 7 days at $1.99.
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Curious George Returns to Harvard Square
The Curious George store in Harvard Square Cambridge, Mass., will reopen on April 28, with a new name, new owners, and a different product mix, all dedicated to the mischievous monkey.
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Obituary: Liberation Bookstore Founder Una Mulzac
Bookseller Una Mulzac (1923-2012), founder of the Harlem’s Liberation Bookstore on West 131st Street in New York City, died late last month at the age of 88.
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R. J. Julia for Sale
Following the example of iconic bookstores like New England Mobile Book Fair and Politics & Prose, 22-year-old R.J. Julia is putting itself on the selling block.
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Obituary: Hudson News Founder Robert B. Cohen
The man who grew the Hudson News chain from a single store in LaGuardia Airport in 1987 to roughly 600 stores in the U.S. and Canada, Robert B. Cohen, died; he was 86.
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News Briefs: Week of February 6, 2012
Results Down at McGraw-Hill Ed and more.
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Now and Then Jumps into Digital Short Pool
In early 2011, Amazon launched Kindle Singles, and among those who saw the potential of the short-form digital content model were Chandos Erwin, managing director of the digital agency Oatmeal Beach, and Ivan Dee, chief editor of Quadrangle Books and then founder of Ivan R. Dee Inc. (now an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield).
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Is the Time Right for Bundling?
In a world where people increasingly consume their content on multiple platforms, questions are swirling about why publishers are not allowing readers easy access to both digital and print. (Studies show that most e-book readers also buy print books.)
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Looking for Riches in Niches
With the closing of Outwrite Books in Atlanta late last month and the impending closing of True Colors (formerly Amazon Bookstore Cooperative) in Minneapolis, some in bookselling circles have begun to question whether niche bookstores can survive. Twenty years ago, specialty stores were seen as a strategy to face the onslaught of the chains. “The niche has been completely our salvation,” says Richard Goldman, co-owner of 21-year-old Mystery Lovers Bookshop in Oakmont, Pa. “While it’s not a universal cure-all, it was key to our strategy.” Although many specialty bookstores have closed, others are finding success by shifting their focus, broadening their inventory, and adding more events. And some are growing. Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego, Calif., opened a second location in Redondo Beach last fall; Idlewild Books in New York City added an outpost in Brooklyn last month; and A Room of One’s Own in Madison, Wis., is moving to a new space in July, doubling in size.
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Books-A-Million Won't Carry Amazon Titles
Books-A-Million has joined with Barnes & Noble and will not carry Amazon Publishing titles, including those published under Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s New Harvest imprint, a BAM executive confirmed to PW.
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Next Chapter to Open in Vermont
Barre, Vt., won't be without a bookstore for long. Next Chapter plans to open in mid-February in the space vacated by Barre Books, which closed at the end of the year.
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Calling Booksellers! Will You Carry Amazon's Titles?
In light of B&N's announcement that they will not stock titles published by Amazon, PW wants to know whether booksellers out there will be following suit.
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B&N Will Not Stock Titles Published By Amazon
Barnes & Noble has had a policy of not carrying Amazon Publishing titles in its stores unless it has access to the e-book editions and last week's announcement that HMH will be publishing and distributing some Amazon titles has not made the retailer change its mind.
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Textbook Renting Rises
The number of college stores renting textbooks over the past two years has risen from about 300 in the fall of 2009 to 2,200 in fall of 2010, to 2,560 in fall of 2011, according to the National Association of College Stores.
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"Kepler's 2020" To Emerge as Prototype of Community Bookstore of the Future
The Kepler's Transition Team has been created to launch "Kepler's 2020" and transform the historic bookstore into a community-owned-and-operated indie business model.
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Bodhi Tree Is Coming Back
The Bodhi Tree Bookstore, which closed its doors after 41 years at the end of December, has been sold and will re-emerge near its former West Hollywood location on Melrose Avenue.
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Spring Launch for Bookish
At a brief presentation at Digital Book World, new Bookish CEO Caroline Marks said the launch for the Web site is now expected to come this spring. The site had originally hoped to start last fall; Marks took over for Bookish's first CEO, Paulo Lemgruber, in October.
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