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BookPeople Launches E-Reader Service
BookPeople in Austin, Tex., just started a service giving e-reader owners a “one-on-one opportunity to learn the ins and outs of reading digitally and independently” with an in-store e-book expert who teaches customers how to find and purchase e-books from bookpeople.com.
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It's Official: MIBA and GLiBA Will Hold Joint Show
MIBA and GLiBA have made it official: they will hold a joint show in Minneapolis October 3-5, and call it the Heartland Fall Forum.
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WORD to Open in Jersey City in Late Spring
Six-year-old WORD in Brooklyn is looking to expand across the Hudson late this spring with a new bookstore/cafe in Jersey City, N.J., next to the Grove Street PATH station.
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Verso Survey Finds Room for Indie Branded e-Readers
According to a new survey from Verso Digital on consumer book-buying behavior, if independent bookstores marketed their own e-reader device--comparable in price and features to the Nook, Kindle, and Sony Reader--roughly 28% of respondents would be likely to buy it.
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Best of Times Going Through Worst of Times
Best of Times Bookstore and Cafe in Red Wing, Minn. announced that it is closing its doors at the end of January, its owner citing a weak economy and competition from Amazon.
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Zutaut Grows Bargain Book Enterprises
Former Strictly By-the-Book v-p of sales Jason Zutaut is using a combination of bargain book wholesale and retail to carve a profitable path through today’s economic landscape.
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Another Makeover for B&N
Barnes & Noble has undergone lots of changes since Len Riggio first took over the bookstore chain in 1965, and it is heading toward what could be its most dramatic makeover since Riggio bought the B. Dalton chain. Although it is far from certain what will happen, B&N is in the early stages of evaluating the possible spinoff of its Nook business. In its announcement last week, B&N said it was considering reporting Nook has a separate business segment while also “pursuing strategic exploratory work to separate the Nook business.”
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Books Soft at Target
Target reported that December sales of books, along with movies, music and electronics, were below expectations, contributing to a weaker than expected holiday season.
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Canadian Indie Booksellers’ Christmas Sales Held Steady
Despite pressures, Canadian indie booksellers Christmas sales mostly hold at 2010 levels.
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Wimpy, Hungry Holiday Titles Keep Cash Registers Ringing
The closing of hundreds of Borders bookstores in September and a strong list of new children’s titles as well as perennial favorites, including Harry Potter, made this one of the best holiday seasons in recent memory for many bricks-and-mortar children’s specialty bookstores.
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Barnes & Noble May Spin Off Nook Business
Barnes & Noble could be a very different company one year from now. Following a report in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal that B&N is looking to sell Sterling Publishing, the company disclosed Thursday morning that it is considering spinning off its Nook business into its own company.
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Prairie Pages South Dakota's 2012 Retailer of the Year
Prairie Pages Bookseller in Pierre named South Dakota's 2012 retailer of the year.
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Chelsea Green Goes Commission
After trying to represent its own books for the past six years, Chelsea Green Publishing is moving back to commission reps. Starting this week with the spring 2012 list, five groups will carry the Vermont-based publisher’s books in their bags.
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Kansas City Holds Onto Mystery Bookstore, Gets Another
Kansas City mystery bookstore stays open, but another mystery bookstore is slated to open nearby.
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Strong Finish to a Tough Year
Three stores in PW’s informal coast-to-coast survey of bookstores—Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Mass.; Beaverdale Books in Des Moines, Iowa; and Skylight Books in Los Angeles—called this their best holiday season ever.
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Feminist Bookstore True Colors To Close in February
True Colors Bookstore in Minneapolis, Minn., called "the oldest independent feminist bookstore in North America," will close at the end of February "barring a miracle," according to owner Ruta Skujins.
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Ivy Bookshop to Change Hands at Year’s End
Almost exactly a decade after it was founded, The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore, Md., is starting a new chapter.
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Epicurious Offers Digital Cookbooks
This week Epicurious.com began offering 75 Random House e-cookbooks by bestselling authors like Bobby Flay, Alice Waters, and Lidia Bastianich, ranging in price from $10.99 to $24.99.
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Be One of the Five Thousand
Independent publisher Dan Simon, who runs Seven Stories Press, offers a way for consumers to empower bricks-and-mortar booksellers during this holiday season.
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Borders Creditors to Get About 10 Cents on the Dollar
With this morning's court approval of Borders's liquidation plan and the sale of its Kobo interest and IP addresses, publishers will do better than expected in terms of recouping their losses with the bankrupt chain. While Borders originally anticipated paying 4¢ to 10¢ on the dollar to creditors, it will likely be at the high end and could even exceed that, according to attorney Andrew Glenn.
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