-
Old Bookstores, New Challenges
When iconic bookstores like Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., changed hands earlier this year the new owners quickly learned that relying on long-established systems and having a brand name aren’t always enough to ensure a smooth transition.
-
BAM To Open in Fredericksburg
Books-A-Million, which has announced plans to open new stores in four former Borders' location over the last 10 days, said today it will open a new store in Fredericksburg, Vir. at the Spotsylvania Towne Centre, in a spot formerly occupied by Joseph-Beth Booksellers. The Fredericksburg store is tentatively scheduled to open on August 18.
-
June Bookstore Sales Down 1.9%
Bookstore sales ended four months of increases in June, falling for the first time since January, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Sales fell 1.9% in the month, to $1.02 billion.
-
Points of Sale: August 11
This column grew from first-hand experience that many of the best bookselling ideas come from other booksellers. Each tip offers an inventive way to solve problems that you may not have even been aware of in your store: like making it easier for older teens and twenty-somethings to find books.
-
Bookseller Turns Publisher for 'Baby Unplugged' Line
Concerned about children's brain development in an increasingly digitized society, pediatrician John Hutton, owner of Blue Manatee Children's Bookstore in Cincinnati, Ohio, decided to do something about it: this spring he launched Blue Manatee Press, a children's book imprint, out of his bookstore.
-
Borders: Everything Must Go
The last of the big pieces of Borders are about to go on the auction block. At Wednesday’s hearing at U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Judge Martin Glenn approved the auction of its leases on August 31 for small-format stores and on September 13 for superstores.
-
Sales Down, Loss Up at Indigo
Indigo Books & Music reported a 1.1% drop in revenue, to C$202 million, in the first quarter ended July 2 compared with the same quarter last year.
-
Amazon Launches The Kindle Cloud Reader
Amazon.com has launched the Kindle Cloud Reader, an HTML5 reader that will allow consumers to buy and read Amazon titles through the web browsers found on almost any PC or mobile device.
-
BAM to Open South Carolina Store in Former Borders Location
Books-A-Million will open a new store in Sumter, S.C., at the Sumter Mall, in a spot formerly occupied by Borders. The Sumter store, Books-A-Million’s 233rd nationwide and 15th in South Carolina, is tentatively scheduled to open on August 25 and is its fourth store to fill in an old Borders location.
-
Greenlight Partners with the Other BAM
After announcing in July that it would expand, Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn is growing again through a partnership with another neighbor, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). In conjunction with BAM’s celebration of its first 150 years, it will open two Greenlight at BAM kiosks and begin selling BAM branded merchandise at its Web site.
-
Amazon Unveils Fall Books Preview
Amazon.com has released its Fall Books Preview, a comprehensive listing compiled by Amazon’s book editors that previews the biggest books coming in the fall in literature, science fiction, crime, nonfiction, children’s books and other categories.
-
B&N Will Stock Amazon Publishing Titles, With Caveat
As Amazon Publishing gears up for a new fall list that will include titles from its new imprints, booksellers are deciding whether they will carry titles from a company many consider their biggest competitor.
-
What Booksellers Want
Much has been made about the importance of bricks-and-mortar bookstores as showrooms, places that will help prevent the book business from going the way of the music industry as the sales of digital books grow. But hundreds of showrooms and thousands of square feet of book retail space are about to go away when Borders closes its remaining stores next month.
-
Bookstore Hires Help for Overtaxed Teachers
Aiken’s Booklovers Bookstore has hired a former school librarian for their new school liaison position, just in time to help teachers prepare for South Carolina’s new reading time requirement.
-
On My Nightstand: Kenny Brechner's Nighttime Reading
Kenny Brechner, owner of DDG Booksellers in Farmington, Maine, talks about the books currently on his bedside table.
-
Edwards and Henry Out at Borders
In a filing with the SEC today, Borders announced several management changes, including the termination of company president Mike Edwards and executive v-p and CFO Scott Henry late last week.
-
B&N, Liberty Talks Continue
Barnes & Noble and Liberty Media are still in discussions regarding Liberty's offer to acquire B&N for $17 per share.
-
Green Apple Books Teams with Nonprofit for Charity Campaign
Green Apple Books, the iconic San Francisco indie, has partnered with Books for Asia to solicit book donations for schools in the Asia-Pacific region.
-
BAM Adds Another Store
For the third time this week, Books-A-Million has announced plans to take over a former Borders location. The new BAM will open in Concord, N. C. at the Carolina Mall, in a spot formerly occupied by Borders. The Concord store, BAM’s 234th store nationwide and 17th in North Carolina, is tentatively scheduled to open on August 25.
-
Hub City Bookshop Outstrips First Year Expectations
Spartanburg, S.C.’s Hub City Bookshop will celebrate its first birthday this month with excellent news, having exceeded sales expectations by 77%.
Browse archive by date:
