Category: bookstores
Amazon Sweden launch now imminent, but what part will books play?
Amazon has been talking with publishers in Sweden, but the absence of any serious rumours, let...
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Quote Unquote: “There were significant benefits to meeting virtually” – American Booksellers Association
When any event excludes more than it can accommodate then much more is lost than just chance...
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Online book and ebook store Al Manhal launches in UAE with 90,000 titles. “The world’s largest Arabic online bookstore”
There’s room for confusion with the launch of a new online bookstore in the UAE, which claims to...
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Mapping the New Normal: James Daunt U-turns on ebooks. Plans to invest in Nook and restore Waterstones ebooks. Rewrites history to suit
No, I double-checked the date. It’s not April 1 and James Daunt, CEO of the UK’s Waterstone’s and...
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Mapping the New Normal: UK loses 5 Blackwell’s university bookstores to coronavirus
With 28 stores across the country, Blackwell’s competes with UK bookstore chains Waterstones...
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Mapping the new normal: As bookstores in France re-open, early euphoria gives way to plummeting book sales in week two
After a long and painful lockdown it was hardly surprising that many booklovers made a beeline for...
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Canada’s publishers face deluge of returns as bookstores re-open after eight weeks lockdown and a 63% drop in sales
Canada’s book publishing trade association Booknet is warning that as bookstores open their doors...
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Simon & Schuster Q1 revenue up 4%, driven by 16% growth in ebook and audiobook sales. Audio defies the no-commuters-equals-no-audiobook-sales narrative
As part of ViacomCBS the Simon & Schuster management, like HarperCollins, understands the...
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Mapping the new normal: USA’s Books-A-Million re-opens bookstores with curbside pick-up, staff in PPE, telephone experts, and cosmetic cases in beautiful floral prints
America’s second-largest bookstore chain, Books-A-Million, is readying for Mother’s...
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Quote Unquote: Reasons to be wide and digital
Publishers who have broad publishing programmes and sell across a range of retailers, including...
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“Unless complete crap, every book is educational.” South Africa book stores challenge lockdown easing restrictions
Like for many countries around the world, it’s time for the Covid-19 induced lockdown in South...
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Bookstore re-openings promise to be tortuous as these examples from Germany and USA show
In various parts of the world lockdown is slowly being eased, and as a low-risk business,...
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