Sentences with phrase «as the chain bookstores»

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With U.S. bookstore chains such as Borders bankrupt and Barnes and Noble on the ropes, and with Apple thoroughly chastened, Amazon now has that book monopoly that so many feared it was after.

It is a logical and efficient way for a small bookstore to expand its footprint, especially as big chains have shuttered locations, leaving a vacuum for enterprising independent stores to fill.

With no bidders interested in keeping the bookstore chain as a going concern, Borders chose to cancel the planned July 19 auction, and instead announced plans to submit a liquidation plan from Hilco and Gordon Brothers to the bankruptcy court for approval.

It's the choice of twice as many people as those who choose chain and independent retail bookstores.

When Borders, then the nation's second - largest bookstore chain, went bankrupt and liquidated all its stores in 2011, it seemed as if it could be good news for Barnes & Noble, which would have a chance to grab former Borders customers.

As libraries and brick and mortar bookstores, both retail chain and independently owned, fight to stay relevant in the eyes of the reading public, store owners and stakeholders have had to become more creative and more unified in their efforts to entice customers to check out the local book scene.

I've reached out to a number of bookstore chains, such as Family Christian to see if they have seen a decrease in sales.

It all comes down to bookstores: publishers view the experience of browsing in a physical location as vital to their future success, and B&N is one of the last major US chains left.

The decline of brick and mortar bookstores — independent stores as well as major bookstore chains — leaves publishers wondering how emerging authors and their books will be discovered by new readers.

With Barnes & Noble posting its seventh decline in as many quarters and having almost all sales declines every year since 2013, it seems surprising that the only major Canadian bookstore chain would want to enter the U.S. market.

The nation's largest bookstore chain warned Thursday it would lose twice as much money this fiscal year as it previously expected, and said it is weighing splitting off its growing Nook digital - book business from its aging bookstores.

Most indies deal only with the online retailers, such as Amazon, B&N, Apple iBooks, Kobo, etc., which means they have no need for distribution or sales to bookstore chains.

Self published authors have to rely on their own resources, be more creative in finding retail shelf space for their books (as a rule, self published authors have far less access to chain bookstore shelves than the big publishers who spend millions on marketing dollars), and have to work very hard to create any sort of buzz about their books.

But this is misinformation or spin by those who would like it to be true, such as the Big Five, or bookstore chains who make their money from selling Big Five books.

These are difficult times for bookstores, and we (authors, readers, and publishers) all want a diverse bookselling ecology that includes chains and indies, as well as online and physical bookstores.

Barnes & Noble reporting slight gains in comparable sales in its core book selling business after years of declines that had led many to wonder whether the largest remaining bookstore chain might suffer the same fate as Borders, which went out of business four years ago.

Agents understand they can make more from self publishing than from book touting; even bookstore chains like Dymocks entered into self publishing as a service to prospective authors.

Likely, the College and University bookstore chain of B&N will promote the digital aspect as early as the Fall.

The hope is bringing back an iconic bookstore chain will draw more readers into the stores and hopefully act as a staging ground to consolidate the local physical book industry.

This means that chain stores like Barnes and Noble, as well as indie bookstores generated $ 5.44... [Read more...]

James Daunt has been the outspoken president of the bookstore chain since 2011 and is heralded as saving Waterstones and the rising force of e-commerce.

When Clinton's 2003 title launched, the reading public still had the Borders chain, as well as a higher number of Barnes and Noble and Books - A-Million retail locations; independent bookstores were still holding their own better than they are now, too.

The major bookstore chains, such as Waterstone's, Blackwell's, WH Smith, and Foyles have largely been immune to the e-reader and ebook revolution.

Unlike traditional bookstores, the One Ton Gorilla can demand a discount of 50 % on the cover price and get it (as opposed to the chain - store's 30 % and the Indie's discount of 20 %).

After college she managed a chain of bookstores in the Midwest; learned editing and production with a small LA - based publishing house, and had positions as a marketing manager at major publishing houses.

Printed books, including retail shelving space, are disappearing at an alarming rate, as are big chain bookstores.

And reading — though on the decline — is still valued, something that was confirmed by Denis Kotov, CEO of St. Petersburg - based Bookvoed («Alphabet Eater»), one of the country's largest bookstore chains: «People like to read in Russia very much, but as booksellers we are competing with television, the Internet, and alcohol.»

Ingram Content Group is the world's largest wholesaler of print and electronic books to independent bookstores, bookstore chains, internet retailers, and specialty markets, as well as other wholesalers.

«We are working with Brazilian publishers and closing sales agreements with retailers, as well as a large chain of bookstores to distribute the eBook readers,» said Humphrey, which was excited about the digital book market in Brazil, «In over 5 years, 50 % of digital books will be in Brazil «bet.

They also feel that this is good practice to moving overseas where indies are far more prevalent, as many countries do not have a dominant national bookstore chain.

Wow, so Amazon drives all of the brick - and - mortar bookstore chains out of business, in part by taking advantage of its special sales tax status, and as soon as the last competitor gives up the ghost, starts planning to move into their shoes?

This holiday season the bookstore chain will have their work cut out for them as Amazon is planning on launching a new tablet computer and a new color Kindle e-Reader.

Not just in airports but in every major chain bookstore as well as like grocery and drug stores that also carry whatever is in the NYT list.»

What makes the under - valuation of Barnes & Noble all the more shocking is that, as opposed to the numerous other national apparel, footwear, grocery, and home furnishing chains abounding in this country, there is but one truly national bookstore chain.

This means that chain stores like Barnes and Noble, as well as indie bookstores generated $ 5.44 billion dollars this year.

One of the major steps leading to these numbers has been the closing of the Borders chain, which left Barnes & Noble as the only physical location bookstore for large numbers of customers.

Amazon may seem like your best friend right now, but so it also seemed to traditional publishers when it appeared in the late 1990s, as a counterbalance to chain bookstores.

Elliott Management has acquired Britain's biggest bookstore chain, Waterstones, the latest deal by the storied activist hedge fund as it builds up its private equity business.

As you say, managing the printing and distribution myself via my own eStore has proved more profitable than distributing via bookstores, but I believe it's a worthwhile sacrifice getting into chain stores to reach readers who aren't comfortable buying online.

Smaller than the average bookstore, this is done on purpose: Amazon Books carries fewer options but has curated them in such a way as to introduce readers to new — but popular — books that they might never have found in the larger chains.

To that end, Mr. Boire is leading a push to rebrand Barnes & Noble as more than just a bookstore by expanding its offerings of toys, games, gadgets and other gifts and reshaping the nation's largest bookstore chain into a «lifestyle brand.»

Barnes & Noble Inc., put itself up for sale Tuesday, succumbing to pressure from shareholder activists as digital books erode the traditional business of the nation's largest bookstore chain.

However, just as the music industry managed to destroy itself fighting the advance of new technology, I'm really concerned that the big bookstore chains and publishers are going to fight this model.

The bookstore chain tapped former senior Sears executive to become its new CEO as its Nook business continues to falter.

As the publishing industry and its experts watched the slow collapse of the Borders chain of stores, the only recommendations to come about involved first embracing digital reading and second, making bookstores become more than just a bookstore.

But for most books published by large (and small) publishing houses, they are sold in independent and chain bookstores as well as online at Amazon, BN.com and numerous other online accounts, including, in some cases, the publishing house's website.

Bricks - and - Mortar Bookstore Chains The major bricks - and - mortar bookstore chains are especially important to publishers and authors for their potential ability to buy and sell large quantities of new books and to stock backlist sellers, as well as their ability to promote books to the book - buying public through chain - wide bookstore promoChains The major bricks - and - mortar bookstore chains are especially important to publishers and authors for their potential ability to buy and sell large quantities of new books and to stock backlist sellers, as well as their ability to promote books to the book - buying public through chain - wide bookstore promochains are especially important to publishers and authors for their potential ability to buy and sell large quantities of new books and to stock backlist sellers, as well as their ability to promote books to the book - buying public through chain - wide bookstore promotions.

Are Amazon's bookstores headed for the same future as struggling chains like Barnes & Noble?

Physical stores — which Amazon helpfully describes as places where a customer «can physically select items in a store» — include both Amazon's bookstores and its newly acquired Whole Foods grocery chain.

While the major bookstore chains seem the more likely place to your readers, be sure to embrace your local independent bookstore as great places to conduct a book signing to meet your ideal readers.