Sentences with phrase «chain retail bookstores»

, self published books have little chance of being actively promoted or sold in large chain retail bookstores or even independents.

Not exact matches

Boire, who took the reins of the struggling bookstore chain only last September, had previously been CEO of Sears Canada, also a struggling chain and before that, chief merchant at Sears Holdings (shld), a retailer dealing with dramatic sales declines.

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Day, we compiled a list of more than 90 discounts for teachers at bookstores, retail chains, school supply outlets and more, which can help cut down on their out - of - pocket expenses.

But e-book retailers are pushing for something more like 70 percent for the retailer, 25 percent for the publisher and 5 percent for the author, said Ray Wimer, assistant professor of retail management and marketing at Syracuse University and a former regional manager for the Borders chain of bookstores.

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

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.

Most bookstore chains have their own ereader device and their own bookstore; but some companies like Smashwords, BookBaby, and Lulu offer «distribution» - which means they'll send your ebook out to all the online retailers and keep track of sales for you.

Libraries, bookstores, gift shops, Big Box chains, Apple... do you really want to wager your book's future and ignore every other retail option?

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.

IngramSpark is connected to the ordering systems of 39,000 independent and chain bookstores, libraries, and online retailers worldwide, plus every major e-book retailer (including iBookstore, Kobo, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, etc...) See the full list of IngramSpark retail partners in the Global Reach section.

The bookstore chain announced Wednesday that its board has approved a plan to split into two separate public companies: one for Barnes & Noble's retail operations and another for its Nook efforts.

The ISBN (International Sales Book Number) is a 13 - digit product number used by bookstores, publishers, libraries, internet retailers and other supply - chain participants for ordering, listings, sales records, and stock control.

There's a significant chance this won't work — publishers have experimented with putting print comics on the newsstands in chain bookstores, and I don't believe that was a resounding success — but DC is apparently willing to risk its relationship with brick - and - mortar retailers in order to give it a try.

I, for one, live in an area whose nearest bookstore is in the next town, a bookstore that is... yes... another major chain retailer, one who refuses to stock self - published titles.

Amazon and Kobo are utterly obsessed with international expansion and signing retail deals with bookstores and tech chains.

When stores like the Borders chain collapsed or when B&N's sales figures plummet, concerns are raised about what ebooks and online retailing is doing to bookstores, but that discussion largely focuses on the major players, and less on the mom - and - pop physical bookstores.

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.

I have always said that the greatest strength B&N has is the retail bookstore chain pimping out Nook e-readers and being able to help you troubleshoot stuff in person.

This year, that show of support is especially aimed at independent (non-retail chain) bookstores, many of whom are feeling the pinch of trying to compete with online retailers throughout the year, not just at the holidays.

When authors who can not find support from local or chain bookstores are able to sell their content through Amazon, of course they're going to drive traffic to the retailer.

Are you focusing on bookstores, chains, supermarkets, airport stores, libraries, gift stores, online retailers?

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

The Cadence Group has interviewed a number of authors, independent retailers, publishers and chain bookstores.

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.

It was owned for a short time by the large British bookstore chain WH Smith before being picked up by REDgroup, a retail operations company owned by Pacific Equity Partners.

From chain, to independent and college retail bookstores, to online retailers, distributors and consultants for other businesses, Bowker offers publishing solutions.

By August, however, B&N's college - bookstore business will be split off from the profitable retail chain and money - losing Nook division.

A store like MahoganyBooks is something of a miracle: For years, chain stores and online retailers have caused independent bookstores to struggle.

We don't know if the reason trade paper sales have gone down (which Nowell reports) because most people don't like the format or because the number of retail outlets carrying trade paper books has gone down (witness the loss of many chain bookstore locations, where most trade papers were sold) or because given a choice between trade paper and ebook, the average reader will choose ebook.

Shelf space in bookstores and retail chains has been turned over to more expensive editions, like hardcovers and trade paperbacks, the sleeker, more glamorous cousin to the mass - market paperback.

For decades, the mass - market paperback has stubbornly held on, despite the predictions of its death since the 1980s, when retail chains that edged out independent bookstores successfully introduced discounts on hardcover versions of the same books.

If you've happened to venture into an independent bookstore in the past few years, you may have noticed an e-reader for sale that isn't produced by an online retailer or a giant bookstore chain.

Thalia, a German retail bookstore chain that makes up the books division of parent company Douglas Holding AG, reported a loss of nearly 93million euros for last year, a report that its executives are basically saying is to be expected given the company's focal shift to ebooks.

The recent news that Barnes and Noble bookstores will begin stocking the print edition of ForeWord reviews for its customers means the retail chain is helping its customers locate new, quality titles.

The Barnes and Noble Nook line of electronic readers has certainly saved USA retail giant Barnes and Noble bookstore chain from certain doom, when last year things looked grim.

Bookstores, especially the large chains, have marketing and retail professionals on staff to determine what books actually appear for sale in the store.

The wholesale discount is the percentage of your retail price that you offer distributors (Baker & Taylor) and retailers (chains and independent bookstores).

Retailing The rental chain Tsutaya and the bookstore chain Yurindo have returned Kuroko's Basketball books and DVDs to their shelves after «X-Day,» Nov. 4, passed without incident.

Microsoft signed a deal with Barnes & Noble in January 2000, at which time the bookstore chain agreed to build an eBook store featuring Microsoft eReader titles and aggressively market the format through its retail stores.

As bookstore chains like Borders have liquidated many stores, pressure grows on publishers to depend less on brick - and - mortar retail outlets to promote their books.

But book profits proved not to be as robust as anticipated and Kmart was having its retail troubles so, in 1995, they divested themselves of the chain of bookstores, spinning off the Borders Group with an initial public offering.

ICv2 attributed the slump to the overall economic environment as well as the downturn in retail store environment as represented by the bankruptcy of the Borders bookstore chain.

Although the law can not dictate the discount that a publisher gives to each bookstore (and in that case, larger chains still have the advantage), it does mean that consumers must pay the same price for a book whether they shop at a chain retailer or a local indie bookshop.

Teleread reports on the fact that REDgroup Retail, owner of 3 big bookstore chains (Borders Australia, Angus & Robertson Australia, Whitcoulls New Zealand), has been placed into voluntary administration.

Since the closing of the Borders Group bookstore chain, it has been the second largest bricks - and - mortar book retailer in the United States.

The acknowledged originator of the book «superstore» concept and once the second - largest bookstore chain in the U.S., the Borders Group a publicly held bookstore chain that operated Borders superstores and Waldenbooks Specialty Retail segment stores, including Waldenbooks, Borders Express and Borders airport stores.

One would handle retail stores and online sales and the other would comprise Nook digital operations and the chain's college bookstores.

Mauro Widman, an engineer who worked for the past year and a half developing the e-book platform at Livraria Cultura, one of the largest bookstore chains in Brazil, started work earlier this week (Monday, January 9th) at the American retailer.