Sentences with phrase «of small bookstores»

It wasn't that long ago that everyone was predicting the end of print and the demise of small bookstores.

«I'm a former librarian so I've always been a book reader and I've always been in favour of small bookstores.

Perhaps it was memories of that night that inspired my tears the other day, when I found myself crying in the café of a small bookstore that I ducked into out of the Edinburgh rain.

Wes Anderson's feature debut, an affectionate shaggy dog story of middle class kids who plan an elaborate heist of a small bookstore with the help of the local «criminal mastermind» (James Caan), also marks the debut of actors Owen Wilson (who co-wrote the film with Anderson) and Luke Wilson.

Hundreds of smaller bookstores all over the US have also refused to do business with them.

This is especially powerful as the rest of the smaller bookstores have less leverage for bargaining with publishers.

Then there was Kobo, an upstart spun out of a Canadian bookseller (Indigo), with the backing of a lot of smaller bookstores in the US, like the now defunct Borders.

One of reMain's most talked - about projects has been the purchase of a small bookstore and the historic building that houses it to save it from having to move or possibly close.

Not exact matches

Small businesses in the retail trade industry include some quintessential examples of Main Street America: bookstores, clothing retailers, gas stations, corner bodegas and auto shops.

Financing solutions from BFS Capital can help keep small businesses going and growing, from bookstores to restaurants to veterinary practices and every type of business in between.

With Amazon opening more physical bookstores and Barnes & Noble recently announcing a round of layoffs, how are smaller, independent bookstores

Prior to that, if you went to a bookstore, it was likely to be relatively small, and you probably did not have the option of buying a cup of coffee, let alone a tall double skinny latte with a slice of heaven from The Cheesecake Factory.

I can see getting together in small groups in the back room of a bar, or to play chess and discuss Machiavelli, Plato, Sun Tzu, Tom Paine or The Illiad at a bookstore.

You can also try to contact leading media players and recommend your book or actually send them a copy, you can spend some small amounts of money in advertising your book on a limited number of websites, you can do direct mail advertising by contacting thousands of US bookstores and so on.

A width of 30.75» is slim for a double stroller, however, this stroller is still wider than a single stroller and it may be difficult to use in tight spaces like a subway or small bookstore.

They are generally small in size, taking place in cafés, restaurants, bookstores, or similar venues, and they are open to everyone regardless of scientific knowledge or training.

As the assistant manager of a small university bookstore, I am required to dress professionally, and I also have to wear close - toed shoes.

Without the promise of large advances and major bookstore distribution, small publishers have to sweeten the pot and be nimble where they can.

On the other hand, most small self publishers working directly with Lightning favor a short discount of 20 %, since we are aware that bookstores won't be stocking our books anyway but only special - ordering them.

The importance of increasing independent bookstore sales, coupled with expanding customer purchases of niche books from small presses and evolving publishers, demonstrates the ability of indies and small regional chains to thrive and profit under the giants» shadow.

There's a small window of availability in bookstores before that title is returned and goes out of print.

My knowledge of what's percolating at small shops around the country is still limited, but I've come to see that receiving promotion through a bookstore's mailing list isn't chump change.

While it's true that they will also distribute it to the waning number of brick - and - mortar bookstores — self - published books are not usually available in bookstores — the number that actually land on the shelves is surprisingly small.

In many communities, in the ashes of Borders and closed B&N's — the small, local bookstore is coming back.

Unfortunately, with a small number of bookstores and libraries to support local book sales, there are challenges for publishers selling within the country.

The online bookstore, offered exclusively to BooksJustBooks.com customers, helps small publishers sell books on the Internet at a fraction of the cost charged by other online stores like Amazon.

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin The cantankerous owner of a small independent New England bookstore is widowed and sales are lagging but he gets a new lease on life when an exciting package arrives at his doorstep.

It takes place in a small bookstore in an out of the way town.

He dropped out of college and moved from job to job, being a Caribbean yacht captain, doing computer repair, roofing, and finally working in a small Appalachian town as a bookstore clerk.

So in that respect, I don't say I disapprove of it but I'm a little disappointed that it may prevent other smaller bookstores from succeeding,» she said.

In the wake of Barnes & Noble's dominance of the bookstore space, smaller book retailers have suffered too.

IngramSpark is the go - to distributor for Indies and small publishing houses because, unlike CreateSpace, it is not in direct competition with the bookstores and libraries that order through them, which increases the likelihood of getting a physical book onto store shelves.

Unless when you say «the industry» you mean traditional publishers with large overheads, the interests of a very small % of their top mega-bestselling authors, and struggling print bookstores whose archaic returns system makes them a financially unattractive venue for indies.

So, in the name of antitrust, the level playing field of the past two years — agency model e-books were priced the same whether sold by Amazon, Barnes & Noble or independent bookstores — will likely revert to a situation where a near - monopoly power determines pricing and most other retailers see their already - smaller market share shrink.

One of the problems I keep seeing with big publishing is you guys stick to current models and don't look at down the road or how something could help smaller bookstores (think a POD in an indie bookstore) or with books that aren't ordered as frequently.

If every bookstore and library had a section like this that someone cared about maintaining, it would give tens of thousands of aspiring authors at least a small chance of being discovered.

The idea that Barnes & Noble can make it by sort of becoming a small, specialist, cozy bookstore is kind of delusional.

The bookstore would then get a percentage of the sale, but for Graham, e-book sales are still a very small percentage of the store's total revenue (less than 1 percent).

Jeffrey Lependorf, Executive Director of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses and of Small Press Distribution, suggests that the difference between Amazon and brick - and - mortar bookstores is most evident in how they market books: «I think even people at Amazon would say that it's essentially a widget seller that happens to have begun by focusing on books.

The old method of dealing with small bookstores is in jeopardy due to the closure of so many shops and major chains like Borders.

Daunt himself owns a small chain of six independent bookshops, so he is personally familiar with the common perception of consumers who browse in a bookstore then make their purchases online.

We're a small ebook and print publisher offering exactly that type of thing to bookstores.

For curated self - published and small publisher titles, we have Kobo Next, which has been a rotated banner that appears in various different spots on the website and features a mix of well known plus lesser known authors and titles that our merchandisers feel are worthy of a second look (all divided by genre)-- much like that gorgeous table display that reflects a bookstore staff's selection:

Small bookstores have seen a rise in business with the sale of hardware and the commutative digital commissions they receive when a customer purchases a digital book.

I've noticed fantasy books seem to have a small market in my country judging by the small selection of the genre bookstores here would carry.

A retailer can feature a supplier's items in its advertising and promotional circulars, «stack it high» in the front of the store, keep small quantities on hand in the back aisle, or not carry the item at all, and bookstores and other retailers do these every day.

From my experience, to have the most successful bookstore at this point in time would be having a larger kids section, self lookup kiosks, no cafe (or at least a cafe that runs on its own payroll), and a much smaller retail space with only the best selling of each category in store with the option of having a book shipped FREE if it's not in store, and not having such a huge digital presence (nook).

There is also a small carousal at the bottom of the screen that showcase new and notable titles from the Tolino bookstore.

If a customer buys a Kindle, the bookstore will earn a small % of each book sold for the first two years.

well its cool because likely this made big news within this small city, and people will likely flock to the bookstore to see what all of the fuss is about.