Sentences with phrase «on bookstore chains»

It could be a curse on bookstore chains named «Borders».

The company has publicly decreed that they have no intention of selling the brand and want to continue to capitalize on the bookstore chain to promote the hardware.

Not exact matches

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.

The publishers, and in the Christian market certain chains of bookstores have had a stranglehold on the market for far too long.

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.

You need to understand the supply chain for bookstores and the reality of how long a book is left on the shelves before it is pulled.

On the other hand, no one expected the closures and downsizing of major bookstore chains... or the Stock Market Crash of 1929.

The top U.S. bookstore chain reported another quarter of dismal results on Tuesday, led by a 34 percent drop in sales of Nook devices and e-books business, and said it expects sales to continue to decline this fiscal year at its bookstores.

A publisher might be able to get the book into a bookstore chain, but the day to day marketing falls on the author's shoulders.

Actually I agree with Pat above — I think all chain bookstores should get a slick new Espresso Book Machine and print almost literally any book on demand in - store and while - you - wait.

Barnes & Noble, the largest U.S. bookstore chain, launched the first version of the Nook e-reader in 2009 to take on Amazon.com Inc's market - leading Kindle and secure a place in the fast growing e-books market.

That's a tall task, because it depends on how strong the publisher is at direct sales to both consumers and bookstores, who else distributes the book, and where the majority of the sales come from (i.e., independent book stores, chains, supermarkets, specialty stores).

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.

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.

In the digital world, comiXology, with its emphasis on new releases of single - issue comics, is the comics shop and the iTunes, Nook, and Kindle stores are the chain bookstores.

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.

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 %).

New York - based Barnes & Noble, the largest U.S. bookstore chain, has been losing money on developing and marketing its Nook e-reader and is less able to subsidize e-book sales, Souers said.

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

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.»

According to Hachette, also to blame were the closings of several brick - and - mortar bookstores and chains which the publisher relies on to move print product.

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.

Sure you might sell a thousand copies on Amazon, but selling a hundred thousand to a bookstore chain is more compelling.

Toronto, ON — May 26, 2014 — In 2013, buyers of Self - Help books were mostly likely to make their purchases in chain bookstores or online, according to a report released today by BookNet Canada.

Ever since the investment deal with Microsoft occurred, the largest bookstore chain in the USA has been rather quiet on plans for international expansion and instead will rely on MS to sell their books worldwide.

Building on its strategic partnership with Mondadori, Kobo partners with Italy's largest bookstore chain to give passionate Readers more...

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.

The largest U.S. bookstore chain said on Thursday that it had hired Sears Canada CEO Ron Boire to be its new chief executive starting September 8, touting his «extensive experience» in launching electronics products in his career, which included earlier senior jobs at Best Buy (BBY) and Sony Electronics.

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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.

By Stan Diel [email protected] Books - A-Million Inc., the Birmingham - based chain of 253 bookstores, will dip its toe in the print - on - demand book business and install on - demand hardware in a Maine store and a store to be named later, the company announced today.

The largest Christian bookstore chain in the US plans on remaining open during the restructuring of the company and 3,100 employees will continue to have a job for the interim.

While the process in not very streamlined and certainly isn't superior to simply purchasing books on Kobo.com, it offers consumers a way to show their financial backing for business owners who are often struggling to even keep up with — let alone compete with — major chain bookstores and online entities.

The Amazon deal is the first step, since even Daunt agrees that Waterstones can not take on its own dedicated e-reader device; the failure to embrace e-reading has been blamed for the closing of the Borders bookstore chain.

The closing of Borders and of so many independent bookstores, the reduction of floor space in bookstore chains like Barnes & Noble, all point to a reduction to the space available to deliver printed books to the consumer on the street.

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

You might remember that the UK's chief chain bookstore had started stocking Kindles in October 2012, according to my colleagues at The Bookseller (paywall on this one) ironically with the slogan, «There are two sides to every story.»

Authors have better prospects for having their books stocked on the shelves of chain bookstores through traditional publishing.

Yes, I think Amazon has really put a dent in the brick - and - mortar chains, but on the other hand, there seem to be more indie bookstores popping up, which is encouraging.

Publishing's punditti and free - range bloggers have been on overdrive since Monday, of course, heaving their loudest lamentations back and forth across the Atlantic over the news that the UK bricks - and - mortar bookstore chain Waterstones has made a deal to sell Kindles.

The other missing pieces are bookstores and libraries, but I doubt much good news will be coming from either sector; the big bookstore chains are stumbling badly this year, and my local stores have cut back on their graphic novel inventory, while libraries, like all branches of local government, must contend with budget cuts.

In a bid to keep up with changing consumer tastes and offer a comprehensive shopping experience amid a stagnating book market, Singapore's largest bookstore chain is customising its storefronts based on factors such as customer profile, locality and the size of the shop.

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.

On the other hand, the large chains were not as close to their customers as the small bookstores which they were driving out of business.

Only start querying when you'd be comfortable with your manuscript appearing as - is (and being sold) between covers on major chain bookstore shelf.

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.

2 of the 3, Eisler and Brockway, had already had the big publisher, had already seen their books on the shelves of everything from Walmart to grocery stores to the big chain or little indie bookstores.

Riggio continued to expand his number of college bookstores and his bookstores modeled on the Sales Annex, as he also acquired small bookstores and bookstore chains, including B. Dalton.

OR, for extra fun and reduced expense, have your friends return the books to other branches of the bookstore chain where they will presumably be put on display and might get sold to «real» customers and create demand for your book.

Total sales in the Nook segment, which includes devices, accessories and content, came in at $ 56 million for the nine weeks through Saturday, according to figures released by the bookstore chain on Thursday.