Sentences with phrase «plays as bookseller»

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The new app should change all of that, as the Nations largest bookseller makes a serious play to incorporate audio into their extensive library of eBooks, magazines, newspapers, graphic novels and movies / television.

Adding a high - profile book series to its virtual retail shelves puts ComiXology on par with several of the biggest digital booksellers, such as Amazon's Kindle Store, Apple's iBookstore, and the Google Play store.

That final bit is interesting in relation to Google's indie bookseller angle, — a very savvy PR move on their part, partnering with the likes of mega-independent Powell's and smaller retailers like WORD via the ABA's IndieCommerce platform — and the belief that this somehow levels the playing field, as if ebooks have been the issue all along, as opposed to Amazon's perfecting ecommerce while Jeff Bezos ignored the pundits who focused only on his quarterly earnings in the early years.

Meryl Hall of the Booksellers Association said, «Showrooming is just one of a variety of pressures bookshops are facing, with other issues such as rising rents, high business rates, lack of town center parking and the unfair tax arrangements of multinationals also playing a role.»

The report presents 145 pages of data and commentary on a broad range of eBook issues, including: spending on eBooks in 2010 and anticipated spending for 2011; use levels of various kinds of eBooks; market penetration by various specific eBook publishers; extent of use of aggregators vs offering by specific publishers; purchasing of individual titles; use of various channels of distribution such as traditional book jobbers and leading retail / internet based booksellers; use of eBooks in course reserves and interlibrary loan; impact of eBooks on print book spending; use of eBooks in integrated search; price increases for eBooks; contract renewal rates for eBooks; use of special eBook platforms for smartphones and tablet computers; spending plans and current use of eBook reader such as Nook, Reader and Kindle; the role played by library consortia in eBooks; Continue reading Primary Research Group releases Library Use of eBooks 2011 Edition →

My motivation for these past 40 years as the editor - in - chief of this enterprise derives from my life - long love of books, the personal importance libraries have played in my life, and the continued expressions of appreciation and support I receive from librarians, booksellers, authors, publishers, and the general reading public.

Might as well face doom on your own terms and for your own flaws rather than because your publisher made you add twinkly vegan vampires playing Quidditch to «make it more salable» — and then effectively told booksellers to ignore the book.

The endearing book shop remains the focus of curious attention by tourists and fans of the film who may hope to see its stars Hugh Grant — who played the bumbling bookseller — and Julia Roberts as the film - star browsing the shelves.