I’m no news outlet, but based on some of the search results that send people to my blog, people want more information about reports like this. So go here or here for more on news that Barnes & Noble might try to buy Borders. Don’t go to WSJ.com for the original story because they will [...]
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Posted in Books, Retail, book publishing, tagged Amazon, Barnes & Noble, book publishing, Books, Competition, Ecommerce, Etailers, Retail on April 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Barely a footnote at the end of a Publishers Weekly column about market share for online retailers versus bricks-and-mortar booksellers was this:
“With Amazon’s growing power in book sales, it’s understandable that publishers may be a bit anxious on learning that in Amazon’s 10-k filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company lists among its [...]
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Let’s say you’re a company who sells sandwiches. Really tasty sandwiches. And you package these great sandwiches and resell them through a variety of great outlets, stores around the world. Some of these are great big chains of stores. And they like your sandwiches, buy a lot of them, and resell them to customers. Been [...]
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Posted in Books, Brands, Ideas, Retail, book publishing, tagged Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Brands, For Dummies, Retail on March 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Do you know you’re not dumb, but feel frustrated nonetheless?
Craving some lightheartedness in your reference materials?
Been seeing a lot of yellow and black lately?
Having sudden urges to save $5?
Have no fear, Dummies Month is here. Whether your favorite book retailer be A1Books or Amazon, Powell’s or Softpro, or any of these other participants listed below, now’s [...]
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Retailers seem to be cracking down on returns lately, and I don’t really blame them. I’m all for fairness if a product is defective, or the wrong size, but you have to draw the line somewhere. The customer isn’t right if the customer is trying to rip you off.
Barnes & Noble made some waves this [...]
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Posted in Books, Ecommerce, Retail, book publishing, tagged Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, book publishing, Borders, Ecommerce, Retail on January 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Publishers Weekly recently ran the headline Chains, Internet Dominate Bookselling. I clicked over, not expecting this to be news to me. We (book publishing people) all know that Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Borders are our 3 big fish. We love them, they love us.
The first thing I learned was that Bowker launched a new [...]
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