Inside the Barnes & Noble Manassas Store (Post-Covid)
I read on Twitter this past week that Barnes & Noble had used the pandemic-imposed shutdown as an opportunity to reorganize or remodel their stores, so...Continue reading
Category: Retail
Amazon is Making Its Bookstores a Priority, and is Now the Fifth Largest Bookstore Chain in the US
The pandemic has many questioning whether brick-and-mortar retail will ever return to normal. Some might wait for an answer before investing in new physical retail locations,...Continue reading
Nook Gets a Reprieve Under Daunt
When B&N was acquired by a venture capital firm last year, and James Daunt named CEO, many feared that he would shutter B&N struggling digital division....Continue reading
B&N is Having Money Problems
When I reported last week that B&N was delaying payments, I didn’t know whether it was the result of the office closing or a sign of...Continue reading
B&N Warns of Delayed Payments
Offices are shutting down due to the pandemic , and that is throwing a wrench into previously orderly operations. Messages are going unanswered, and now Barnes &...Continue reading
B&N Pulls the 7″ Nook Tablet From Its Site – Retired?
Barnes & Noble’s hardware section is going to be a little smaller when its stores reopen to the public. Someone on MobileRead noticed, and I can...Continue reading
Barnes & Noble Closes 400 Stores
Barnes & Noble has joined the many retailers and other businesses which have stopped letting the public in, instead opting to offer curbside service. (My vet...Continue reading
Barnes & Noble Pays Lip Service to Diversity By Slapping Brown Faces on the Covers of Novels By White Authors
Barnes & Noble managed to find just the laziest but also the most tactless way to “celebrate” Black History Month. They have partnered with Penguin Random...Continue reading
Amazon Opened a Bookstore in Nashville Just in Time for Thanksgiving
Amazon opened its 21st bookstore in Nashville TN last Friday, only 3 days after opening a store in Arizona. The Nashville store is located in the...Continue reading
Barnes & Noble Axes Staff of B&N Teen Blog, and Other Freelancers
When news broke in June that B&N had been acquired by the same hedge fund that owned Waterstones, it seemed likely that the first thing to...Continue reading
The Renovated Amazon Books Bookstore in Bethesda, MD Now Has E-ink Shelf Labels and Books Shelved Spine Out
Amazon shuttered five of its Amazon Books retail stores over the past couple weeks so the interiors could be renovated and updated. Both of the stores...Continue reading
Five Amazon Books Locations Are Closed for Renovations (At Least)
The local news site Popville reported yesterday that one of my two nearby Amazon Books locations is closed for renovations. What’s interesting is that they didn’t...Continue reading
It is Past Time to Fix IndieBound
I was getting caught up on my RSS feeds this Sunday when I came across a post on PW about IndieBound. IndieBound is a site run...Continue reading
Amazon to Open Bookstore in Nashville
Amazon may have abandoned plans for bookstores in Denver, Atlanta, and Boise last year, but they haven’t given up on the concept. Geekwire reports that Amazon...Continue reading
Google Play Books Ends Discounting in Canada, Australia, and USA – Now Pays a 70% Royalty
Remember a couple months back when I reported that Google was insisting that authors sign up for an account with Play Books even though the author’s...Continue reading