Retail

Amazon to Open Two Bookstores in Denver, Could Buy a Movie Theater Chain

16 August, 2018 // 9 Comments

Brick and mortar retail is dead, they say - so dead that Amazon continues to open bookstores, and is now rumored to be bidding on a small chain of movie theaters. Business Den reports that Amazon has [Read More ...]

Riggio Has 99 Problems, But Saving B&N Ain’t One

14 August, 2018 // 9 Comments

B&N moved out of this building in 2012, and Amazon moved in in 2017. That says it all, I think. Remember last Friday when I described B&N's road map as "throw ideas up against the wall and [Read More ...]

Publishers Tired of Revolving Door in B&N C-Suite – Who Isn’t?

11 August, 2018 // 11 Comments

Barnes & Noble's clown-car operation is immensely entertaining to some in the industry but publishers aren't amused. The WSJ reports that publisher met with Len Riggio's tailor to express their [Read More ...]

Germany’s Weltbild Launches an eBook Subscription, Also Reminds Us Why Amazon is Winning the Book Market

1 August, 2018 // 7 Comments

The German retailer Weltbild has offered its customers a limited ebook subscription service via its stake in Tolino since last November, and now it is launching an even more crippled version of [Read More ...]

Nook Press Opens Its Doors to Authors in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

26 July, 2018 // 0 Comments

Barnes & Noble's publisher portal sent an email yesterday to authors announcing that it wasn't dead - in fact, it even started accepting authors from outside the US. From KBoards: Dear Publisher, [Read More ...]

Investment Group Buys 5.7% Stake in B&N, Demands Replacement of Len Riggio’s Taxidermist

24 July, 2018 // 2 Comments

A serial Barnes & Noble investor has just re-invested in the company. Their presence will add strife and make it harder to turn the company around. From PW: An investment group led by Richard [Read More ...]

Barnes & Noble Just Sacked CEO Demos Parneros

3 July, 2018 // 8 Comments

B&N just fired its latest CEO, Demos Parneros , who had been with the company for less than two year/years and had held the position of CEO for about 14 [Read More ...]

How to Tell if You Need to Install a Security Update On Your Older Barnes & Noble Nook

22 June, 2018 // 1 Comment

Here is a quick PSA to ensure that Nook owners make sure their devices get the latest security update. Barnes & Noble has announced that it is updating its server at the end of this month to [Read More ...]

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Division Generated $111 Million Last Year, and Employs 57 People

21 June, 2018 // 8 Comments

B&N's once mighty ebook division has fallen on hard times. What at one point was a billion dollar a year business has now shrunk to the point that there are digital publishing startups that have [Read More ...]

Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport Gets a Book Vending Machine

2 June, 2018 // 1 Comment

For an international airport serving a major city, Billy Bishop Airport is tiny - smaller than many regional US airports. That's why it has no food court, or much in the way of retail. It doesn't [Read More ...]

David Leonhardt Wants to Save Barnes & Noble, But Has to Make Up Stuff About Amazon to Justify It

7 May, 2018 // 53 Comments

The NY Times has published some stinker editorials lately (Ross Douthat's piece springs to mind), including an editorial by David Leonhardt that was published on the NYTimes site yesterday. Leonhardt [Read More ...]

Barnes & Noble Adds a 30-Day Sales Graph, Scheduled Price Changes

28 April, 2018 // 2 Comments

Judging by the continued decline in revenue, Barnes & Noble's ebook project is a a failure, but someone apparently forgot to tell the tech team at B&N Press. B&N announced new features [Read More ...]

Barnes & Noble to Add a Kids Graphic Novel Section

20 April, 2018 // 6 Comments

The Beat reports that B&N is adding a YA graphics novel section. I’ve heard separately from several people in the book world that Barnes & Noble has confirmed that they will be adding a [Read More ...]

Amazon to Open Bookstore in Berkeley (?)

12 April, 2018 // 0 Comments

There's been no official word from Amazon, but local sources are reporting that Amazon will be opening a new bookstore in Berkeley , Calif. From Berkeleyside: An Amazon store is moving into the [Read More ...]

Waterstones is Being Sold This Month (?)

9 April, 2018 // 3 Comments

Don't look now, but the UK's second-largest bookseller is up for sale, with a deal rumored to be closed this month. So says The Bookseller: The sale of Waterstones to hedge fund Elliott Advisors is [Read More ...]

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