Are you familiar with Draft2Digital’s Universal Links feature, the tool which helps authors find and link to all the stores where their ebooks (and audiobooks) can be found? I have...Continue reading
Category: Bookstore
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, but not Amazon. The...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 Green Hills mall, and...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 in my area closed,...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 quite get the whole...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 by the American Bookseller...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 plans to open a...Continue reading
Couple Accused of Stealing $10k in Textbooks from College Bookstore
A pair of thieves have been arrested on the charge of stealing $10,000 worth of textbooks from Fayetteville Technical Community College, which is located in North Carolina. Brandy Marie Yarbrough...Continue reading
Amazon Opens a Bookstore in Denver
Amazon is set to open its newest bookstore today in Denver. The new Amazon Books is located at 2787 E. 2nd Ave. It occupies the sole retail space in a...Continue reading
Thalia and Mayersche to Merge, Will Be Germany’s Biggest Bookstore Chain
Barnes & Noble is avoiding talking about its finances, but the news from Europe is more positive. Lesen.net and other sites report that two German bookstore chains have announced plans...Continue reading
You Can Read and Return a Book to an Airport Bookstore
A reader has asked me to find out more about the airport bookstore “read and return’ program mentioned in today’s link post, and I am happy to oblige. The program...Continue reading
Thalia Buys 50% Stake in Skoobe
The German bookstore chain Thalia is about to become a 50% shareholder in subscription ebook service, Skoobe. Launched in 2012 as a partnership between Bertelsmann and Holtzbrinck, Skoobe is a more...Continue reading
Indigo Books and Music Opens First US Bookstore
Indigo’s long-awaited US expansion launched this week in New Jersey. It’s first US bookstore opened in The Mall at Short Hills, which is located about 5 miles from Barnes & Noble,...Continue reading
Bookstores Are Thriving By Venturing Beyond Their Four Walls
When I debunked the myth (back in 2013) that Amazon was still killing large numbers of bookstores, I pointed out that the indie bookstores that were surviving and thriving had...Continue reading
French Booksellers Lose Their Shit Over a Self-Published Book Being Considered for the Prix Renaudot
Booksellers have many reasons to dislike Amazon, the least of which is that it is better at selling books than they are. This has spurred many booksellers to blacklist Amazon-published...Continue reading
