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Amazon is Making Its Bookstores a Priority, and is Now the Fifth Largest Bookstore Chain in the US

25 June, 202026 June, 2020Amazon, Bookstore13 Comments

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,...

Amazon Opened a Bookstore in Nashville Just in Time for Thanksgiving

25 November, 201925 November, 2019Amazon, BookstoreLeave a comment

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...

The Renovated Amazon Books Bookstore in Bethesda, MD Now Has E-ink Shelf Labels and Books Shelved Spine Out

5 November, 20195 November, 2019Amazon, Bookstore4 Comments

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...

Five Amazon Books Locations Are Closed for Renovations (At Least)

29 October, 201929 October, 2019Amazon, Bookstore12 Comments

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...

It is Past Time to Fix IndieBound

18 August, 201918 August, 2019Bookstore3 Comments

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...

Amazon to Open Bookstore in Nashville

18 August, 201918 August, 2019Amazon, Bookstore2 Comments

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...

Couple Accused of Stealing $10k in Textbooks from College Bookstore

30 May, 201930 May, 2019Bookstore, Textbooks & Digital TextbooksLeave a comment

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...

Amazon Opens a Bookstore in Denver

6 March, 201925 June, 2020Amazon, Bookstore2 Comments

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...

Thalia and Mayersche to Merge, Will Be Germany’s Biggest Bookstore Chain

10 January, 201910 January, 2019BookstoreOne Comment

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...

You Can Read and Return a Book to an Airport Bookstore

28 November, 201828 November, 2018Bookstore2 Comments

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...

Thalia Buys 50% Stake in Skoobe

9 October, 20189 October, 2018Bookstore, Streaming eBooksLeave a comment

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,...

Indigo Books and Music Opens First US Bookstore

9 October, 20189 October, 2018Bookstore6 Comments

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...

Bookstores Are Thriving By Venturing Beyond Their Four Walls

17 September, 201817 September, 2018BookstoreOne Comment

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...

French Booksellers Lose Their Shit Over a Self-Published Book Being Considered for the Prix Renaudot

12 September, 201815 September, 2018Amazon, Bookstore19 Comments

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...

Waterstones is Buying Foyles

7 September, 20187 September, 2018Bookstore9 Comments

Two UK bookstore chains are merging. Waterstones, a chain of 250 stores with revenues around 388 million pounds per year, is buying Foyles, a chain of...