Bookstore

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

16 August, 2018 // 13 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 ...]

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 ...]

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 ...]

Could a Bookstore Run on the Honor System Work?

2 April, 2018 // 3 Comments

Will the honor system work for a bookstore? While some would say that no one would steal a book, as we have seen with Little Free Libraries, that just isn't true. Love Dubai has the scoop on [Read More ...]

Amazon to Open Bookstore Outside of Boise, Idaho

21 March, 2018 // 0 Comments

Amazon currently has 15 bookstores, including the one that just opened in DC, and soon they will open one in a suburb of Idaho's state capitol. Meridian Press reports that a building permit was filed [Read More ...]

Amazon Books Feels Like It Was Designed by an AI, and That’s Okay

13 March, 2018 // 7 Comments

About a year ago there was a meme going around Twitter where people made fun of Mark Zuckerberg trying to connect with ordinary people. One of the ongoing jokes was that he was some type of alien or [Read More ...]

Automated Bookstore Opens in Beijing International Book Mall

13 March, 2018 // 5 Comments

Amazon is building bookstores that look like they were designed by an AI(*), but Beijing is going one better. The Beijing International Book Mall is now home to a completely automated bookstore. [Read More ...]

Amazon’s First DC-Area Bookstore Opens

12 March, 2018 // 0 Comments

I am still under an embargo and won't even be allowed in to see the new store until tomorrow, but the Washington Post has published a guided tour of the new Amazon Books location in DC. The store [Read More ...]

Write an Essay, Win a Bookstore

6 March, 2018 // 4 Comments

A reader just brought my attention to a contest which is ending soon. From My Shelf Books & Gifts, a bookstore located in Wellsboro, Penn, can be won in a contest. All you have to do is write a [Read More ...]

Amazon Books is Coming to Denver

5 March, 2018 // 2 Comments

It turns out last month's rumor of a new Amazon Books store in Denver was half true; there is a store in the works, only it won't be located in the Cherry Creeks neighborhood. Amazon is now listing a [Read More ...]

Bookstore Sales Fell 37% in the Last Decade

15 February, 2018 // 6 Comments

Here's a bit of news that will put a damper on future stories about the revival of bookstores. PW reported yesterday that preliminary estimates show sales at US bookstores fell last year: A slump in [Read More ...]

Amazon to Open Bookstore in Denver?

5 February, 2018 // 3 Comments

There is an unconfirmed report on the local business site Business Den that Amazon is looking to open a bookstore in Denver's Cherry Creek neighborhood: The online retail giant is looking to bring [Read More ...]

Independent Booksellers to Join Forces to Compete with Chains, and Other Ideas That Won’t Work

31 January, 2018 // 5 Comments

Ever devoted to clinging to the past, the Guardian brings us news about a new bookstore cooperative that will not be launching soon in the UK: More than 100 independent bookshops around the UK are [Read More ...]

No, Amazon Still Isn’t One of the Five Largest Bookstore Chains

31 December, 2017 // 4 Comments

The New York Times took notice of the recent bankruptcy of the bookstore chain Book World and used the opportunity to repeat the myth that Amazon is the fifth largest bookstore chain in the US (or [Read More ...]

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