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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 to oblige. The...

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, Skoobe is a...

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 from Barnes &...

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 surviving and thriving...

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 booksellers to blacklist...

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 7 stores generating...

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

16 August, 201816 August, 2018Amazon, Bookstore16 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...

Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport Gets a Book Vending Machine

2 June, 20182 June, 2018BookstoreOne 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...

Amazon to Open Bookstore in Berkeley (?)

12 April, 201812 April, 2018Amazon, BookstoreLeave a comment

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...

Waterstones is Being Sold This Month (?)

9 April, 20189 April, 2018Bookstore3 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...

Could a Bookstore Run on the Honor System Work?

2 April, 20182 April, 2018Bookstore3 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...

Amazon to Open Bookstore Outside of Boise, Idaho

21 March, 201821 March, 2018Amazon, BookstoreLeave a comment

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...

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

13 March, 201812 April, 2018Amazon, Bookstore7 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...

Automated Bookstore Opens in Beijing International Book Mall

13 March, 201813 March, 2018Bookstore5 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...

Amazon’s First DC-Area Bookstore Opens

12 March, 201812 March, 2018Amazon, BookstoreLeave a comment

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...

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