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...
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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...
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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...
Continue readingThalia 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...
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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 &...
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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...
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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...
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Waterstones is Buying Foyles
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...
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Amazon to Open Two Bookstores in Denver, Could Buy a Movie Theater Chain
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...
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Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport Gets a Book Vending Machine
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...
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Amazon to Open Bookstore in Berkeley (?)
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...
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Waterstones is Being Sold This Month (?)
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...
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Could a Bookstore Run on the Honor System Work?
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...
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Amazon to Open Bookstore Outside of Boise, Idaho
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...
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Amazon Books Feels Like It Was Designed by an AI, and That’s Okay
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...
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