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Want to know about the business side of things from booksellers such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Chapters/Indigo and Waterstone’s? We have the latest coverage and industry news.

Barnes and Noble is trying to deter holiday thefts

Barnes & Noble is installing cameras and locking away expensive items to…

New e-book download search engine ‘Anna’s Archive’ will lead to shadow libraries like Z-Library

Law enforcement agencies might be working overtime to bring to book Z-Library…

How Google and Amazon helped the FBI to successfully track the Russian owners of Z-Library

Behind-the-scenes information is slowly pouring out as to what really happened as…

Penguin Random House will not buy Simon and Schuster

Penguin Random House wanted to buy another large publishing company, Simon and…

New business model from Swedish start-up Sesamy may do away with subscription services

The subscription model might have been made famous by the Netflix all-you-can-eat…

Amazon layoffs now include the bookselling and review team

Amazon announced a couple of days ago that they are going to…

Alexa and Kindles are unprofitable for Amazon

The Amazon devices division currently employs 10,000 people. These are the staff…

Publishers want to buy BookTok, Creators Resistant

BookTok is a hashtag where passionate readers share all about their favorite…

Costco is no longer selling books in Hawaii and Alaska

Costco has 119 million paid members in the United States and is…

Shopify settles with publishers for textbook and ebook piracy lawsuit

Shopify was sued last year by a number of educational publishers who…

Print book sales declined by 4.8% in the first 9 months of 2022

Print books have slightly declined for the first nine months of 2022.…

Amazon changes e-book return policy after author protest

In July 2022, we reported that several authors were protesting Amazon’s e-book…

Canadian ebook sales were strong in 2021

Canadians continued to be enamored with reading reading digital books. Over half…

How is Barnes & Noble doing in the Digital Age?

In 1873, Charles M. Barnes opened a small book business from his…

Why are Kindle ebooks so expensive?

Digital books on the Kindle, Nook or Kobo are way more expensive…

Britney Spears memoir completed, but delayed by paper shortage

If in twenty years from now you were asked “What were the…

Is the pandemic book boom finally over?

In the first half of 2021, book sales took off 18.9%, compared…

ebook sales plummet 12.2% in March 2022

Digital book sales in the Untied States, have been in a state…

A Win for Affordability: Students are Spending Less for Course Materials in 2021-2022

College students are active consumers, with resources, interest and access to seek…

Stolen Nostradamus manuscript returned to Rome library

A 300 year old 500-page manuscript by Nostradamus was stolen from a…

Nostalgia for Bookstores Creating Expansion

Normally, I avoid malls like the plague. Sometimes, when I’m strolling along,…

How TikTok is helping boost book sales in the UK

The UK reported a record £6.7bn revenue from book sales, both print,…
Lord of the Rings limited edition box set

Take a look at illustrator Alan Lee’s Lord of the Rings limited edition box set

The Lord of the Rings is undoubtedly one of the best tales…