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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.

UK Bookstore WH Smith tried to buy Barnes and Noble

Barnes and Noble is putting the company up for sale and this…

Barnes and Noble is an utter and complete mess

Barnes and Noble is a company that needs to sell more books…

Indigo Books and Music is not selling Kobo e-readers in the US

Indigo Books and Music is the largest bookstore chain in Canada and…

Barnes and Noble getting serious about selling the company

Barnes and Noble formed a committee last month to explore selling the…

Barnes and Noble to open new concept store that focuses on books

Barnes and Noble experimented with a few different prototype stores in the…

10 of the 20 bestselling books so far this year are nonfiction

Nonfiction books have been crushing the bestseller list for the entire duration…

Barnes and Noble is going to sell the company

Barnes and Noble has received multiple bidders to purchase the entire bookstore…

How much do you love bookstores?

A new campaign is going to launch in the second week of…

Is it Time for Bookstores to Embrace Technology?

With the rise of e-commerce and the convenience of everything being online…

Barnes and Noble Chief of Digital Fred Argir Retires

Barnes and Noble Chief of Digital Fred Argir has retired.  He was…

Demos Parneros sues Barnes and Noble for wrongful dismissal

Demos Parneros the former CEO of B&N has just filed a lawsuit saying he was fired after a deal went sour to sell the company and that the founder was toxic.

Amazon Prime Book Box is out of beta

Amazon Prime Book Box is a relatively new program that started in…

First Indigo Bookstore to open in New Jersey in September

Indigo Books and Music is the largest bookstore chain in Canada they just confirmed their first location in the United States will open in September.

Publishers are raising concerns about Barnes and Noble management

Major publishers have attended meetings with the founder of Barnes and Noble…

Barnes and Noble says books on anxiety are soaring

Barnes and Noble has stated in their Buzz Newsletter that  the sales…

The Canadian book market is holding steady in 2018

Sales of print books in Canada for the first six months of…

Book publishers generated $26 billion in 2017

The Association of American Publishers has proclaimed that the U.S. book publishing…

Reading books is on the decline

Reading ebooks and print are on the decline and everyone involved in…

Barnes and Noble wants you to bring your kids to the bookstore

Barnes and Noble has always run various campaigns to bring families to…

KDP Print launches expanded distribution to bookstores

Amazon has been slowly edging out its own competition by morphing authors…

What is next for Barnes and Noble?

Barnes and Noble recently fired  CEO Demos Parneros for violating its policies.…

Print sales increased by 2% in the first half of 2018

Over the course of the first six months of 2018 print sales…

Barnes and Noble staff disclose why the bookstore is so dysfunctional

Barnes and Noble had a horrendous holiday season and the entire bookstore…