Bookstores all over the world want you to go on a blind date with a book. The thought behind this program is to make the book anonymous so you don't know the title or authors name. It is normally sold at a discount so you will not pay the full amount.One bookstore in Homer, Alaska runs a blind date program and explained that these books are sent free to the bookstore as … [Read more...] about Do you want to go on a blind date with a book?
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Barnes and Noble will take their time finding a new CEO
Barnes and Noble is on the hunt for a new CEO, after they unceremoniously fired Ron Boire. At a recent shareholders meeting interim CEO Len Riggio says that they will take their time finding a replacement.What I find interesting about the recent shareholder meeting was that nobody in attendance asked what prompted the bookseller to oust Boire, who barely lasted a year. … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble will take their time finding a new CEO
The National Book Award Announces Longlist for Fiction
Summer is over and many people are now thinking about what books they want to read as things start to get colder. The National Book Award has just announced their longlist and there are a number great titles that you might not heard of. Chris Bachelder, “The Throwback Special” W. W. Norton & Company Garth Greenwell, “What Belongs to You” Farrar, Straus … [Read more...] about The National Book Award Announces Longlist for Fiction
Amazon to Open 100 Pop-Up Stores in 2017
Amazon has been experimenting with the pop-up store concept for a number of years. They have opened up dozens of locations in malls all over the United States. It looks like Amazon intends on opening 30 new locations all over the United States so people can easily buy Kindle e-Readers, Fire Tablets and Echo Speakers for the holidays.Amazon is on a hiring spree to find … [Read more...] about Amazon to Open 100 Pop-Up Stores in 2017
Barnes and Noble Nook Leadership is in Turmoil
Barnes and Noble has a leadership problem and they are finding it difficult to get anything meaningful done when it comes to their struggling Nook unit. From 2010 to 2016 they have gone through 3 CEO's and they are now hunting for their fourth since they fired Ron Boire last month.William Lynch was the CEO from 2010-2013, Michael Huseby was the CEO from 2013-2014 and Ron … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Nook Leadership is in Turmoil
Barnes and Noble Experiences a $7.9 Million Loss on the Nook
Barnes and Noble has just announced their latest financial results and things continue to look dire for the Nook. The bookseller generated $41 million for Nook branded hardware, accessories and e-books, but after expenses they ended up losing $7.9 million, which was an overall decline of 24.5% on the quarter.In the last four years Nook revenue continues to dwindle. In their … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Experiences a $7.9 Million Loss on the Nook
The Book Selling Industry is in State of Decline
The book selling industry is in dire straights and every major publisher has reported declining revenue for the first six months of 2016. Not only are print books not doing so well, but digital is especially abysmal, some publishers such as Penguin Random House refused to divulge specific figures.Penguin Random House experienced a massive 10% decline in print and e-book … [Read more...] about The Book Selling Industry is in State of Decline
Barnes and Noble is opening a concept store in Texas
Barnes and Noble is opening a series of concept stores and they intend on serving hot food that is intended to pair well with wine and also offer an outdoor patio for people to chill and read a book. The stores themselves will be quite different from the traditional B&N retail experience, but the company is cagey on exactly this will entail.I have official confirmation … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble is opening a concept store in Texas
Instead of Pokemon Go, Belgians Hunt for Books
It is hard to discount the Pokemon Go phenomenon, as booksellers all over the world are attempting to capitalize on the trend. There is something interesting happening in Belgium, people are hunting for books and not Pokemon.A school principal who wanted to clear out his bookshelves has created a game that’s attracted nearly 50,000 people. Here is the premise, people are … [Read more...] about Instead of Pokemon Go, Belgians Hunt for Books
Amazon to open a Bookstore in Chicago
Amazon has always been an online bookseller and many people claim that they drove Borders out of business and contributed to the decline in Barnes and Noble's retail sales. Amazon has experimented with a series of physical bookstores in Seattle, New York and San Diego. They will soon be opening up a location in Portland and news has just broke that they are going to be opening … [Read more...] about Amazon to open a Bookstore in Chicago
HarperCollins Redesigned Their Website
HarperCollins has just unveiled a redesigned website this afternoon. The publisher is putting an emphasis on recommending compelling new reads with an interactive tool called Book Finder.Book Finder is the crown jewel of the new HarperCollins website. It is designed to present a series of genres and give you what a sense of what the book is about by merely hovering the … [Read more...] about HarperCollins Redesigned Their Website
Barnes and Noble Fires CEO Ron Boire
Barnes and Noble has fired CEO Ron Boire, who has been at the helm for less than a year. The Board of Directors determined that Boire was not a good fit for the organization and that it was in the best interests of all parties for him to leave the Company.Boire did not have any experience in the book selling business. Before coming to Barnes and Noble he was the the CEO of … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Fires CEO Ron Boire
Bookstores are selling a record number of books
Over the last six months publishers have all been disclosing that e-book sales are down and here is the reason why. The US Census Bureau has proclaimed that bookstores sales were 6.1% ahead of the comparable period in 2015. This means that chain stores like Barnes and Noble, as well as indie bookstores generated $5.44 billion dollars this year.Bookstore sales in 2016 rose … [Read more...] about Bookstores are selling a record number of books