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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 Retail Boss Leaves the Company

Barnes and Noble has been experiencing a dramatic executive shuffle in the…

Harry Potter Plot Outlined on a Hand Drawn Spreadsheet

The Harry Potter saga comprises of seven novels by British author J.K.…

Chapters Flagship Vancouver Bookstore to Close June 2015

Chapters and Indigo have announced that the Vancouver flagship bookstore at Robson…

BookShout Brings in Key Players for New Print Distribution

BookShout, the ebook distribution platform that has seen a great deal of…

Waterstones in Talks to Purchase Blinkbox Books

Waterstones is in desperate need for an e-Book solution that they can…

Authors as Educators: Simon & Schuster Offers Online Courses

In a market that has become increasingly flooded with books–both bad and…

Barnes and Noble Nook Had Another Unprofitable Holiday Season

Barnes and Noble has just announced that their holiday sales for e-readers,…

Waterstones Proclaims Kindle e-Reader Sales are Dead

Waterstones is the largest bookstore chain the United Kingdom and they have…

3rd Party Amazon Sellers Shipped Two Billion Items in 2014

Amazon had a banner year in 2014 with over two billion items…

Facebook Launches a New Book Club – A Year of Books

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg set a personal challenge for himself in 2015,…

Celebrity Memoirs Have Peaked

Celebrity tell all books and memoirs have often sold enough copies to…

Barnes and Noble Repurchases Nook Stock from Pearson

When Barnes and Noble started experiencing close to $1.2 billion in loses…

The Children’s Book Market has Grown 44% in the last Decade

Children are reading in record numbers in the last decade, which has…

Good e-Readers Top 5 Books of 2014

This time of year, everyone is coming out with essential reading lists…

Thalia Bookstores are in Serious Trouble

Thalia is the largest bookstore chain in Germany with over 300 locations…

Amazon Loses Another Publishing Boss, Gains Two More

The head position at Amazon publishing, is not exactly cursed, but people…

Kids Experiencing Massive Problems with Book Discovery

Book discovery is a pressing issue in the print and digital world.…

Barnes & Noble and Microsoft Suspend Nook Partnership

Barnes and Noble announced at a recent earnings call that they have…

CNET Transcends Digital into Print

CNET has been a mainstay of digital news, video and podcasts that…

Chapters Offers Kobo Aura for $99 and Autographed Books

Chapters Indigo, the largest bookstore in Canada has just unveiled their Black…

Never got an Autograph from your Favorite Author? B&N Has you Covered

Serious readers have their favorite fiction or non-fiction authors and getting their…

Book Expo America Gives the Boot to the General Public

If you have been regularly attending the largest professional publishing event in…

HarperCollins Encourages Authors to Sell eBooks Directly

HarperCollins is empowering their cadre of authors to sell eBooks directly with the advent…