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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.

High-End Print Outdoors Magazines Thriving

Image credit: adventure-journal Stephen Casimiro, a former editor of Powder and National…

Amazon’s Original Book Business Still Thriving, Generates $16.9B in 10 Months in 2022

Amazon had started its journey selling books. That was in 1994 and…

Jennifer Aniston ventures into Children’s Books with Clydeo

Jennifer Aniston, renowned for drawing inspiration from her surroundings, including her beloved…

Cheaper Prices Can Help Combat Book Piracy

It is common knowledge that you can save money if the prices…

The Tale of two Naomis; Klein wins award for Doppelganger

Naomi Klein, a prominent Canadian writer and activist, has won the inaugural…

Canadians prefer print books to ebooks and audiobooks

The vast majority of Canadians prefer reading hardcovers and paperbacks to audiobooks…

New Hunger Games book and movie coming

Suzanne Collins, the acclaimed author behind the Hunger Games series, just announced…

Indigo Goes Private: Sweetened Deal Accepted

Indigo Books & Music Inc. has agreed to a privatization deal, accepting…

Costco to stop selling books year-round

Costco recently announced its decision to significantly reduce regular book offerings in…

Teen Defies Censorship: hands over a copy of Handmaid’s Tale at Grad

At the recent graduation ceremony of the Idaho Fine Arts Academy, Annabelle…

Tipping Points Revisited: Malcolm Gladwell’s New Frontier

Malcolm Gladwell’s upcoming release is generating a lot of buzz. Publisher Little,…
Canada booknet survey

Growing Book Prices: BookNet Canada’s Survey

A 2023 Consumer survey by BookNet Canada highlighted rising prices and buying…
book reading culture America

How Many Books Does An Average American Read?

According to several surveys, the average American reads 12-14 books per year.…

Elvis’s bedside Bible with personal notes up for auction: $37,500

Elvis Presley’s well-used Bible, adorned with gold stamping and bearing signs of…

Author Opens FL Bookstore in response to Book Bans

While they had toyed with the idea of opening a bookstore for…
TikTok bookshelves UK

TikTok Bookshelves to Open Across UK

TikTok is joining forces with the National Literacy Trust (NLT) to “BookTok…