Most bookstores in North America and Europe have set business hours. They tend to open at 9 AM and go until 10 PM. Indie bookstores often have the standard 9-5 mentality and this sometimes prevent people who work late from buying books. A bookstore in Beijing China is bucking the standard operating hour trend and has just adopted a new 24 hour schedule. Sanlian Taofen … [Read more...] about First 24 Hour Bookstore Opens in China
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German Bookstore Chain Weltbild Goes Bankrupt
Weltbild is the second largest bookstore in Germany and the company has a very complex ownership group that was not willing to put anymore money into it. On January 10th 2014 the company officially filed for insolvency and the future of the German book selling landscape looks bleak. Weltbild’s owners is a very complex consortium of over a dozen dioceses of the Catholic … [Read more...] about German Bookstore Chain Weltbild Goes Bankrupt
French Senate Approves Bill to Stop eBook Retailers Offering Free Home Delivery
Senators at the upper house of the French Parliament have come together to approve of a bill that would make it illegal for online retailers to offer free home delivery. This no doubt will hit Amazon's French operations hard where the retailer has been doling out discounts as well as the bait of free home delivery to lure buyers. While the bill will continue to allow Amazon to … [Read more...] about French Senate Approves Bill to Stop eBook Retailers Offering Free Home Delivery
Iconic Barnes and Noble Bookstore Closes in NY
One of the more interesting retail histories in the book industry is that of Barnes and Noble (the history of the stores and the brand can be found HERE), with a number of locations having significant importance both as thriving retail spaces and as icons within the company. Sadly, the flagship 5th Avenue store, bought when Leonard Riggio, founder of the Student Book Exchange … [Read more...] about Iconic Barnes and Noble Bookstore Closes in NY
Libraries Starting to Emerge as Bookstores
With bookstores gradually on the way out in the digital age, libraries are increasingly finding themselves in the new role of bookstores themselves. More and more libraries are changing their renovation plans. They are limiting additional shelf space to add more titles to their already existing collection, and earmarking a separate section that will be dedicated to sell off … [Read more...] about Libraries Starting to Emerge as Bookstores
E-Books from Google BookStore Can Be Downloaded in Chrome and Read Offline
Google Books and Google Chrome, both being Google products, means it just a matter of time before the two started to merge, and the latest development is all good news for e-book lovers. For now, users will get to download e-books from the Google Book store via the Chrome web browser and read them even when not connected to the net. Of course, you will need to have a Google … [Read more...] about E-Books from Google BookStore Can Be Downloaded in Chrome and Read Offline