As brick-and-mortar bookstores struggle to carve out their own unique niches in a market overrun by discounted online book buying opportunities, the UK-based Booksellers Association is hard at work helping their shop owners keep up. With everything from assistance in setting up the new mandatory pension plans for their employees to helping store owners play royalty-free … [Read more...] about UK Booksellers Association Teams Up With YodelDirect to Help Indie Stores Compete
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Consumers Warned Against “Showrooming”
A name has been given to an evil that plagues independent bookstores, a practice that was blamed largely for the demise of the Borders bookstore chain: showrooming. This practice, which affects mom-and-pop retailers across possibly every industry but especially the bookselling profession, occurs when consumers enter a local physical retail shop in order to find information and … [Read more...] about Consumers Warned Against “Showrooming”
Publishers As Booksellers Extend their Sales Reach, Aid Book Discovery
With the advent of digital reading and the popularity of social media interaction with bestselling authors, an interesting phenomenon is taking place. Reading consumers are developing not only a loyal following of their favorite authors, but also developing a measure of brand loyalty to certain publishers. For their part, publishers have responded with shopping websites where … [Read more...] about Publishers As Booksellers Extend their Sales Reach, Aid Book Discovery