James Daunt (CEO of Barnes & Noble) has come up with a new buying policy for middle-grade fiction hardcovers. In this new strategy, B&N will reduce the number of new books in the middle-grade fiction genre and only pick one or two books that are leading the charts (per publisher, per season). This whole incident has initiated an outage in social media with many unhappy … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble’s Updated Buying Policy for Middle-Grade Fiction
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A New Indie-Like Day Is Dawning for Barnes and Noble
If you're lucky enough to live in a town with a thriving indie bookstore, be sure to count your blessings. If the only bookstore within driving distance is a Barnes and Noble, you might not be so fortunate. The way B&N has operated for the past few years, you might not even consider it a bookstore, at least not when you look around at the pillows, t-shirts, candles, and … [Read more...] about A New Indie-Like Day Is Dawning for Barnes and Noble
Amazon Now Accused of Causing Unemployment
As if the "evil empire" of book selling hasn't done enough to live up to the reputation that its critics have put forth, a new interview in the Financial Times with Waterstones' CEO James Daunt describes how Amazon is causing unemployment rates to skyrocket, especially in terms of high street booksellers. Despite the fact that employment numbers from 2010 show that more than … [Read more...] about Amazon Now Accused of Causing Unemployment
UK’s Waterstones Talks About Forging A Deal with Amazon
The BBC website published an interview this week with James Daunt, the managing director of Waterstones, the largest physical bookstore chain in the UK. While Daunt had originally had some aggressive things to say about the apparent global dominance of the online retailer, Daunt signed a deal in May of this year that would put Kindle e-readers on display in Waterstones stores. … [Read more...] about UK’s Waterstones Talks About Forging A Deal with Amazon