Bord Gáis Launches Bookshop Of The Year Competition
Bord Gáis Energy has launched a competition to find Ireland’s top bookshop. The competition, The Bord Gáis Energy Book Shop of the Year, offers readers and members of The Bord Gais Energy Book Club the opportunity to vote for their favourite…
Irish Top Ten Week Ending 25/06/2011
After a few weeks where sales seemed to be recovering for the top ten, this week dealt a huge blow with an over 15% drop in sales by volume. That nonetheless offered some bright points as Irish authors still held…
Briefly Noted | Foyles bucks bad news for booksellers with latest branch at Olympics site – Business News, Business – The Independent
Mr Husain insisted that there is a future for chains like his: “What is different about us is we dont rely on deep discounting. What we are trying to do is build on the service element and to mould each…
Briefly Noted | The Canadian Press: Indy power: Independent stores on rise as booksellers convention nears
The number of stores in the American Booksellers Association has again gone up. And they can thank, in part, the real estate bust. “The soft real estate market absolutely works to our advantage,” says Oren Teicher, CEO of the booksellers…
Briefly Noted | Why Multichannel Bookselling is the Future | Publishing Perspectives
Notice the emphasis on non-book products (“built around books”); as people buy more books on the internet, stores like Thalia must rely more and more on other products to turn a profit. So a Thalia is a bookstore where you…




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