Briefly Noted | Could Pop-Up Bookstores Fill Old Borders Stores? « PWxyz
First things first: pop-up bookstores, retail venues that open for a limited time, are a new idea, and they’re certainly not going to be the idea that saves brick-and-mortar. But the most recent pop-up, Word Up in Washington Heights, just…
Amazon Agrees To Acquire The Book Depository
Yahoo Finance today reported that Amazon had agreed to acquire The Book Depository, the online book retailer that offers free delivery worldwide to customers. The UK based company had £60 million in sales in 2010 and is targeting £120 million…
Briefly Noted | Are estributors the future of publishing? – TNW Industry
Leaving that line of thought, let’s take another look at publishing from the perspective of a young author looking to break into the ‘big time’ with their first book. For that person, would it not be better for them to…
April Retail Figures Show Yearly Declines
Data released by the Central Statistics office revealed that the level of sales in April 2011 in the Books, Newspapers and Stationery sector was down over 14% in value and volume terms on the levels for April 2010. Despite the…
Guest Blog: Amazon Acquires The Book Depository. And a Little Bit of Egypt!
A Fascinating piece by Alexander McNabb looking at the implications of Amazon’s acquisition of The Book Depository for Egypt. Amazon.com’s decision to acquire Guernsey-based online book distribution company, The Book Depository, was announced in a terse press release from the online…