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Taking E-books to the Next Level
Despite technological petting zoos, QR codes on shelf-talkers linked to bookstores’ Web sites, and in-store displays of physical books with signage reminding readers that they can also buy e-editions, only a handful of independents are making more than about $100 or so on e-book sales a month. To help, some indie publishers, including Algonquin and Sourcebooks, have begun, or are about to begin, programs directed toward helping independent bookstores build a following among e-book fans. (See sidebar on facing page.) At the same time, booksellers are asking whether they need a reader of their own to crack the e-book market in a meaningful way.
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Maine's Owl & Turtle For Sale
Older stores are going on the sales block at an accelerated pace. Forty-one-year-old Owl & Turtle Bookshop in Camden, Maine, is for sale.
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Points of Sale: Tips for Children’s Booksellers
This column grew from first-hand experience that many of the best bookselling ideas come from other booksellers. Each tip offers an inventive way to solve problems that you may not have even been aware of: like making series stand out.
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XanEdu & Flat World Partner on Customized Textbooks
Flat World Knowledge, publisher of open college textbooks, and XanEdu Publishing, which delivers print and digital custom course materials, announced a new partnership.
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Google to Reinstate Indie Affiliates
After notifying some independent bookseller Google eBook affiliates that they will be removed from the program as of March 15, Google is now working on reinstating them.
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Amazon, NACS Settle Suit
The National Association of College Stores and Amazon have resolved their differences over the latter’s online text advertising claims about textbook prices last spring.
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Mr. Paperback Chain to Close
New England is losing one of its last regional chains with Mr. Paperback’s decision to close at the end of April. The 50-year-old ten-store chain had been the largest in Maine.
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City Lights Gets Its Own Blog
San Francisco's famous City Lights bookstore has launched its own blog: Abandon All Despair Ye Who Enter Here. The blog already has interviews, profiles, and think pieces, updated daily.
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Taking E-books to the Next Level
Despite technological petting zoos, QR codes on shelf-talkers linked to bookstores’ Web sites, and in-store displays of physical books with signage reminding readers that they can also buy e-editions, only a handful of independents are making more than about $100 or so on e-book sales a month. To help, some indie publishers, including Algonquin and Sourcebooks, have begun, or are about to begin, programs directed toward helping independent bookstores build a following among e-book fans. (See sidebar on facing page.) At the same time, booksellers are asking whether they need a reader of their own to crack the e-book market in a meaningful way.
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Algonquin Expands “Lucky 7”
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill is adding one more week to its Lucky 7 e-book promotion. Starting in March seven books will be discounted for 14 days.
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Bookseller Urges Colleagues to Support IPG
A Michigan bookseller is urging other booksellers to take a public stand in the IPG/Amazon standoff over terms.
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Google Drops Bookstore Affiliates
After a two-week pause in its affiliate program, Google dropped a number of affiliates that sell Google eBooks, including some independent booksellers.
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Nebraska Book Company Gets Extension on Reorg
With the granting of a second extension, Nebraska Book Company now has until April 23 to create a plan to emerge from the pre-arranged bankruptcy it entered in June.
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Rafter Expands Platform Capabilities
On the eve of CAMEX, the edtech giant announced three new programs aimed at extending the capabilities of its platform for book supply, textbook rental, and course adoptions.
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IPG Stands Firm on Terms with Amazon
IPG president Mark Suchomel told his distribution clients that Amazon has failed to renew its agreement with IPG to sell Kindle titles.
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What’s Up with the Google Affiliate Program?
With no prior announcement Google stopped accepting applications for affiliates to its Google eBooks program two weeks ago.
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That Bookstore Next on the Block
In what’s starting to seem like a trend for long-established bookstores, 36-year-old That Bookstore in Blytheville, Ark., is for sale.
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B&N Sales Rise, Earnings Fall; New Tablet Announced
Total sales increased 5% in the third quarter ended January 28 at Barnes & Noble, to $2.44 billion, but continued investment in digital products dropped net income in the quarter to $52.0 million from $60.6 million.
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E-book Reading 10% of Canada's National Book Count
Canada's second National Book Count shows e-books at 10% of a healthy reading culture.
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Eso Won Books to Move Following Sale of Building
Following sale of building, Eso Won Books In Los Angeles to move to smaller space at half the rent on same block.
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