Showing posts with label bookstores. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bookstores. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Everything you wanted to know about bookstores in America

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What do we really know about bookstores? While we follow bookstores and trends in the industry for a long time, we're still surprised ...
Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Jonathan Demme interviews Author Daniel Wolff and more interesting events at Strand this month!

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Our friends at Strand Bookstore have not only great books, but also great events all year round. This month is no different with a list tha...
Friday, August 24, 2012

DUMBO's powerHouse will be openning a new store in Park Slope, Brooklyn

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Good news from Brooklyn! The Brooklyn Paper reported earlier today that " DUMBO’s powerHouse Books is planning to open an outpost in ...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

A children’s bookstore is looking for funding on Kickstarter

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GalleyCat reported last week on an interesting funding effort on Kickstarter - this time it's a children's bookstore. According to ...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

Why the question now is when and not if Barnes and Noble will file for bankruptcy

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In the last couple of years I started thinking B&N might file for bankruptcy because they have no strategy to transform their brick and ...
Thursday, January 5, 2012

5 reasons why the Nook spin off gets B&N closer to bankruptcy

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Barnes & Noble announced this morning it is beginning “strategic exploratory work” to separate its rapidly growing Nook digital busines...
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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Today is Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day!

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Today is Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day . GalleyCat reports that founded by novelist Jenny Milchman , the new tradition urges parents t...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Beetroot Books is collaborating now with Eco-Libris (our first store in the UK!)

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We're happy to announce on a new bookstore tha t is collaborating with Eco-Libris - Beetroot Books , the first bookstore we're worki...
Monday, September 12, 2011

Is Books-A-Million going to follow Borders into bankruptcy?

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Last month it was announced that Books-A-Million agreed to acquire lease interest in 14 of Borders stores for $934,209. Yet last week Gal...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

Why John Malone does not want to buy Barnes and Noble?

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Bloomberg reported yesterday that "Liberty Media Corp., controlled by billionaire John Malone, invested $204 million in Barnes & N...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

RIP Borders - The bookstore chain is closing its doors

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Now it's official - Borders Group announced on Monday that it will close all of its stores and sell the company to a group of liquidato...
Friday, July 1, 2011

Finally there's a buyer for Borders - Direct Brands of Najafi will buy Borders for $215 million!

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Update from Borders: IB Times reported today that Direct Brands, a portfolio company of Najafi, will purchase Borders' assets for $215....
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Comments on LinkedIn groups on the future of bookstores

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I like to share interesting stories, both ones we write about here and others we read on the Internet, with relevant LinkedIn groups. Usuall...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Barnes & Noble Bankruptcy Index: Will John Malone still be interested in B&N following their 4Q loss?

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After a break of couple of weeks, we're back with our B&N bankruptcy index , following the release yesterday of B&N's fourth...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Is Nick Sherry right about the death of bookstores within five years?

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Nick Sherry, the Australian minister for small businesses started an uproar after predicting that "in five years, other than a few spe...
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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Barnes & Noble Bankruptcy Index: Borders may have a buyer while B&N put all their eggs in one e-nest

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Sorry for the two day delay, but we're here with the weekly update on the B&N bankruptcy index . This week the stock continues to go...