TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » bookstore http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:12:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Reports of the Bookstore’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/reports-of-the-bookstores-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/ http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/reports-of-the-bookstores-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 00:50:36 +0000 Aggregated Content http://www.teleread.com/?p=84939 By Michael Weinstein There’s been a great deal of conjecture lately about the future of the bookstore: What will happen to the B&N stores (especially if they do plan to reduce the number of stores)? What about independent bookstores? Will Amazon crush bricks-and-mortar stores out of existence? Oh, lordy, will there even be such a [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/this-is-a-bookshop-sign-goes-viral/feed/ 4 Airport bookshop Hudson Booksellers finally has an e-retail store (Plus: A 40% discount for readers) http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/airport-bookshop-hudson-booksellers-finally-has-an-e-retail-store-plus-a-40-percent-discount-for-readers/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/airport-bookshop-hudson-booksellers-finally-has-an-e-retail-store-plus-a-40-percent-discount-for-readers/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:54:57 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=82728 If you’ve ever purchased a paperback novel at the airport—or for that matter, a hardcover book, or even a magazine or a candy bar or a cheap tourist trinket—there’s a decent chance you picked it up at a branch of Hudson Booksellers, which refers to itself as “The Travelers’ Best Friend,” and “aiports’ #1 bookseller.” [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/airport-bookshop-hudson-booksellers-finally-has-an-e-retail-store-plus-a-40-percent-discount-for-readers/feed/ 0 The Cookbook Store: A Lesson in Book Retail Done Right http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/the-cookbook-store-a-lesson-in-book-retail-done-right/ http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/the-cookbook-store-a-lesson-in-book-retail-done-right/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:20:14 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=82594 From today’s Toronto Star comes this feel-good story about The Cookbook Store, a Toronto landmark celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The story also has some good lessons for those who wonder how book retail can continue to survive and thrive in today’s Amazon-and-Internet economy. Some takeaways? Go with the Flow The article mentions that [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/the-cookbook-store-a-lesson-in-book-retail-done-right/feed/ 1 Meet WebBytez, a new method of e-book discovery http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/interview-with-webbytez-about-new-method-of-e-book-discovery/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/interview-with-webbytez-about-new-method-of-e-book-discovery/#comments Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:45:59 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=81028 E-book discovery by readers has been much in the news lately, and it’s definitely an issue for authors, especially those who are self-published. While readers continue to find their next great book in online stores, some still browse brick and mortar bookstores. Wouldn’t it be nice if they could find and buy e-books in a [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/interview-with-webbytez-about-new-method-of-e-book-discovery/feed/ 2 An Update on Waterstones Academy http://www.teleread.com/books/update-waterstones-univ/ http://www.teleread.com/books/update-waterstones-univ/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:14:49 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=80045 You may remember a post we ran last Monday about Waterstones Academy, a sort of university for retail booksellers that looks as if it may be launching in England sometime later this year. Waterstones, for those of you not familiar with the name, is a UK-based bookstore chain with some 288 locations dotted throughout the UK [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/books/update-waterstones-univ/feed/ 1 Meet Waterstones Academy, a college for booksellers http://www.teleread.com/books/meet-waterstones-academy-a-college-for-booksellers/ http://www.teleread.com/books/meet-waterstones-academy-a-college-for-booksellers/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:30:40 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=79923 The Bookseller recently published what appears to be a very interesting article about a sort of bookseller’s university that Waterstones—the UK-based bookstore chain—plans to open at some point in the near-to-distant future. And I use the term “appears,” by the way, because the article in question in available only to subscribers of the website’s premium [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/books/meet-waterstones-academy-a-college-for-booksellers/feed/ 0 Another One Bites the Dust: Landmark Toronto bookstore to close April 1 http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/another-one-bites-the-dust-landmark-toronto-bookstore-to-close-april-1/ http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/another-one-bites-the-dust-landmark-toronto-bookstore-to-close-april-1/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:29:12 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=79133 Bittersweet news came out this weekend that Nicholas Hoare, a landmark Toronto bookstore, is set to close April 1, 2013. The store is known for its eclectic stock and elegant interior, and has been in operation in three different cities, at various junctures, since 1971. The shocker? This article on the closure says there isn’t [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/pay-to-browse-why-it-will-never-work-for-bookstores/feed/ 10 Pay to play: Would you pay to browse for books? http://www.teleread.com/harpercollins/pay-to-play-would-you-pay-to-browse-for-books/ http://www.teleread.com/harpercollins/pay-to-play-would-you-pay-to-browse-for-books/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:00:56 +0000 Susan Lulgjuraj http://www.teleread.com/?p=78842 Would you pay to browse a bookstore’s shelves? Victoria Barnsley, CEO of HarperCollins UK & International, discussed that concept during a recent interview on BBC’s The Bottom Line with Evan Davis. “In America, certain shoe shops are charging to try on shoes. These people just go in, try them on and go and order them online,” [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/kindle/kindle-paperwhite-to-be-available-at-waterstones-by-halloween/feed/ 0 Celebrate ‘Star Wars Reads Day’ on October 6 http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/celebrate-star-wars-reads-day-on-october-6/ http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/celebrate-star-wars-reads-day-on-october-6/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:00:24 +0000 Cara Gavin http://www.teleread.com/?p=72202 This coming Saturday, October 6, you can join over 1,000 bookstores and libraries in celebrating Star Wars Reading Day, “an international celebration of books about the science fiction series,” reports GalleyCat. From the post: Readers are invited to dress up in costume and go to participating local bookstores which are hosting Star Wars reading parties. Lucasfilms and [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/is-books-a-million-slowly-becoming-the-new-borders/feed/ 10 Can smartphone game Tip or Skip entice ‘showroomers’ to buy goods in physical locations? http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/can-smartphone-game-tip-or-skip-entice-showroomers-to-buy-goods-in-physical-locations/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/can-smartphone-game-tip-or-skip-entice-showroomers-to-buy-goods-in-physical-locations/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:34:48 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/can-smartphone-game-tip-or-skip-entice-showroomers-to-buy-goods-in-physical-locations/ “Showrooming.” While I can’t say I’d heard the specific term before, it’s easy to understand what it’s talking about—the practice of using a physical store as a “showroom” where you can examine something and then go buy it online. This is one of the trends many pro-agency pricing comment submitters noted in their comments to [...]

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