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Amazon demands print-on-demand exclusivity

From The Wall Street Journal: Amazon.com Inc., flexing its muscles as a major book retailer, notified publishers who print books on demand that they will have to use its on-demand printing facilities if they want ... Read More »

March 31, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Borders troubles

By Nathan Whitlock

Borders, the second-largest bookselling chain in the U.S., may be forced to sell itself off after hitting a financial crunch. Here are some takes on the chain's troubles: Borders bookstore may be up for sale ... Read More »

March 24, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

U.K. steps up e-book production

By Scott MacDonald

While the Canadian publishing industry is taking a wait-and-see attitude toward e-books, the U.K. industry seems to be chomping at the bit to get on board. According to The Bookseller, two of the U.K.'s biggest ... Read More »

March 14, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Canadians spending less on books

By Jacob Sheen

The 2006 Survey of Household Spending in Canada says that, despite an overall increase in consumption, "spending on reading materials decreased 5% to $260 per household." It seems that no one can stop the grim ... Read More »

February 27, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Memories of World’s Biggest Bookstore

By Jacob Sheen

Eye Weekly has a brief history of the World's Biggest Bookstore in downtown Toronto. Apparently, it used to be a bowling alley. (Bring your own tenpins and a bowling ball and it still could be.) ... Read More »

February 27, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

The tale of the ghostly bookseller

By Nathan Whitlock

Over at UFO Digest, a site dedicated to the paranormal, extraterrestrial, and the hypermundane (oh wait “ that last one's our beat), there is a first-person account of a woman and her mother being helped ... Read More »

February 25, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Free as in beer and books

By Nathan Whitlock

Now that the crisis over parity and pricing has eased somewhat “ at least for the moment “ we can again turn our attention to a more pressing issue in books: how can we get ... Read More »

February 11, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Canadian Heritage’s state of the (bookselling) nation

By Nathan Whitlock

Last year, the Department of Canadian Heritage commisioned a report entitled The Book Retail Sector in Canada, which was releases late last month. (You can read the whole report here.) Its key findings probably won't ... Read More »

February 4, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

The shape of indie bookstores to come

By Stuart Woods

A Brooklyn woman has won $15,000 in start-up cash from the Brooklyn Public Library for her design of an independent neighbourhood bookstore. Her plan is so crazy it just might work: "a small bookstore with ... Read More »

January 29, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Bookstore beauties

By Scott MacDonald

The Guardian has put together a list of the 10 prettiest looking bookstores in the world, and though not all of their selections are eye-poppers, they've certainly found some doozies. The first two, in particular ... Read More »

January 11, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

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Amazon demands print-on-demand exclusivity

Borders troubles

U.K. steps up e-book production

Canadians spending less on books

Memories of World’s Biggest Bookstore

The tale of the ghostly bookseller

Free as in beer and books

Canadian Heritage’s state of the (bookselling) nation

The shape of indie bookstores to come

Bookstore beauties

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