Chances are there’s a Borders store near you that’s either closing or will close within the next year. Fortunately, the store in my town will remain open – for now - though another location 15 minutes north of here isn’t quite so lucky. I’ve visited the unfortunate Borders store three times since they put up the [...]
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“Brick and Mortar” bookstores, and why they’re failing
Posted: February 9, 2011 in Bookselling, Bookshops, Professional NewsTags: bookstores, economy, public libraries
Of course I want you to say the library is your primary source for books. I sort of have a vested interest in that. While we’re at it, let’s include music CDs, DVDs and books on CD, all things you can get for FREE at your public library. But sometimes, I know, one would like [...]
From Huffington Post: ” Anyone who believes this new technology is going away is dreaming. Anyone who believes the print publishing industry has a chance to survive in its present form is dreaming. It’s now possible for any small publisher to have free and almost immediate access to the largest bookstore in the world — [...]
Think your local Borders can top these? If so, I’m moving to your neighborhood. Boekhandel Selexyz Dominicanen in Maastricht, Netherlands
Even though I’m not really a bookseller any more, these things still catch my eye. This copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio went up for auction today at Sotheby’s and has been sold to a London bookseller for £ 2.8 M. Estimates for the sale were in the area of up to $ 6 M, so [...]
