Direct to Consumer Sales
August 31, 2016 at 2:10 pm
The death of bricks and mortar book-selling has been predicted for years. This is a depressing thought when so many of us (I’m a two-time non-fiction author, so I have skin this game) earn our living (or hope to), from the acquisition, editing, writing, designing, marketing and selling of books, whether adult coloring books, how-to…
August 30, 2016 at 12:35 pm
When associate history professor Robert Ingram announced to his Western Civilization class that there would be no textbook required, he said he was met with a sigh of relief. Instead, Ingram said he would scan documents for his students to read, rather than have them pay out of pocket for expensive college textbooks. The average undergraduate student at a…
August 26, 2016 at 11:32 am
Amazon is opening an offline bookstore in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood. "We are excited to be bringing Amazon Books to Southport in Chicago," Amazon spokeswoman Deborah Bass said in an email Thursday. Bass said the store, targeted to open next year, will be at 3443 N. Southport Ave., the former location of the now-closed Mystic Celt…
August 25, 2016 at 1:03 pm
On Wednesday, Penguin Random House Canada has opened a new "Penguin Shop" bookstore on the first floor of the tower that houses the company’s offices in Toronto. The building, at 320 Front Street West, is close to both the Rogers Center sports arena and the iconic CN Tower. The 158-square-foot-store, which previously housed a shoe…
August 24, 2016 at 9:56 am
The sudden dismissal of Ron Boire, the CEO of Barnes & Noble, follows the latest financial reporting from Barnes & Noble and has inspired yet another round of analysis about their future. When the financial results were released last month, there was a certain amount of celebrating over the fact that store closings are down…
August 11, 2016 at 12:47 pm
Despite Amazon.com’s scale and growth, it accounted for a mere 3% of 2015 retail sales. So even though Amazon took a whopping 24% of all the retail sales growth in 2015, it still has plenty of room to get bigger. Why? Unlike most American companies which are suffering from a drop in productivity, Amazon — whose sales…
August 10, 2016 at 12:46 pm
Retail sales are holding up after the UK’s decision to leave the EU, figures have revealed today. Total high street sales increased by 1.9% in July in comparison to the year before, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KMPG’s latest survey, while like-for-like sales were up by 1.1%.
August 8, 2016 at 11:41 am
Seattle-based Amazon is unveiling its first branded cargo plane, one of 40 jetliners that will make up the e-commerce giant's own air transportation network as it takes more control of its delivery process. The latest push to speed delivery of its products comes as the company ships an increasing number of packages worldwide. Amazon's parcel…
August 4, 2016 at 10:58 am
In a bid to challenge major chains that have dominated the country’s book market, six Polish publishers have launched a new bookstore chain in a joint venture with book distribution company Super Siódemka, and local businesspeople Kristof Zorde and Elżbieta Pustota. BookBook has been established in a partnership led by publishing houses Prószyński, Helion, Publicat, Rebis, Zysk and…
August 2, 2016 at 12:58 pm
NAPERVILLE, Ill. — August 2, 2016 — Sourcebooks, a leading independent publisher, is expanding the personalized books platform created for Put Me In the Story, the #1 personalized book site in the United States, beyond children’s books. Simple Truths, an imprint of Sourcebooks that publishes well-known and much-utilized business, leadership, teamwork, and motivational books, will now…
