Bookstore

PHOTOS: Is This The World's Most Elegant Bookstore?

Posted 04.10.2012

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Rizzoli has just opened a stunningly beautiful new store inside luxury department store Saks Fifth Avenue in New York. Positioned on the ninth floor, ...

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Is Hitler's Book 'The Perfect Present'?

Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Video, Controversy, Hitler, Mein Kampf, Hitler Mein Kampf, Christmas, Mien Kampf, Mein Kamp, Waterstones, Bookstore, Mein Kampf Sales, Adolf Hitler, Books News

Britain's largest bookstore chain has apologized for promoting Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" (My Struggle) as "the perfect present" for Christmas, ...

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East Harlem Bi-Cultural Bookstore Needs Your Help

Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Video, Aurora Anaya-Cerda, La Casa Azul, Libreria Macondo, Hispanic Heritage, Bookstore, La-Casa-Azul-Bookstore, East Harlem Bookstore, Latino Voices News

Don’t tell Aurora Anaya-Cerda small bookshops are dying. Her mission: an independent Latino bookstore in the heart of East Harlem. “It’s a pr...

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The Faithful Shopper: Uniquely New York

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Loree Rodkin, 34th Street, Canal Street, Balenciaga, Tea, Americana at Manhasset, Ninth Avenue, Cameras, World's Largest Department Store, China, Chanel, Vanderbilt, Pearl Paint, Pearl River Mart, Macy's Herald Square, Long Island, A La Vieille Russie, St. Laurent, Lafayette Street, Screaming Mimi's, Digital Cameras, Faith Hope Consolo, Fifth Avenue, Macy's, Brunello Cucinelli, Books, J. Mendel, Apple Store, Bergdorf's, Broadway, Bookstore, Jimmy Choo, Faberge, Bergdorf Goodman, Indie, Vintage, Macys, Apple, Fish's Eddy, The Strand, Cavalli, Versace, Hirshleifer's, B&H Photo, Sevan, Pringle, Pearl, New York News

I've often said that New York is the retail capital of the world, and that no international shop or designer is truly global without a location here. But we also have a number of shops that are ONLY here.

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Wrecking Recs: Go to the Bookstore!

Rachael Berkey | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Book Recommendations, Bookstore, Recommendations, Bookstores, Books, Books News

At least once a month, I get email from a friend asking for a recommendation. The friend in question has finished a book and cannot decide on what to read next. They've come to me for inspiration.

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WATCH: Comedian John Hodgman On The Future Of Bookstores

Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Authors, Daily Show, Writers, Jon Stewart, Barnes and Noble, Bookstore, Borders, Indie Bookstores, Bookstores, Reading, The Daily Show, Video, Books News

The Daily Show last night featured a piece on the decline of the bookstore. Author and comedian John Hodgman asked Jon Stewart, "Did you know books us...

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Adjusting to the Vanishing Bookstore

Tom Alderman | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Walmart, Calendars, Barnes & Noble, Kindle, Puppy Calendars, Merchant Marine, Internet, Bookstore, Borders, Browntrout, Guttenberg, Sam's Club, Costco, Mike Brown, BrownTrout Publishers, Books News

For book lovers, nothing is quite so disheartening as seeing our local Borders or Barnes & Noble with a "For Lease" sign on the door. It's the indigestible realization that an increasing number of books now require a battery to read.

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UK's Biggest Chain About To Fail, Pins Hopes On Social Book Selling App

Publishing Perspectives | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Nook, Barnes & Noble, Book Industry Conference, Social Book Selling App, Book Apps, Bookstore, Anobil, Waterstone, Waterstone's, Waterstone's Bookstore, Amazon, Books News

LONDON: Troubled UK chain Waterstone’s is pinning its hopes on the aNobii app which it officially launches next month....

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Amazon Launches German-Language Kindle Bookstore

BusinessWeek | Posted 06.22.2011

Read More: German Kindle Bookstore, Ebook Store, Kindle, Bookstore, Amazon Kindle, Kindle Store, Ebooks, Amazon, Books News

Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that it has launched its Kindle e-book store in Germany, bolstering a catalog of German-language books that it had alrea...

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A Bookstore That Sells Only One Book

GalleyCat | Jason Boog on April 15, 2011 3:54 PM | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Authors, Temporary Bookstore, Author's Bookstore, Martian Summer, Bookstore, Monobookist, Andrew Kessler, Mono Book, Books News

What if a bookstore only stocked one book? To celebrate the launch of his new book about the Phoenix Mars mission, author Andrew Kessler constructe...

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Should Barnes & Noble Go From Bookstore To Nookstore?

Fortune Tech | ScottWoolley | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Nook, Ereaders, Barnes & Noble, Borders Bankruptcy, Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Bookstore, Borders, Amazon Kindle, Ebooks, Amazon, Books News

In the late 1990s, the book industry was upended by the rise of the superstore. With big footprints in exurban shopping centers, Barnes & Noble (BKS) ...

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"Where Are Jane Eyre's Books?" The Most Ridiculous Things Overheard In Bookstores

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bookstore, Bookstore Bingo, Twitter, #Bookstorebingo, Tweet, Slidepollajax, Books, Books News

The Twitter hashtag #bookstorebingo has been yielding hilarious results lately. Bookstore owners and employees tweeted some of the funniest things the...

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Google Books Case May Go To Congress

nytimes.com | CLAIRE CAIN MILLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Congress, Digital Bookstore, Scott Turow, Google Books Case, Bookstore, Google Books, Ebooks, Authors Guild, Books News

SAN FRANCISCO — Now that a judge has curtailed Google’s ambitions to create a giant digital bookstore and library, the company is left with few ap...

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To the Employees At The Borders' Stores Scheduled To Close: Open A Bookstore

Toby Barlow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bookstore, Borders, Retail, Small Business, Independent-Businesses, Small Business America, Local Business, Business News

Just because headquarters can't figure out how to make your location viable does not mean you can't. You've been sitting behind the cash register for years now saying, "If it was up to me..." So, do it!

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Barnes And Noble:

Publishing Perspectives | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Publishing, Book Market, Publishing Market, Barnes and Noble, Bookstore, Bookselling, Bookseller, Barnes Noble, Books News

B&N was the bookseller whose massive expansion into superstores in the '80s and '90s was seen as the catalyst for the closure of numerous independent ...

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If Borders Folds, Should We Mourn?

Washington City Paper | Lydia DePillis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Market, Borders Books and Music, Publishing Market, Borders Booksellers, Borders Bookstore, Bookstore, Borders Books, Bookseller, Books News

Borders Books and Music is in trouble. It's not done well in the rough-and-tumble world of online bookselling, and according to the people who follow ...

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Used Booksellers Threatened By Utah Law

blogs.publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Market, Used Books, Used Bookstores, Publishing Market, Books, Bookstore, Bookselling, Book, Bookstores, Books News

Bookseller Ken Sanders, who owns Ken Sanders Rare Books, posted a call to action on his Web site earlier this week alerting customers to a Utah state...

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Life After Borders

publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Market, Publishing Market, Books, Bookstore, Borders, Borders Books, Publishers, Bookseller, Books News

Although Borders has been struggling financially for years, for the first time the book industry is openly, and in many cases actively, planning for w...

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Weirdest Things Bought In Bookstores (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Market, Indies, Barnes and Noble, Slidepollajax, Bookstore, Bookselling, Indie Bookstores, Borders Books, Bookstores, Bookseller, Books News

With Borders Books in trouble but Barnes and Noble doing well, and with indie bookstores getting so much positive attention, it seems like so many wac...

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Oprah Book Club Of England Equivalent

Metro.co.uk | Posted 01.02.2012

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The selected titles were announced yesterday and include four debut novels. Among those on the list are Trespass by Rose Tremain, The Blasphemer by...

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McNally Jackson, NY Bookstore, Unveils Print On Demand Machine

NYC The Blog | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nolita's McNally Jackson Books has a new toy named William Caxton. William, seen above, is an Espresso Book Machine 2.0 made by Soho's On Demand Books...

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Nook To Thank For Great End-Of-Year For Barnes And Noble

DailyFinance | SARAH WEINMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the nine-week holiday period ending Jan. 1, comparable store sales for Barnes & Noble's brick-and-mortar business was up 9.7% compared to last yea...

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Publishers Said About Borders Proposal: 'Not Going To Fly'

publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Publishers seemed unimpressed with Borders proposals that seek new financing and payment terms. According to sources familiar with negotiations, Borde...

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BookstoreBingo

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the first #WriterWednesday of the new year, amidst news of turmoil at Borders and sales records at Amazon, let's celebrate what goes on in booksto...

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eReaders

usatoday.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nook, Riding the Bullet, Stephen King, Kindle, Ereader, Ebook Convert, Bookstore, Ebook, Bibliophile, Digital Book, Digital Reader, Computer, Amazon, Ipad, Books News

Jamie Groves has doubled his reading -- up to more than 40 books a year -- since he began downloading e-books on his Kindle. Sandra Hines calls her N...

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