Vancouver’s flagship Chapters store to close, with plans to reopen
In the face of increasing rents for retail space, the flagship location of a major Canadian book chain has announced that it will shut down as of this summer. Mike… Read more »
American Booksellers Association joins boycott of books published by Amazon, effectively sealing off North America
Although numerous independent booksellers, over the last few weeks, have individually announced they would ban books published by Amazon from their stores, late yesterday the trade organization representing most of… 2 / Read more »
Two more giant retailers join boycott of books published by Amazon
Maybe it’s an instance of live by the sword, die by the sword: After years of ruthlessly battering retailers with relentless and drastic predatory pricing, Amazon finds its foray… 16 / Read more »
Money to burn?
Heather Reisman, CEO of Canada’s biggest books chain, Indigo Books & Music Inc, has just signed a very lucrative deal. According to this story in the Toronto Globe and Mail:… Read more »
As the dust settles on the Borders bankruptcy case and the liquidators begin to get rid of thousands of employees and even more thousands of books, what are we to… Read more »