Borders has been going out of business for a while, but until last weekend I hadn't stepped foot in one of the going-out-of-business-stores. The one in Minneapolis is two floors and almost empty. While it's sad and a little scary for people in the publishing biz to see such a huge brick-and-mortar store go down, it was also a little fun to browse the massive sales. I … [Read more...] about Borders Liquidation = Cheap Assets
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Inside Barnes & Noble
Last week I got to go to Barnes & Noble before the store opened and listen to two of their book buyers discuss how they decide which books to buy for which stores across the nation. Not going to lie, it was pretty sweet (even if I did have to be out of my apartment by 7 a.m.). Here's a list of some of the more interesting things I learned: Just because a topic is a … [Read more...] about Inside Barnes & Noble
Twitter News: Borders Files for Bankruptcy
Last week, Borders filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. It had been a long time coming, but at least they avoided a Chapter 7, which would mean they basically would have been liquidated. About 200 stores of the 600 Borders stores will be closed. I imagine the bankruptcy of Borders worries many publishers. Borders and Barnes & Noble are still major outlets and one of the main … [Read more...] about Twitter News: Borders Files for Bankruptcy
This Week in Publishing
A U.S. judge dismissed a lawsuit that claimed J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series infringed upon Adrian Jacobs's "The Adventures of Willy the Wizard No 1 Livid Land," which was published in 1987. Scholastic, the U.S. Harry Potter publisher, said, "Judge Scheindlin clearly agreed... Scholastic will continue to vigorously defend any such frivolous claims challenging the … [Read more...] about This Week in Publishing
12/06/10: This Week in Publishing
It has finally happened! Google launched the Google eBookstore on Monday. The bookstore is an extension of Google's book project, "an effort that began in 2004 to scan all 130 million books in the world, by Google’s estimate." Because it is cloud-based, it is an "open-ecosystem," which means consumers can buy their books once through the eBookstore, store them in a "central, … [Read more...] about 12/06/10: This Week in Publishing
