Book Reviews
About-Us, Borders
Today I’m over at Borders True Romance blog with Sarah talking about books. Later today we’ll have a poll and a review. Cheers!
Book Reviews
About-Us, Borders
For the past several months, Sarah and I have had the distinct pleasure of working on the launch of the Borders True Romance blog hosted by Sue Grimshaw, the buyer of romances for Borders books. Today the blog is finally… more
Book Reviews
Barnes & Noble, Borders, digital rights management, editors, Harlequin Teen, Young-Adult
Borders Group Inc. is trying new things to revive its flagging sales. The latest is Borders Ink, a department devoted to selling books and merchandise to teens. By the end of August most of the Borders superstores should have this… more
Publishing News
Amazon, Borders, ebook software, Google, Literary Criticism
Amazon is cutting off affiliates right and left, some due to taxing issues within the state, but it removed any affiliate fees for Kindle books; eliminated search related affiliate fees and not won’t pay for tweeted links. I’m of the… more
Publishing News
book business, Borders
Borders sent out a press release updating the world on its improved financial status. It has reduced debt by 44.9% by the end of the first quarter even though sales were down by 12.1%. Read more at Personanodata. The new… more
Book Reviews
book-sales, Borders, digital rights management, Google Book Settlement, Orbit
In a not so tom foolery post, Mark Sarvas posts a beautiful in memoriam for his father. Thanks Elizabeth. Borders does Lisa Kleypas in its new “True Romance” feature. (Borders needs an embed element). BooksonBoard now offers a new eBook… more
Publishing News
Borders, Elloras-Cave, lawsuits
Borders has filed a motion to dismiss in the lawsuit filed by Ellora’s Cave. The motion to dismiss mentions, among other things, that the number of returns EC incurred was due to EC’s own failure to provide full shipments. Instead,… more
Book Reviews
Barnes & Noble, Borders, cover-art, obama, Stephen-King, Stephenie-Meyer
Stephen King laid the smackdown on Stephenie Meyer in an interview yesterday. “Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people… The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a… more
Book Reviews
book business, Borders, Lois-McMaster-Bujold
According to Lois McMaster Bujold’s Myspace page , Borders has decided not to stock Horizons in the store. It will be available online only. This is really sad because I think that Bujold is an author that really deserves a broader audience…. more
Publishing News
Borders, HarperStudios
http://ShelfAwareness Bob Miller's HarperStudio might actually change the publishing world. Borders has agreed to buy stock from HarperStudio on a nonreturnable basis in exchange for discounts between 58-63% rather than 48%. The first of the HarperStudio books will ship this spring…. more
Publishing News
book business, Borders, HarperCollins, HarperStudios
Ask anyone with a business degree and they’ll tell you that the business publishing model is broken. For example, isn’t it crazy that unsold goods get to be returned for credit? What other business model allows for the manufacturer to… more
Publishing News
bookstore sales, Borders
Borders is running a special on romances. If you buy 4, you get 1 free and if your order is over $25, you get free shipping. If the average book you buy is $6.50 or greater, then four books would… more
Publishing News
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders
Mobile Read has a couple of articles on the new debate of whether Amazon, rather than Barnes and Noble, should acquire Borders. William Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management says aye (and Pershing has a 10% stake in Boders Group… more
Publishing News
book-sales, Books, Borders
A total of 274 Borders employees were laid off, most of which were corporate employees in all departments except the buyer/planner group. According to the PW article, 156 positions at the Ann Arbor, MI, headquarters were eliminated and 118 positions… more
Publishing News
book business, Borders
Borders had initially partnered with Amazon to serve as its online retail vendor. A year or so ago, Borders severed that relationship and made plans to start its own e-tailing presence. The beta launch is over and customers can now… more