May 15 2008
Borders is suffering financially and Tuesday saw the removal of eight management individuals which included buyers Beryl Needham and Tom Dwyer. Rob Teicher was numbered among the eight although Shelf Awareness reported that he was retiring. Via ShelfAwareness. Send to Kindle
Apr 9 2008
Sue Grimshaw, buyer for romances at Borders for the past 7 years, was awarded the 2008 Vivian Stephens Industry Award from RWA. This was announced a week or so ago when the RITA nominations were announced. Grimshaw is a voracious reader of romance as well as general fiction and mystery. She devours a minimum of(…)
Apr 8 2008
Borders has successfully refinanced the terms of the loan from Pershing Square Capital Management. The overseas operations are still for sale which I understand will help Borders quite a bit if they can unload. More details that I really don’t understand are here at Publishers Weekly. Send to Kindle
Mar 20 2008
There have long been rumors of a sale/merger of Borders and Barnes and Noble. Analysts have commented on more than one occasion that this made sense. I think publishing folks generally dislike this notion across the board. Consolidation doesn’t help sales and it certainly doesn’t help midlist authors. But according to the Washington Post, Borders(…)
Mar 13 2008
There is a fascinating article available for free on the Wall Street Journal (it was pay yesterday) about changes at Borders’ stores. Borders believes it can sell more books if they are face out on the shelves than spined and therefore is cutting back on stock. It will have fewer books in store, but give(…)
Feb 15 2008
Due to increased competition from both brick and mortar and online bookstores, Borders opened a new concept store it hopes will eventually increase sales. Most of the store looks like the competition except for an area described as a digital center. At this new digital center one could download music to their mp3 player,(…)
Feb 8 2008
Borders is running a Buy 4 Get 1 Free special for romances. When I first saw this discount notice in my inbox (which works out to about $1.25 off per book), I thought, “Sweet.” But apparently, I should have thought “those rat bastards.” According to blogger at TensionBreaker: Offering consumers 5 romance novels for the(…)
Jan 29 2008
It’s books, not gadgets, that is the top selling product online across the world. According to a new Nielsen report, 41% of internet users worldwide (48 countries) and 38% of US internet users (estimated 57.5 million) buy books online. Nielsen expects this number to grow. Foner Books sales statistics show that 2007 sales numbers(…)
Dec 21 2007
Borders and Sony will launch a co-branded eBookstore with 25,000 titles which sounds about right if the plan is to stock mostly fiction books. It sounds like you will have to have a special eBook Library software in order to purchase the titles or access the new bookstore front. Only those who purchase a Sony(…)
Dec 19 2007
moar funny pictures I have to just give a plug for my dear friend, Tina Trevaskis, who is now the new Romance/Horror & Westerns Marketing Specialist at Borders Group Inc. Tina is a huge lover of romance. I met Tina over 7 years ago (I think) due to our mutual love of romance. Of course,(…)
Nov 12 2007
Picture Source: Hijas Americanas Borders are adding 37 inch flat screen tvs to show “original programming, advertisements, news and weather.” My suggestion would be to add ESPN and football and it can be what one comedian (whose name I don’t remember) calls Daddy Daycare – the place where Dad’s can go while women are shopping.(…)
Oct 18 2007
Borders and Gathers have narrowed down the thousands of aspiring romance writers to five entries. The manuscripts of the five hopefuls are in the hands of the judging panel. The winner will be announced on October 30, 2007, and then one more author will join the ranks of the swollen genre. I think there should(…)
Sep 28 2007
Gather.Com’s romance writing contest sponsored by Simon & Schuster, Borders and Gather.com has whittled 500 manuscript submissions down to twenty-five semi-finalists. You can read the second (and the first) chapters of the semi-finalists and rate which one you like the best until October 8, 2007. Some of these books are going to need serious title(…)
Sep 19 2007
. The guys over at MobileRead noticed that the Borders Beta didn’t have the Sony Reader listed or any ebooks. In fact, in searching ebooks, Bob Russell noted that you received a sad error message: ” Did you mean books?”. Cheer up guys, Borders and Sony are launching a co branded eBook Store and will(…)
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