Archive for 'bookstores'
Destination bookstores
Has it come to this? Is it left to USAToday/Associated Press to be the guardian of our literary culture?
Beth J. Harpaz, AP Travel Editor, has selected nine bookstores that she considers “worth a tourist’s time” because each is “more than just a place to buy books.” The nine bookstores are:
BOOKS & BOOKS: 265 Aragon Ave., [...]
Posted: January 17th, 2008 under bookstores.
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Amazon-France tussle continues
As noted before, the Europeans are less sanguine about large internet companies than is the U.S. In France, Amazon wanted to offer free shipping to its customers. But France has a law intended to protect booksellers from predatory competition. The International Herald Tribune summarizes:
The 1981 Lang law was passed at a time when booksellers were [...]
Posted: January 16th, 2008 under bookstores, distribution.
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Flexible pricing or independent booksellers who pay for readings?
The chains’ dominance of the bookstore segment of the U.S. book publishing industry is a result of the value the country places on open competition. Would you be willing to give up bargain pricing if it meant a thriving culture of independent bookstores and a system that rewards authors with a comfortable yearly income? According [...]
Posted: October 15th, 2007 under bookstores, distribution.
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