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Would you like to own a bookstore chain?

March 9th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news, redgroup

Ferrier Hodgson, administrators for the now bankrupt RedGroup Retail, announced yesterday that RedGroup was up for sale. FH are asking for any offer to buy part or all of Redgroup. Ouch. On the other hand, this is good news.

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Take your child to a Bookstore Day – 4 December

November 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

The banner says it all. Are you going to participate? Take your child to a bookstore Day

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Amazon Kindle Store the first major bookstore to offer eBook gifting

November 19th, 2010 · 4 Comments · press release

Well it looks like Kobo didn’t beat Amazon after all. (The Kobo program isn’t live yet.) From the press release: Kindle is the most gifted item in the history of Amazon.com and millions of people around the world are reading Kindle Books on Kindle devices and free Kindle apps. Beginning today, just in time for [...]

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Books a Million to open used bookstore

September 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news

It’s a pity they can’t extend this to ebooks. The BBJ are reporting: Bookstore 2nd & Charles is opening soon in the former Goody’s space across from the Riverchase Galleria, sources say. As a subsidiary of Books-A-Million (Nasdaq: BAMM), the Birmingham store seems to be the first 2nd & Charles to open. A representative declined [...]

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“iBookstore vs Kindle Bookstore” & “Which Device Wins?”

August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion

Here are two somewhat related questions I’m being asked a lot lately: #1: Which bookstore experience do you prefer, Apple’s iBookstore or Amazon’s Kindle bookstore? #2: Which e-reader device do you believe is going to “win”? My answers to both of these might surprise you.

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Entourage expands Edge Bookstore

May 27th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news

They’ve been busy this week up in McLean, VA. Entourage ahs put out no less than 4 press releases announcing that they’ve signed new education publishers. They’d said that education was their target market, and it’s good to see them following through. First on the list is F. A. Davis. This publisher brings 100 textbooks [...]

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