The link below is to an article that looks at why booksellers are closing down in New York City and I think the article provides some perspective to the debate about bookstore closures. It is all too easy to blame Amazon, online sales, etc – but there are other forces at play. Bookstores need to have a good look at their business model before they blame the easier targets for their demise.
For more visit:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/26/business/media/bookstores-forsake-manhattan-as-rents-surge.html
The link below is to an article about ‘updating’ used bookstores/bookshops.
For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-wooley/strategies-for-bringing-t_b_3814098.html
The link below is to an article that considers an end to books and bookstores.
For more visit:
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/08/an-end-of-books.html
Bookstores had a really bad week — at least in the world of blog punditry, where three industry figures I admire posted their takes on why bookstores as we know them are doomed. Seth Godin, in fact, goes further and says that books are dead too. Here’s a little reading for you:
In a post titled “An industry pining for bookstores” over at the Scholarly Kitchen, management consultant Joseph Esposito writes, “With bookstores collapsing everywhere, the print business collapses along with it.” As bookstores close, Esposito argues, readers have fewer places to discover print books. Instead, he says, they learn about titles online — through Twitter, Goodreads, or Amazon pages. When it comes time to order the book, they have two options: A cheaper digital version or a more expensive print version. “Why pay for…
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The link below is to an article that takes a look at how bookshops/bookstores can combat showrooming, a practice where books are viewed in a shop and then purchased online.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/how-booksellers-can-combat-showrooming_b74866
The link below is to an article that looks at the future of ebook online stores and the collapse of independent ebook bookstores.
For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/the-future-of-ebooks-the-death-of-the-online-ebook-store/
The link below is to an article that looks at the battle to save bookstores. It includes the idea that ebook sales are diminishing and have reached their peak, which I think is little more than fiction (pun intended).
For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/penny-c-sansevieri/bookstores_b_2975644.html
The link below is to an article that looks at bookshops housed in barns.
For more visit:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/49049/8-bookstores-barns
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