Ever dreamed of owning an English bookstore in Italy? Now’s your chance!
Tucked away in the heart of Italy, the Mediterranean to the west, the Adriatic to the east, Venice to the north, Rome to the south, lies Florence, a city that has had key roles in the arts since before...
View ArticleSao Paulo’s Avenida Paulista bookstore closes – Fnac Brazil now has just one...
From the moment Livraria Cultura acquired Fnac Brazil’s 12 bookstores last July (along with its e-commerce site) there was a question mark hanging over the stores – Livraria Cultura had long intimated...
View ArticleBig Bad Wolf Malaysia and Indonesia this month as the world’s biggest book...
As we come up to our first anniversary here at TNPS (September 25), one of the recurring themes has been the rise and rise of the international book sale phenomenon known as Big Bad Wolf. In the west...
View ArticleWill the last Fnac Brasil bookstore employee please turn out the lights
Those who have been following the inexorable elimination of the Fnac Brasil bookstores by new parent Livraria Cultura – Sao Paulo’s Avenida Paulista bookstore closes – Fnac Brazil now has just one...
View ArticleOnline bookstore Kitab Yatra launched in Nepal
Nepal’s population of close to 30 million spread out across the Himalayan republic presents its own unique logistical problems for bookstores and publishers. The capital, Kathmandu, is the largest city...
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Big Bad Wolf preps for third Philippines run. Aims for 30 cities in 2019
There are three contenders for “the” global publishing story of the year here at TNPS, and regulars will not be surprised to learn Big Bad Wolf is among them. But unless one of the other two produce a...
View ArticleIn the fight against Storytel, Denmark’s JP/Politikens Hus acquires Danish...
The acquisition, subject to regulatory authority approval, of Denmark’s largest online bookstore Saxo by minority stake-holder JP/Politikens Hus has repercussions beyond the Danish border. If the...
View ArticleAmazon accounts for 50% of online book sales in France
There’s not much to go on here, but also no real surprise. Amazon claimed 50% of online book sales in France in 2018, according to a report by Kantor World Panel. According to the report Amazon was by...
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US e-textbook subscription service Cengage hits 1 million subscribers in just...
2019 is definitely shaping up to be the year digital subscription comes of age. Hard on the heels of Scribd announcing its one millionth subscriber – Scribd defies its critics. Hits 1 million...
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Discount ebook deals mailing list BookBub finally adds audiobooks. Launches...
One of the biggest gripes about Amazon’s ACX, the self-publishing arm of Audible and very much the go to place for indie authors to distribute their audiobooks, is that Amazon calls the shots on...
View ArticleAmazon’s ebook subscription service Kindle Unlimited paid out over a quarter...
It’s been a good year for print and a great year for audiobooks. Ebooks, not so much. Or so we might think, reading the trade reports that take great delight in reporting every slip in mainstream...
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Will the Amazon Netherlands launch this week boost Dutch book and ebook sales?
For publishers and authors outside the Netherlands it may come as a surprise to learn that Amazon finally launched in the Netherlands this past week. A surprise because Amazon launched its Kindle...
View Article$120,000 fundraiser for UK booksellers
When Gayle Lazda from the London Review Bookshop, Picador commissioning editor Kishani Widyaratna and Daunt Books publisher Zeljka Marosevic launched a fundraiser for booksellers earlier this week...
View ArticleMapping the New Normal: James Daunt U-turns on ebooks. Plans to invest in...
No, I double-checked the date. It’s not April 1 and James Daunt, CEO of the UK’s Waterstone’s and USA’s Barnes & Noble bookstore chains really did say “We sell an awful lot of e-books in the US.”...
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Australia’s online bookstore Booktopia debuts on AU stock exchange. Doubles...
When Amazon arrived in Australia there were fears the domestic book market might be irreparably disrupted, but the country’s leading online bookseller Booktopia has since more than doubled its revenue...
View ArticleUK – James Daunt isn’t cut out to be a transnational industry tycoon....
Just maybe, Jim, its time you handed Waterstones management to someone who is actually in the UK every day and focussed on Waterstones. You’re a bookstore chain manager, not a transnational industry...
View ArticleUK – Waterstones warehouse system improved – but not by much
James Daunt isn’t cut out to be a transnational industry tycoon – redux Ruth Comerford at The Bookseller reports Waterstones has finally got its act together and the new warehouse system, the failings...
View ArticleUK booksellers face a “brutal” 2023, warns the Booksellers Association. Damns...
Level playing field? That’s like demanding a level playing field for buses, trains and planes because they are all part of the transport system. Meryl Halls, CEO of the UK trade organisation for...
View ArticleAbout That Englishman In New York Who Turned The Page On Barnes & Noble…
And somehow Daunt magically beat the ogre at its own game and apparently, they will all live happily ever after. The Forbes headline ran “How an Englishman In New York Turned The Page On Barnes &...
View Article“We are not a computer algorithm.” UK Booksellers protest publishers linking...
The letter is being emailed to publishers today, June 23 – one day before Independent Bookstore Week finishes, rendering it a rather hollow gesture. Some eighty of the UK’s independent book stores...
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