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  • May 2008
    • Book Giant Weighs Bid for Chief Rival

      Book Giant Weighs Bid for Chief Rival

      (Newser) - Barnes & Noble is mulling a possible bid for its nearest rival, Borders, reports the Wall Street Journal . America's biggest book chain, with 22% of the market, has assembled a team of 30 executives and experts to study a takeover of the second biggest, with 12% of the market. Such a takeover would likely raise anti-trust issues. More »

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      book   publishing   Amazon   Borders   Leonard Riggio   Barnes & Noble

  • April 2008
    • Book Publisher Takes Stab at New Model

      Book Publisher Takes Stab at New Model

      (Newser) - HarperCollins has decided to rock the book-publishing boat, the Wall Street Journal reports. It’s launching a new imprint that won’t allow retailers to return unsold books—a potentially risky departure from tradition—and will offer little or no advance payments to authors. The imprint will focus on online sales and likely refuse to pay for prime bookstore real estate. More »

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      book   retail sales   publishing   online retailers   HarperCollins   Borders   Internet sales

  • March 2008
    • Cash-Strapped Borders Considering Selling Itself

      Cash-Strapped Borders Considering Selling Itself

      (Newser) - Bookseller Borders is considering selling itself or some of its divisions, the Detroit Free Press reports today. The company, based in Ann Arbor, Mich., is in the midst of a turnaround, but is desperately short on cash, today borrowing $42.5 million from its biggest shareholder, Perishing Square Capital Management. Perishing also offered to buy parts of the company’s international business. More »

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      book   mergers and acquisitions   earnings reports   liquidity   bookstore   Borders   JPMorgan Securities

    • Borders Tests More Covers, Fewer Books

      Borders Tests More Covers, Fewer Books

      (Newser) - Borders is betting you do judge a book by its cover, the Wall Street Journal reports. In hopes of catching more customers’ eyes, the nation’s second-largest book retailer will dramatically increase the number of face-out books it displays. The move, aimed at countering stagnant sales and distracted customers (elections, Olympics, Internet shopping), will gobble up shelf space, cutting titles by 5% to 10%. More »

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      book   marketing   retail sales   online shopping   Barnes and Noble   bookstore   Borders

  • August 2007

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