Book Stores

Audit finds HCC at risk for fraud

Staff file photo by JAY NOLAN (2008) In the case of the bookstore, several days' worth of electronic receipt records had been erased, preventing auditors from knowing how much money the bookstore took in on those days. By...

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Is this the final chapter for traditional bookshops?

Just four months ago, Philip Downer, the chief executive of Borders UK, was hailing the bookseller's management buyout. "We are delighted that we have been able to secure the future for Borders," he said in July, after the deal...

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Tom Sutcliffe: Should we pay double to save the bookshop?

I fell into a cultural gloom a few months ago – one of those "what-have-we-come-to" melancholies that makes you feel like Matthew Arnold on a really bad day – listening to the shingle suck of a retreating tide. And what...

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E-readers roar on book scene

BY Phyllis Furman DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Monday, November 23rd 2009, 4:00 AM In a juicy plot twist, the once-sleepy e-reader is now looking like a hot gadget for the holiday shopping season. Book giant Barnes & Noble, which...

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Online bookshop service shares 50% of profits

Submitted by howardlake on 23 November, 2009 - 13:14. Bath-based company Eclector has launched a new tool that lets charities create an online bookshop and receive 50% of the profits of sales generated via the shop. The shops...

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Closure leaves Laredo without big bookseller

Veronica Castillón's desk at the Laredo Independent School District's communications office is laden with letters from fourth graders hoping to convince an executive that their border city is worthy of a big-name bookstore.

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Borders - Get $60 in Gift Cards for $50

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Spending on Thanksgiving for the birds

Thanksgiving-related retail sales are expected to grow 3 percent from 2008, reaching $29.9 billion, according to industry research firm IBISWorld. While the growth is positive, sales are still well below the robust $30.69...

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Buying books, selling dreams

A former professional book buyer reminisces. And when I stand in yet more light reflected from the sea near Sydney, I often feel diminished into a speck. Wouldn’t you love to swim every day in the sea of books that is a...

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Three Held, Bookshops Shut Down in Anti-piracy Drive

DUBAI - Three book traders were arrested and several bookshops closed down for allegedly selling pirated books following nationwide raids conducted by the Ministry of Economy in collaboration with the Arabian Anti-Piracy...

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