B&N Retail Decline Continues
From Publishers Marketplace and the Wall Street Journal. CEO of Barnes & Noble’s retail group Mitchell Klipper reiterates the company’s expectations for an orderly slimming of their bookstore...
View ArticleParson Weems’ News, January 27, 2013
Chris Kerr, head of the Parson Weems group (which is our sales force in the Northeast), sends regular round ups of industry news, bookstore updates, and other interesting bits. I’ll start posting them...
View ArticleAnalysts See the Good in Amazon’s Poor Results
NEW YORK TIMES: January 29, 2013 Analysts See the Good in Amazon’s Poor Results By DAVID STREITFELD A glorious future beats a glorious past. Investors decimated Apple last week when it appeared that...
View ArticleBaker & Taylor News (via Parson Weems)
There are more changes happening at B&T. 1. All titles must now be presented no later than six months in advance of publication date. In other words, January titles must be presented by June...
View ArticleAAUP Meeting Notes
This was my first (and hopefully not last) time going to this meeting. I’ll give a brief rundown of the sessions I attended and will try to put my notes into some context. Open Access Textbooks &...
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