Comments on: Waterstones is thriving

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 23:14:30 +0000

“The very best locations in the store are actually sold to publishers. This includes the so-called best-seller list, whose rankings are determined not by the popularity of a given book but by how much a publisher is willing to invest to promote it. (A similar policy of “bookstore baksheesh,” as one editor dubbed it, seems to exist at B&N.)”

The term is “slotting fees,” and they’re common in grocery stores as well.

By: Kudzu Bob

Kudzu Bob — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 03:24:06 +0000

E-books have not plateaued. The Big Five publishers' share of the e-book business continues to decine, but small presses and indie writers have seen their e-book sales continue to increase. The media have misreported this as the plateauing of e-books.

By: Rollory

Rollory — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 03:10:30 +0000

A man after my own heart.

I haven’t set foot inside a B&N in years. I also do not own a Kindle nor any e-books.

By: Alrenous

Alrenous — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 20:45:47 +0000

So bookstores think they’re obsolete, but really they’re merely mismanaged. He fixed it by using techniques at least as old as Napoleon. It’s not hard, you just have to actually want to do it.