Huge Book Retailer Expands Its Publishing Role
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Barnes & Noble's efforts could further cool relations among the company, other book retailers and the publishing houses that are its biggest suppliers.
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CHICAGO -- Two companies famous for blue-light specials and monstrous catalogs are joining forces to become the third-largest retailer in the United States.
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The bookseller decides to distribute its interest in GameStop to shareholders.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich.  - When you walk through the doors of Borders' new concept store, the place feels familiar. As with any big-box bookstore, you'll find a coffee shop over here and some strategically placed leather chairs over there. And, of course, lots of books. But follow the table of books snaking off to the right, and you'll come face-to-face with Borders' newest retail strategy: a digital center where you can download music or books, burn CDs, research family histories, print pictures and order leather-bound books crammed with family photos - with help from clerks who know how to do those sorts of things and won't embarrass you if you don't.
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When the bookseller reclaims its site's management, new features, deals, and designs are in the offing.
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This modern furniture retailer has been on the rise. It's worth a look.
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The retailer reports another quarter of double-digit sales growth.
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Britain's biggest supermarkets group sends fresh shockwaves through retail sector
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In the last two years, several major publishing houses have set up speakers bureaus.
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Slow sales and an aging market have the publishing industry thinking about upsizing &#151; at least when it comes to paperbacks.
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Random House Publishing Group, the  world's largest book publisher, is planning to test selling  individual chapters of a popular book to gauge reader demand,  according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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The massive retailer has reportedly renewed efforts to build its presence there.
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Telephone directory publisher Yell sees the number of advertisers on its website increase.
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Leading Web search engine Google launched a new site for book lovers at the world's largest publishing show that will provide a new avenue for sales.
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Revenues at online retailer Amazon.com get a boost from sales of the latest Harry Potter book.
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A book-distribution company owned by Lanham-based Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group has stepped in with an eleventh-hour bid to take over a larger competitor.
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Investor's Business Daily - There were: agents who represented authors in negotiations, editors who agonized over what to publish and how to publish it, publishers who provided the big bucks it took to get a book printed and on the shelf, distributors who acted like gatekeepers and booksellers who guarded their shelf space jealously.