Elliott will pay some US$476 million for Barnes & Noble, having last year bought the UK’s main chain Waterstones. James Daunt is to run both companies.
Barnes & Noble’s Former CEO, Demos Parneros, Launches Lawsuit Against Bookseller
A late-summer standoff has flared with the US publishing industry’s largest–and longest-struggling–brick-and-mortar retail chain. Its former CEO is suing for defamation. The company, in response, alleges sexual harassment.
Books-a-Million Offers to Take Over 35 Borders Stores
Books-a-Million bookstore chain has offered to take over 35 soon-to-be-liquidated Borders bookstores.
Bad Decisions, Worse Luck: How Borders Blew It
Firing its community relations coordinators, handing Amazon its web site, “category management”…Why 2001 was the beginning of the end for Borders
Need to Know: End of the Line as Borders Submits for Liquidation
Any hopes of Borders being miraculously saved from liquidation, were squandered as part of the debate on Border’s grim future was finally laid to rest.
James Daunt’s Difficult Task: Remake Waterstone’s, But In Whose Image?
Like Jesus, Waterstone’s MD James Daunt will have to perform a miracle to multiply the magic of his six-strong bookstore chain to feed the masses.
Can the Indie Bookseller Ethos Translate to a Chain?
Stellar customer service, a curated list of titles, and intense localization are hallmarks of indie bookstores. Can they work across a large chain?