Archive for June, 2010

Books-A-Million Buying Used Books and cd’s June 18th, 2010

    EDITORIAL UPDATE: Books-A-Million has opened a used-book store called 2nd & Charles, so BAM locations are no longer buying used-books. But you can sell your stuff at 2nd & Charles. *************** This is the sign that greets you as soon as you enter the Books-A-Million on Highway 31 in Hoover: Last week this location started [...]

Four Publishing Conversations Worth Following June 10th, 2010

    There is a TON of information online about books and the ever-shifting landscape of publishing. It just takes so long to sift through everything to find something of worth, that you could actually use. But there are four conversations I always check in on, via Twitter. Sometimes I look back through the conversations, days after [...]

Free eBooks and Free Coffee June 7th, 2010

    Barnes & Noble is finally leveraging their greatest asset: their stores. A “boots on the ground” plan is exactly what they need to help them continue to compete with the changing landscape for publishers, booksellers and readers. That’s exactly what they currently have going by giving away free eBooks (for any device running their app) [...]