Booksellers

Opposition To Amazon Mounts Among Booksellers

9 Feb 2012

"The cold war between north American booksellers and Amazon has hotted up this week, with the booksellers joining together to announce that they will not be selling any of the titles published by the online retailer."

Amazon, Up in Flames

8 Feb 2012

Nancy Pearl may be America's best-known librarian. When she signed a deal with Amazon to publish out-of-print titles, it was after 20 traditional publishers had turned her down. Ms. Pearl is now being vilified for cooperating with the behemoth that many booksellers see as a threat to their existence.

French Booksellers Come Up With A New Kind Of Strike

8 Feb 2012

"In Nicolas Sarkozy's second crisis-budget plan, which raised taxes to try to plug the deficit, he raised VAT on books from 5.5% to 7%. ... Booksellers' unions are up in arms against the measure, which comes into force in April ...