Booksellers

Starbucks closings to begin this month (Press & Sun-Bulletin)

9 Jul 2008

REGION Starbucks will begin closing 600 of its underperforming, company-operated stores this month, and it is unknown if that includes any stores in Greater Binghamton, the company said.

Second Half of 2008 Will Be Challenging for Trade Book Publishers, New Simba Information Research Says (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

8 Jul 2008

Simba Information expects the balance of 2008 to be difficult for the U.S. trade book market and is projecting a sales decrease of about 5%; erasing the gains of 2007, the year of runaway hits such as "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and "The Secret." The projections were made in "Business of Consumer Book Publishing 2008," the latest strategic market report from Simba, a leading media ...

Half Price Books Unshelves Employee Talent in Exclusive Music CD: 'Music by the Book' (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

8 Jul 2008

Half Price Books, the nation's largest new and used bookstore chain, has released a compilation CD of 15 original tracks recorded by employee talent from across the country.