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What the Riggio interview in the New Yorker tells us

October 31, 2016 by Mike Shatzkin 4 Comments

The New Yorker did a very provocative story dated October 21  about Barnes & Noble that included a great deal of information gained from a phone interview by writer David Sax with B&N significant shareholder and chairman Leonard Riggio. B&N is a subject of obsessive interest to book publishers and their friends, family, and ecosystem. […]

Filed Under: General Trade Publishing, Publishing History, Scale, Supply-Chain Tagged With: "The Girl on the Train", Amazon, B&N, Barnes & Noble, BN .com, David Sax, Kindle, Leonard Riggio, Nook, The New Yorker

Barnes & Noble and managing the digital transition

August 21, 2013 by Mike Shatzkin 31 Comments

We keep making the case that the split that matters when trying to foretell the future of the book business (and everybody in it) is not “print” versus “digital”, but “bought online” versus “bought in stores”. Of all the major retailers, only Barnes & Noble has a stake in all four of the meaningful transaction […]

Filed Under: eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Supply-Chain Tagged With: "Fifty Shades of Gray", "Hunger Games", Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, BN .com, iBookstore, Kobo, Leonard Riggio, Nook, Staples

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