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Amazon and the future of physical retail

September 20, 2017 by Mike Shatzkin 2 Comments

There are two parallel conversations about the future of retail that are quite active. One is within the book business and it centers around what the future will be — and will there be one? — for Barnes & Noble. The other one is about the future of retail competitors to Amazon in the broader […]

Filed Under: New Models, Supply-Chain Tagged With: "The Everything Store", Amazon, Atlantic, B&N, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Borders, Brad Stone, Business Insider, JC Penney, Macy's, Nathan Bransford, New York Times, Sears, Time, Warren Buffet

Trying to explain publishing, or understand it, often remains a great challenge

October 31, 2012 by Jess 36 Comments

I went to the In Re Books conference at New York Law School last Friday and Saturday in hopes of curing some of my ignorance about the law and publishing. I learned some things, including the facts about a very interesting case involving a book publisher, the associations of publishers and booksellers, and a large […]

Filed Under: Conferences, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Publishing History, Supply-Chain Tagged With: "George Washington", "Merchants of Culture", :Professor John B. Thompson, Amazon, Bobbs-Merrill, Bobbs-Merrill versus Straus, In Re Books, James Gleick, Macy's, New York Law School, Ron Chernow, Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson

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