Owner of Baily-Coy Michael Wells told staff on Saturday that the store will close at the end of November after selling off stock. In a press release he notes: “This has not been an easy decision for us. We have struggled, along with independent bookstores across the country, for the last decade to keep our bookstore profitable and healthy. The economic downturn of the past year, combined with the rapidly changing world of bookselling, has led us to believe that this is the most responsible decision.” They add that “the recent news that Elliott Bay Book Company is considering moving […]
Archives for November 2009
S&S Sells By the Slice
Simon & Schuster is making their first effort at selling individual chapters of books electronically on Dr. Mehmet Oz’s www.ask.doctoroz.com site, starting with all of the YOU books published by Free Press and co-authored with Michael Roizen. S&S chief digital officer Ellie Hirschhorn says “this opens up a new world of opportunities for where and how our digital content can be distributed and sold, and we plan to expand both the chapter selling model and use of our e-commerce widget to other content categories.” The drm-wrapped pdf files will sell for between two and three dollars “based on the number […]