Tuesday was AALA (Association of American Literary Agents) day at the US Book Show, and Barnes & Noble ceo James Daunt gave the keynote, noting as usual that the chain is working to make stores more individualized, but progress is slow. Highlighting areas of weakness that the retailer still plans to address, he mentioned backlist stock and the store’s website. “We happen to have a very old platform,” he said about the latter. “It’s needs a lot of work.” Overall, the chain continues to work on empowering individual stores to arrange and restock according to the needs of their specific […]
