Round-Up: Print Sales on the Rise, Trayvon Martin, and Amazon Books
From an increase in print sales to a book about Trayvon Martin, here’s the latest literary news.
Amazon Books
Shelf Aware Machines
When I was a kid, I loved the Barnes & Noble in Seattle’s University Village. It was one of Barnes & Noble’s flagship stores, at that time the largest bookstore I’d ever seen: forty-six thousand square feet over two floors. I spent hours in its expansive science fiction and fantasy section, ogling the covers and…
Round-Down: Amazon Opens Amazon Books in Seattle
Amazon Books, Amazon’s first brick-and-mortar bookstore, opened last week in Seattle’s University Village. The store is similar in appearance to many book retailers, though Amazon Books interestingly (and necessarily) does not note hard prices on its items in-store–the store has a commitment to its Amazon prices, which frequently change. Because of this, those browsing the…