This list documents extraordinary activity in the wider Book Trade in a few short weeks; UK book sales fell 3% in 2010, selling £56m less than in 2009 NIV Bible eBook tops the USA bestseller list over the New Year 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible Barnes & Noble USA do … Continue reading
Posted in February 2011 …
News Roundup: Celebrating 10 Years Online | Commentaries Sale at Wesley Owen | More Shops Seeking New Owners | More Than Another Day of Prayer | New Blog for Caritas Music
Celebrating 10 Years Online Commentaries Sale at Wesley Owen More Shops Seeking New Owners More Than Another Day of Prayer New Blog for Caritas Music GOT NEWS? If you have news you’d like to share about your shop or staff, please leave a comment or contact me direct to be included in the next News Roundup… … Continue reading
Lent Reading and more from St Mark’s Press
LENT IS ALMOST UPON US, starting 9th March this year: are you ready? Are your customers ready? As always, there’s a lot of material out there, but here’s one you may have missed: Mark in 40 Days, from St Mark’s Press. St Mark’s Press are a relatively new Christian publisher based in Bedfordshire, last featured … Continue reading
Time to go live with Hive?
THANKS TO MELANIE CARROLL of Unicorn Tree Books, Lincoln, for her latest comment on this new initiative from Gardners: … while me & Gareth discuss the differences looked for in an online ability between b&m and online sellers, good old Gardners just gets on and does the job to reveal things with an almost perfect … Continue reading
News Roundup: Bridge Books, Exeter, for sale | Christian Resources, Leicester, on the move | Durham Cathedral (Book)shop downsizing? | Living Oasis, Aberdeen, closing down
Don’t want to comment here? Join the conversation on facebook instead… WE LIVE IN AN ERA OF CONTINUOUS CHANGE, it seems: some good, some hopeful, some odd, some sad. Not necessarily in that order: Bridge Books, Exeter, for sale Christian Resources, Leicester, on the move Durham Cathedral (Book)shop downsizing? Living Oasis, Aberdeen, closing down Bridge … Continue reading
A Christian Bookseller’s Prayer
Adapted with kind permission from One Bookstore Owner’s Prayer: Dear Lord, When we started out it all seemed so easy. You opened doors and directed our paths. We saw your hand in everything in those early days. We have our victory stories. But now it’s different. Changing market conditions and rising costs are closing in on us. … Continue reading
CLC and Living Oasis Inverness: some questions answered
MY THANKS TO PHIL BURNHAM, CLC National Director, for the following, in response to some questions I asked about the situation in Inverness. Phil writes: A bit of history Tommy & Cynthia Hunt began CLC Inverness as a mobile ministry to the Highlands out of the CLC Aberdeen store. Being in the area a long … Continue reading
News Roundup: VeggieTales Return; Turf Wars in Inverness; Hothorpe Hall Bookshop Closing; and 5 Quid for Life needs you!
WHILST THE RISE OF THE EBOOK continues, apparently, to threaten the entire trade, we still live in exciting times as: VeggieTales return to Authentic; CLC and Living Oasis battle it out for supremacy in Inverness; Hothorpe Hall pulls the plug on its on-site bookshop; and the 5 Quid for Life campaign gathers momentum. Read on … Continue reading
