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Bye-Bye Bookstores

November 14, 2012 //  by Rachel Kent//  78 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Our agency received a notification in the mail yesterday from The United Methodist Publishing House about the closing of the 56 Cokesbury stores nationwide. This closure has also been reported online on sites like ECPA.org. The mailing …

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Discoverability: A Book’s Greatest Challenge

June 11, 2012 //  by Janet Grant//  50 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Numbers that show us important publishing trends were released last week. One of the takeaways from these numbers is the biggest problem every book has today: discoverability. Here are a few figures that show why this …

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Bookstores–Headed for Extinction?

November 11, 2011 //  by Wendy Lawton//  19 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA

Two months ago our town had two bookstores– a very healthy Borders store and a Main Street Christian bookstore that had been around (and vigorous) for more than two …

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Book Show: State of the Industry Observations

July 14, 2011 //  by Wendy Lawton//  19 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Atlanta Airport
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We’re done. Another ICRS under our belts. What a great show it turned out to be. I’m writing my blog on an iPad, typing slowly with one finger. (Why couldn’t I have …

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Unfortunate Trends: Emphasis on the Bestsellers

November 11, 2010 //  by Wendy Lawton//  11 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office

Times are tough. How often have we heard those words of late? Publishing is less forgiving. Retail is brutal. The upshot is that everyone is risk averse these days. Everyone …

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Unfortunate Trends: Decline of the Independent Bookstore

November 9, 2010 //  by Wendy Lawton//  15 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office

First,congratulations to the winners from yesterday! I assigned a number to each comment and asked my husband to pick six numbers. Here are the winners: Stephanie Hovland, Morgan L. Busse, …

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Location, Location, Location

September 6, 2010 //  by Michelle Ule//  2 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: Home, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Like Etta, I’ve been thinking about international reading recently, mostly because I’ve been in Europe. I’ve just returned from a jaunt to the United Kingdom and Romania (to attend my godson’s wedding), …

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Research Beyond the Bookstore

March 17, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  1 Comment

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Researching at a bookstore is fun and you can learn a lot, but you can find out about trends in other places as well.

Spend some time looking …

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Understanding the Market

March 15, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  3 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Barnes & Noble, Santa Rosa, Calif.photo connelly

When I was in Denver at the Jerry B. Jenkins Writing for the Soul Conference, two questions I was asked frequently were, “What’s popular now?” and “What book trends do …

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Jumpstart Your Stalled Career

June 9, 2009 //  by Wendy Lawton//  9 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA

Weather: Sunny, breezy and 82º

Remember those days when we worked so hard to get published? Did you ever think that publication would only be the beginning of a …

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