Whither bookstores? This year, Borders Books closed and shut down its approximately 400 stores. Some of that business has migrated elsewhere: to Barnes & Noble, to online retailers and to independent bookstores. Recent reports have shown that this season, bookstores are reporting actually showing increased sales in the… Read more   

Libraries are a problem for publishers. They loan books. Of course, they buy books, and for e-books, they buy the rights to distribute e-books a certain number of times. Yet publishers still struggle to find the right economic model to work with libraries. This is not an issue… Read more   

Authors to the rescue. The bestselling novelist Ann Patchett has opened a bookstore in Nashville. The author of such novels as Bel Canto and State of Wonder is the force behind Parnassus Books. With bookstores closing in her area, as in many others around the… Read more