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Last updated 06.01.09
Richard & Judy list sparks promotions
Retailers have begun a round of promotions and discounting on the 10 books named in Richard and Judy's Best Read 2009. The names of...
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Discounts have cost trade £14m
Retailers slashed the prices of the bestselling titles last week by an average of 41% as the...
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Borders appoints new children's buyer
Borders UK has appointed JP Hunting as its new children’s book buyer. Formerly a book...
borders - In Depth
Last updated 22.09.08
Buying into books
Predicting the next bestseller is just one part of a book buyer's job. Hannah Davies speaks to Borders' Rob Hughes about analysing data, spotting trends and schmoozing with publishers Rob Hughes' career path to Borders' non-fiction...
Behind the changing Borders
When asking people about how they got into the book trade, most talk of a long-held desire to work with books. Caroline Mileham, Borders’ personable books category manager, says her entry wasn’t as calculated. “I applied for...
New routes to retailers
Borders seemed to buck the trend when it announced earlier this year that it would close its central distribution centre. The move will see the chain’s Cornwall-based warehouse shut in favour of direct supply to shops from publishers...
borders - Blogs
Last updated 08.07.08
Philip Stone
A token gesture
Promoting Book Tokens may not always be in the best interests of their business, but chains still sell them, don't they?
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Anna Richardson
The iLiad moment?
It looks like the world has to wait a while longer for its e-book moment.
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Philip Jones
Is the e-book over already?
Celebs love it, and so does Luke Johnson: the book isn't dead, but the e-book might be.
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