Barnes & Noble is top bidder for Tattered Cover, Source says - BiusinessDen

What would they do with it?

Today, Panzer stopped in at the BusinessDen site* where he found a post about the Tattered Cover bookstore.

 

Justin Wingerter's post explains the bidding, the process and the bankruptcy of the Tattered Cover bookstore. The Tattered Cover is a long-time independent bookstore in Denver, Colorado. It appears one of the bidders is Barnes and Noble bookstores.

 

Panzer says, "This little kitty wants to know why a big company like Barnes and Noble is interested in one independent bookstore in Denver, Colorado?"

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for today's snack.

To read the post tootle over to Barnes and Noble

 

 

*A tip of the kitty fedora to Publishers Weekly for the original link to this post

DOJ v. PRH: Challenges over Bid Competition, Market Share - Publishers Weekly

Today, Panzer made another trip to the Publishers Weekly site to get the latest news for you about the Department of Justice's (DOJ) case against Penguin Random House's (PRH) acquisition of Simon and Schuster (S&S).

Back and forth. Makes me dizzy.

According to Ed Nawotka's post, PRH's witness Edward Snyder again took the stand to be cross-examined by the DOJ about his statements concerning book auctions and book advance bidding. Following his testimony, the DOJ brought in Nicholas Hill to rebut Snyder's testimony about the bidding and show why it was unsupported. Included in the post are links to previous posts.

 

Panzer says, "Depending on how you arrange them, statistics will say whatever you want."

Note: This is a long post. Bring a large glass of iced tea and a big muffin for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow the links in the post, you'll need to decide what to bring to eat and drink.

To read the post tootle over to Bid Competition

F+W Media To Present Winning Community Bids to Bankruptcy Court - Publishing Perspectives

Panzer decided to make a stop at the Publishing Perspectives site today. With just a little digging in the posts our inquisitive kitty boy found one about F+W's bankruptcy. Panzer told you about the bankruptcy news a few days ago.

According to Publishing Perspectives Editor-in-Chief Porter Anderson, F+W Media has presented the winning bids to the court for each of the company's online communities in its bankruptcy filing. One of the ten online communities is the Writing Community. The post includes a list of the winning and second highest bidders for each community. Also included is information about the winning bidders.

Does it include names and email addresses?

Panzer says, "Hmm ... This little kitty wants to know what the winning bidders are going to do with the community information."

Note: This is a medium-long post. Bring a cup of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to F+W Media bankruptcy

To read Panzer's previous post about F+W Media tootle over to Penguin Random House

Cities' Offers for Amazon Base Are Secrets to Many City Leaders - The New York Times

Today's trip into the Catosphere took Panzer to the The New York Times site. There our kitty pilot found a post about Amazon's Headquarters 2 search.

According to the post by Julie Creswell, the search for a location for Amazon's Headquarters 2 (HQ2) is draped in more secrecy than suspected. There are 20 cities in the running for HQ2's location. It turns out, however, that 18 of those 20 city councils and city leadership have no idea what is being offered to get the HQ2. The project bids were put together by groups which aren't required to make the terms available to the public. So, the tax payers in the city which wins the HQ2 bid won't know what it will cost them until they win. Several quotes from different cities' leaders about housing, employees as well as costs are included in the post.

Just reading all that makes me want a nap.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... It's kind of like buying ocean front property in Arizona without ever seeing it."

Note: This is a h-u-m-o-n-g-o-u-s post. Bring a thermos of tea and a dozen muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Amazon HQ2