How bookstores are weathering the pandemic - Vox

 Today Panzer decided to make a stop at the Vox site. With just a little digging in the posts he found one about indie bookstores and the pandemic.

 

According to Bryce Covert, indie bookstores are making use of whatever tools they can find to continue business during the Covid-19 pandemic.  Indie bookstores closed either voluntarily when Covid-19 first became a problem or when there was a mandated lockdown. Many bookstores then switched to online book sales or by-phone book orders. Books can then either be shipped by mail or picked up curbside. One bookstore owner even drove book orders to people's homes. The post includes interviews with several bookstore owners. There are also some links to other posts about impacts on indie bookstore sales included in the post.

It all makes sense.

Panzer says, "Even author events were moved to online."

 

Note: This is a h-u-g-e post. You will need a thermos of cocoa, three muffins, three cupcakes, and three chocolate chip cookies and you might also want a blanket for a nap in the middle of today's reading selection.

 

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Holiday Comps Rose 4.0% at B&N - Publishers Weekly

Today, Panzer made a trip to the Publishers Weekly site. With a little digging around our traveling kitty boy found a post about Barnes and Noble's holiday sales figures.

I knew they could do it.

According to Jim Milliot, Barnes and Noble CEO Len Riggio reported an increase in holiday sales for the company's stores. Barnes and Noble same store holiday sales comparing 2017 to 2018 rose 4 percent. This was due in part to increased advertising by the company in 2018. The company's order online-pickup in store feature also contributed to the increased sales figures.

Panzer says, "This little kitty knew the order online-pickup in store feature would help sales because it's faster (just search the website) and less expensive (no shipping charges)."

Note: This is a short post. Bring a cup of tea for today's reading selection.

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