As the company’s fortunes turned, it was difficult for Borders to buy its way out of leases that still had seven and eight years remaining on them.Īnalysts predict that Barnes & Noble will have to shrink the number and size of its stores, and it hasn’t tried to gobble up many of the vacated Borders locations-70 percent of which, Barnes & Noble says, were within five miles of one of its outlets. It had a policy of picking “B locations,” says Fox, and trying to turn these sites into “A economics.” Leases on its stores were also “unproductively long,” adds CEO Edwards.
Many of the profitable Borders stores were also centrally located, but numerous industry observers characterized the company as grasping for growth. During the superstore boom of the 1990s, Barnes & Noble paid close attention to where it put its outlets, which were usually in prime locations. Note: This page is designed to give you more information about the service and why it is important for your book.A short piece in Business Week provides some clues:īorders’s demise, though, has as much to do with real estate as any metaphysical market shift. While sales are never guaranteed, the more visibility your book has on the Internet, the more likely it is you’ll realize sales. Will I sell more books with these programs?
No one will be able to download your book for free.ī customers can click on an Add to Cart link which will automatically add your book to the user’s shopping cart. While all of your content is included in each site’s search index, only an excerpt of your content is available for browsing. Will users be able to download my book for free? Using navigation tools, readers can scan all the preview pages online or search for specific terms located within your text. This service offers readers a limited preview of your book, usually the front and back covers, table of contents, and first few pages-about 20% of your book will be randomly selected by Barnes and Noble. The Barnes & Noble “Read Instantly” Feature gives readers a sneak peek of your book and is included in all publishing packages that contain e-book formatting.
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