Barnes & Noble is going back to its roots, shifts focus back to print November 12, 2014 – Posted in: Bookselling / Collecting, bookshops, Content, Video

Granted they just announced a new bundling program for the holiday season, ‘B&N Sync Up!’ where you can buy one or more paperbacks from a specially curated selection and get the NOOK Book digital edition for just $4.99 but if you look a little closer at two other recent moves you just might get a glimpse of where they world’s largest bookstore chain is heading. 1. B&N enters the print on demand business. “With the introduction of the NOOK Press…

Ruetemple’s outdoor book spaces September 22, 2014 – Posted in: books in design, bookshops, Content, product design

Here are some Russian-made products worthy of importing. Ruetemple is an amazing architectural studio working out of Moscow. Their three book-related projects are each beautifully designed, incredibly functional and fit perfectly in an outdoor environment. They have at times, been placed in parks around Moscow. The Gazebo Features a small table for lunch or tea, and easy-to-clean slatted wooden floors. Pavilion Features a bar, a stage and plenty of event seating. Pop-up Bookshop The glass doors become…

Publisher Moves: Rizzoli to take over half a bookshop; Phaidon acquires Artspace August 14, 2014 – Posted in: Art, Bookselling / Collecting, bookshops, Content

Oxford Exchange Bookshop The race for finding the right mix to compete in the ever changing publishing / bookselling world of the 21st century continues as both Rizzoli and Phaidon make moves to extend their reach. Rizzoli has announced that it is partnering with the upscale Tampa, Florida bookshop the Oxford Exchange. The new “Studio” site will occupy half of the shop’s floor space and feature only Rizzoli publications. As the online space expands and the retail…

Reinventing the Bookshop: Four architecture and design firms “create the bookshop of their dreams” August 8, 2014 – Posted in: Books and Technology, books in design, Bookselling / Collecting, bookshops, Content, Interior Design

intelligent life magazine asked 4 companies to “create the bookshop of their dreams.” Each were given the same instructions: to design a general-interest bookshop, selling fiction, non-fiction and e-books, in store and online, on a typical European high-street site, with two floors of 1,000 square feet each. The budget was £100,000—modest, we knew, but independent booksellers aren’t minted and that figure was ring-fenced for the fit-out; they could assume there would be further funds for…

A Look at the New Home of St. Mark’s Bookshop August 2, 2014 – Posted in: Bookselling / Collecting, bookshops, Content, Interior Design

After months and months of tumult St. Mark’s Book Shop has landed in its home and it’s a beauty. The space, designed by Clouds Architecture Office, will give St. Mark’s a fighting chance as it navigates the new book landscape. From the project listing on Architizer: The perimeter of the space is wrapped with full height shelving, freeing up the interior as a flexible use space. Variously stacked display units provide table display space while doubling as…

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