Morgan James Publishing

What in the World is a Virtual Book

David Hancock — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:35:34 +0000

What in the World is a Virtual Book Tour? by Dívorah Lansky, M.Ed. Iíd like to thank David for graciously hosting me, as a guest blogger, in celebration of the launch of my newest book, 21 Ways to Launch a Successful Virtual Book Tour. In this post Iíd like to share a few tips regarding [...]

Senate Votes to Bring Marketplace Fairness Act to the Floor

David Hancock — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:40:24 +0000

Following last month’s Senate vote of 75-24 to attach the Marketplace Fairness Act amendmentto the FY 2014 Budget Resolution, the Senate is continuing to push forward with online sales tax legislation. Last night the Senate voted 74-20 to bring the Marketplace Fairness Act to the floor for debate. “Today’s vote is yet another clear signal that [...]

Tablets Overtake Dedicated E-readers as Most Popular Devices

David Hancock — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:57:59 +0000

The latest edition of BISG’s Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey shows that for the first time multi-function tablets have surpassed dedicated e-readers as the device of choice among consumers who read e-books. Results from the first installment in Volume Four of the survey show 44% of e-book readers prefer a tablet, up from 37% [...]

Amazon Buys Goodreads

David Hancock — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:28:55 +0000

Amazon has acquired Goodreads.com, a Web site featuring user-generated reviews of books. The purchase comes amid mounting rumors that Goodreads, which CEO Otis Chandler launched in 2007, might start selling books directly from its site. Goodreads, which is one of the most popular among a raft of sites created as a book recommendation engine–members are [...]

Morgan James Publishing Receives 2012 Best of Business Award

David Hancock — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:20:14 +0000

PHOENIX, March, 22nd 2013, Morgan James Publishing has been selected for the 2012 Best of Business Award by the Small Business Community. Being in business sets people apart from most ordinary people and the Small Business Community is dedicated to helping others understand that running a business is an obtainable goal and that everyone should [...]

Barnes & Noble Gives Away Nook Simple Touch With Purchase of Nook HD+ | Digital Book World

David Hancock — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:06:05 +0000

Barnes & Noble Announces NOOK® HD+ Special Limited Time Offer: Purchase the Critically Acclaimed NOOK HD+ and Get a FREE NOOK Simple Touch™ Everything That Customers Want in a Full HD Tablet Plus a FREE NOOK Simple Touch E Ink® Reader, a $79 Value NOOK Media LLC, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: [...]

Bookstore Economics 101

David Hancock — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:29:30 +0000

Understanding the economics of your local brick-and-mortar bookstore should help you understand the upheaval that is happening in our industry. So put on your math cap and let’s take a ride. This article focuses on the bookstore not the publisher or the writer. I spent over a decade in the Christian bookstore business, and while [...]

Hastings Cutting Back on Books

David Hancock — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:17:52 +0000

With comparable store sales of books down 1.3% in the fiscal year ended January 31, 2013—after falling 4.8% in 2011– Hastings Entertainment said it is cutting back the space devoted to books, music and rental as it rolls out new products in an expanded electronics department and adds to its trends section. The bigger electronics [...]

Joe Mechlinski’s ‘Grow Regardless’ Lands #3 on The New York Times Bestsellers List

David Hancock — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:28:20 +0000

Author Joe Mechlinski provides a simple, yet powerful, growth strategy for small to mid-sized businesses to create fundamental organizational change. The author shares the method he has used to help hundreds of companies grow despite a tough economy and what he calls “a government in gridlock.” His step-by-step method, beginning with a reset in culture [...]

After Poor Quarter, B&N to Shrink Nook Business

David Hancock — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:42:28 +0000

With sales in its Nook segment falling 26% in the third quarter ended January 31 and an EBITDA loss that increased to $190.4 million from $82.8 million, Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch said the company is taking “significant actions to begin to right size our cost structure in the Nook segment” and will also [...]