Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Taiwanese Bookstore Chain Eslite Expands Aggressively into China



Taiwanese bookstore chain Eslite is aggressively expanding beyond its borders, with new stores in Hong Kong and several planned for mainland China, including one in a hotel.
Do super-sized bookstores still have a viable business model or are they being reduced to mere showrooms for ebooks?
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From the Archives:
In what’s become a trend, Korean publishers are opening popular bookstore cafes. Should more Western publishers follow suit or is bookselling no longer part of their DNA?

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