Last year, in August of 2019, James Daunt, Managing Director of Waterstones and owner of multiple independent bookstores across London, was named the new CEO of Barnes & Noble. image via the wall street journal The chain, while doing better off than other bookstore chains like Borders, which went bankrupt over a decade ago, is struggling to compete with bookselling giant Amazon. While Amazon accounts for almost 50% of book sales in America, Barnes & Noble’s only accounts for around 20% – a number that is that’s falling. James Daunt has made some changes to Barnes & Noble in the …
In a year where we couldn’t take our eyes off the news, these non-fiction titles offered us some solace and empowerment by educating us on social justice issues, telling stories that inspire us, and showing us the most humane and strange sides of our world. Here are some of the best non-fiction titles that kept us going this the year.
This past year was, in short, very complicated. The business scene changed dramatically with every passing month and many of us were left dumbfounded by it, but that doesn’t mean we can’t grow to understand it. For that reason, we are compiling ten of the best business books published in 2020 for the entrepreneur inside of you.
Hello, book lovers! 2020 is almost over and it’s time to do one of my favorite things: reflect on our favorite books of 2020. We’re all huge book worms here in the Bookstr family, but it’s impossible not to have favorites. Here are some of our team’s favorite books of the year.
It’s the perfect time to start thinking about the things that we want to accomplish, be better at, and try next year. And, because we are who we are, we are adding some bookish and reading resolutions on our 2021 list. Here are some of our resolutions for the upcoming year!
