Shipping costs cut into the profits of online retailers because regular stores do not need to pay to get each item out of the store. As an online retailer, you will either have to build shipping costs ...

The surge at Amazon for such items as household staples and health and medical goods has resulted in extended shipping times for other products, including books. Last week, Amazon sent an email to a ...

Start-up costs are low for an online bookstore, making it an attractive business idea for budding entrepreneurs. If your independent bookstore already sells books to walk-in customers, augment your ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. DC Comics told retailers this weekend that it would stop ...

This series looks at how children’s booksellers are responding to the needs of their communities at a time when most stores are closed to the public because of the pandemic. When they were forced to ...

BooksRun is a popular online textbook website that allows you to buy, sell, or rent textbooks. It's common for college textbooks to cost hundreds of dollars each at campus bookstores. Yet when the end ...

Shipping delays, printer backups and worker shortages are forcing publishers to postpone new titles and leaving booksellers in a lurch for some old ones. By Elizabeth A. Harris Days after the release ...