Bookseller Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS) has been hoping to find a potential buyer, but it appears as though its search will end with no buyer.

The book seller has been searching for months for a potential buyer, and the search will likely continue for a couple more weeks, but people close to the bidding process have stated that it looks unlikely that the company will be able to find a buyer.

Continue reading Barnes & Noble Struggles to Find a Buyer

Barnes & Noble Struggles to Find a Buyer originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

The market is getting gently hammered today, but that only presents more opportunities from my perspective.

I am in Ixtapa, Mexico, nearing the conclusion of my first ever week long rest during a 35 year working career ... and counting. In some ways I am hoping to mold my future working environment from seashore to shining seashore -- all around the world -- taking advantage of modern technology. I am thinking of it as "have beach (+Internet), will travel."

Continue reading Chasing Value: Profiting from Ixtapa -- Buffett, Gold, Oil, Options and More

Chasing Value: Profiting from Ixtapa -- Buffett, Gold, Oil, Options and More originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

James Altucher is a financial journalist for The Wall Street Journal and founder of Stockpickr.com. His articles cover every angle of the market; he also stars in feature videos with other financial luminaries. He is the author of Trade Like a Hedge Fund, Trade Like Warren Buffett, SuperCa$h, and The Forever Portfolio.

He has taken a controversial path lately with numerous articles in the New York Post and Huffington Post. Some articles include: "Global Warming Is a Myth," "Should Insider Trading Be Made Legal?" "School of Hard Cash," "The Internet Is Dead (as an Investment)," and "5 Myths the Recession Taught Us."

Rumors of a new addition to the James Altucher library have entered the blogosphere, so I met with James to discuss a possible new book and the response from his recent aggressive views on finance and the stock market.

Continue reading You can profit from James Altucher's insanity

You can profit from James Altucher's insanity originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Want that brand-new Stephen King or Anita Shreve novel beamed to your Amazon (AMZN) Kindle? Well, you may be waiting a few months. In a preemptive strike against e-reader technology, publishers Simon & Schuster - part of CBS Corp. (CBS) and Hachette plan to delay the electronic-book editions of about 35 popular titles by four months. The supposed strategy is that desperate readers will pay the full retail price for these volumes, rather than the discounted $9.95 for the electronic version.

E-readers are a hot gift item this holiday season, and products like the Kindle and the soon-to-be-released Nook from Barnes & Noble (BKS) don't seem to be a flash in the pan. E-book retail sales are expected to hit $201 million in 2010, up from $150 million this year. While this is still a fraction of actual, tangible book sales, the growth rate cannot be ignored.

Continue reading Two publishers battling the e-readers

Two publishers battling the e-readers originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Small book retailers were buying in bulk from major online booksellers because they could really save some money. One was buying up to 70 copies of a particular title -- it was $5 less a pop from the big guys than it would have been from the publisher. Finally, however, the big retailers have become wise to the trend and taken action, according to the Wall Street Journal (subscription required).

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), and Target (NYSE: TGT) have decided to cap the number of books customers can buy online, a measure intended to prevent smaller competitors from treating them as partners. Walmart is limiting customers to two copies of a particular book, with Amazon placing the border at three and Target at five.

Continue reading Major booksellers didn't realize they were suppliers to rivals

Major booksellers didn't realize they were suppliers to rivals originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) was a crown jewel in the retail world in 2008. It was seen as a more upscale and clean alternative to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) but with the same discount strategy. It was winning customers for most of last year.

Then the economy went south (almost to the South Pole). Customers immediately flocked to save as much money as possible and obtain everyday staples as cheaply as they could. Target got whacked by reality. It's been playing catch-up to Wal-Mart ever since.

Continue reading Target chases after Amazon.com, Wal-Mart in new book discounts

Target chases after Amazon.com, Wal-Mart in new book discounts originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

HarperCollins has elected to push up the publication of Sarah Palin's memoir to November 17 -- it had originally been planned for the spring, but now you'll have time to get it for the holidays.

The book, which is titled Going Rogue: An American Life, is highly anticipated because it's special on two counts. It's the first book Sarah Palin has ever written and perhaps the first book she's ever read. It's currently the number six best-selling book on Amazon.com (Glenn Beck is number two, so lock your doors).

Continue reading Palin publisher delays e-Book to drive hardcover sales

Palin publisher delays e-Book to drive hardcover sales originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

The New York Post reports that former Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld "was so perturbed over the contents of a book on the demise of his beloved bank that he angrily phoned up a pair of traders he believed helped secretly contribute to the account of Lehman's stunning collapse last September."

The book in question is Lawrence McDonald's A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers, a former executives view of what went wrong at Lehman. Fuld called up former traders Michael Gelband and Alex Kirk and accused them of helping McDonald with background for the book.

Continue reading Former Lehman CEO is unhappy with book on company's collapse

Former Lehman CEO is unhappy with book on company's collapse originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Marc Benioff, the founder and CEO of Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), has a new book coming out in November: Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Companyand Revolutionized an Industry.

I actually got an advance copy of it -- and it is awesome. In great detail he provides the strategies for building a game-changing company. And based on Salesforce.com's latest earnings report, the momentum seems unstoppable, despite the recession and tight information technology (IT) budgets.

Continue reading Salesforce.com's super quarter

Salesforce.com's super quarter originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

While in an airport bookstore recently, this title caught me eye: How to Build a Business Warren Buffett Would Buy: The R.C. Willey Story.

How could I resist? I bought a copy and read the whole thing on my flight (OK, the book is only 192 pages).

The author of the book, Jeff Benedict, tracks the entrepreneurial career of Bill Child, who transformed a furniture business -- R.C. Willey -- into a retailing giant (he came on board the company in the mid 1950s when his father-in-law died).

Continue reading Entrepreneur's Journal: Building a business that Buffett would buy

Entrepreneur's Journal: Building a business that Buffett would buy originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Continue reading Book Review: House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street

Book Review: House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

"I want people to understand the environment in which I was making decisions. I want people to get a sense of how decisions were made and I want people to understand the options that were placed before me," he told the Associated Press.

Continue reading Will you be buying George W. Bush's book?

Will you be buying George W. Bush's book? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Continue reading Blagojevich signs a book deal

Blagojevich signs a book deal originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

The publishing industry might be in the toilet, but former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is doing just fine.

The Associated Press reports that the former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has signed a three-book deal with Crown Publishers that guarantees her at least $2.5 million. The first book will be a memoir of her years in the Bush Administration, followed by a book about her family, followed by a young-adult version of her life story.

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Condoleezza Rice signs a three-book deal originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Continue reading From Good to Great to Bankruptcy: Jim Collins' book revisited

From Good to Great to Bankruptcy: Jim Collins' book revisited originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Continue reading Book Review: 'The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life'

Book Review: 'The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life' originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Warren Buffett in tiff with biographer? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Continue reading Mark McGwire's ne'er-do-well bro' says he shot him up

Mark McGwire's ne'er-do-well bro' says he shot him up originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

The first authorized sequel to A.A. Milne's beloved Winnie the Pooh series will make its debut this year. David Benedictus's "Return to the Hundred Acre Wood" will be in stores on October 5. Dutton Children's Books is the publisher, and executive Don Weisberg says the book will be a "huge seller for a long, long time."

To its credit, Milne's estate has carefully guarded the character -- they could have easily cashed in for millions years ago by authorizing sequel after sequel. That Mr. Benedictus was finally the one who convinced them would seem to suggest that the book will be quite good.

According to The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), "The troubled book industry, in need of titles that will pull readers into the stores, will get a much-needed jolt" from the title.

I somehow doubt that Winnie will be a big enough hit to provide much relief to booksellers. But he's a hard guy not to root for.

Can Pooh pull publishing out of the crapper? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Continue reading Are books doomed?

Are books doomed? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.