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New Borders.com books $7.4 million in sales in the second quarter

The bookseller’s new web site generated sales of $7.4 million from its soft launch on May 27 through the end of the quarter Aug. 2. Previously, Borders sold online through Amazon and received a commission on those sales.

Posted 08/29/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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A new look and hot sellers boost e-commerce sales at Barnes & Noble

A newly redesigned web site and the release of the fastest-selling teen novel in the history of the company helped Barnes & Noble grow its overall and e-commerce sales in the third quarter. E-commerce sales rose year over year by 13%.

Posted 11/28/2007Bill BriggsPost a comment

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Harry Potter helps Indigo Q2 web sales boom

For the second quarter, Indigo reported web sales in U.S. dollars of $28.8 million, an increase of 85% from the prior year. Without the benefit of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” Indigo’s online revenue would only have risen by 15%.

Posted 11/07/2007Mark BrohanPost a comment

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BN.com’s sales up 17.9% in Q2—thanks mostly to Harry Potter

Q2 sales at bn.com increased 17.9% over Q2 a year ago to $97.5 million from $82.7 million, Barnes & Noble reports. The company sold 400,000 Harry Potter books online. Without that boost to sales, bn.com’s sales would have increased 7.3%.

Posted 08/23/2007Don DavisPost a comment

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Amazon.com Q2 net income shoots up 255%

Harry Potter helped Amazon.com record a solid second quarter financial performance with net income rising by 255% and net sales up by 35%. Amazon received advance orders for more than 2.2 million copies of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”

Posted 07/25/2007Bill BriggsPost a comment

Borders Group boosts book sales through social networking

After e-mailing suggested book titles to its customers and inviting them to join a related chat room on social networking site Gather.com, Borders gets a sales boost of those titles, the retailer says.

Posted 07/19/2007Paul DemeryPost a comment