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 ...

Do you love your library (and/or your sanity)? Moving any time soon? You'll want to consider these tips for packing, shipping, and storing your books. Over the course of my 29 years I've made many ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...