Blogger website extraordinaire, Technorati, offers a great service (in beta testing) the catalogs blog articles on specific books. BookTalk synthesizes all recent blog postings by books into one location. For example John Stewart’s America shows 139 links from 124 different sources. This is great resource for the book lover and bookseller alike.
Preliminary estimates from the US Census Bureau show that bookstore sales decreased slightly in 2004. The 0.8% decrease estimate surprised few in the industry or on Wall Street.
As April 15 approaches, Business Week recently published an article discussing the reporting of taxable revenue from eBay. This has always been a gray area for online booksellers and casual internet sellers. This article is worth a look. One clear way to alleviate any angst regarding this issue: visit your local CPA. It is better to be safe than sorry.
