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and from Shelf Awareness:
Weekend Edition Highlights Posman Books' Growth
NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday looked at Posman Books' expansion in Manhattan, whose high commercial rents have thwarted other booksellers. The bookstore company, which has stores in Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Center and the Chelsea Market, next year will open in Brookfield Place, the former World Financial Center. Posman v-p Robert Fader said, "In five years' time there will be more Posman Books in Manhattan than there will be Barnes & Nobles."
Shelf Awareness's own John Mutter was quoted several times; he emphasized that Posman stores are geared to their different markets and noted the importance of offering sidelines, holding events, working with book groups and more. "There was an idea in the past that if you had a lot of really good books and put them on the shelves, people would come," he said. "And most booksellers recognize that that doesn't work anymore."
and from Shelf Awareness:
Weekend Edition Highlights Posman Books' Growth
NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday looked at Posman Books' expansion in Manhattan, whose high commercial rents have thwarted other booksellers. The bookstore company, which has stores in Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Center and the Chelsea Market, next year will open in Brookfield Place, the former World Financial Center. Posman v-p Robert Fader said, "In five years' time there will be more Posman Books in Manhattan than there will be Barnes & Nobles."Shelf Awareness's own John Mutter was quoted several times; he emphasized that Posman stores are geared to their different markets and noted the importance of offering sidelines, holding events, working with book groups and more. "There was an idea in the past that if you had a lot of really good books and put them on the shelves, people would come," he said. "And most booksellers recognize that that doesn't work anymore."
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