At the more than 1,600 indie bookstores that participated in Independent Bookstore Day 2025, five titles in particular—a mix of new releases and backlist, nonfiction and fiction—consistently flew off the shelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon "oops sorry" all over indie bookstore day, a really scary proposed Texas law, and more of the day's book news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-04-28 15:15:00 UTC ]
More than 1,600 indie bookstores across the country celebrated this year’s Independent Bookstore Day, reporting strong sales and high turnout overall despite Amazon’s coinciding book sale. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
As more than 1,600 indie bookstores prepare for their biggest day of the year, Amazon’s overlapping sale draws sharp criticism. Independent bookstores have long been champions of community, curiosity, and culture—and on Saturday, April 26, they get their moment in the spotlight. Independent... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2025-04-25 20:05:00 UTC ]
Tomorrow, Saturday 4/26, is Independent Bookstore Day! And while every day can and should be Independent Bookstore Day (stop buying books from Amazon, stop linking to books on Amazon, stop posting the Amazon sales and the B&N sales on your social media), it’s nice that we have a dedicated... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-04-25 14:00:29 UTC ]
A weekly behind-the-scenes dive into everything interesting, dynamic, strange, and wonderful happening in literary culture—featuring Lit Hub staff, columnists, and special guests! Hosted by Drew Broussard. April is, as it turns out, a great month for book lovers: the first big wave of pre-summer... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-04-25 09:45:12 UTC ]
I was going to write something else for today’s column, something complain-y but righteous that would allow me to get some stuff off my chest and maybe even get some rage clicks. Shit is bad. But I’m so tired. Maybe you are too. So why don’t we celebrate something nice that’s coming up instead,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-04-24 08:58:00 UTC ]
The nominees for this year’s Bookstore and Sales Rep of the Year have much in common: dedication, experience, expertise, a focus on building community through books, and an abiding love of the written word. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
A bumper crop of recent books across a wide variety of categories finds inspiration in that sense of community only independent bookstores can bring. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
This year’s award goes to the beloved Detroit shop whose octogenarian owner, Janet Webster Jones, is considered bookselling royalty. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Fort Worth, Tex., bookstore has grown from a 120-sq.-ft. space inside a gourmet products shop to a full-service store in the city’s cultural district. But don’t talk politics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Within months after this Oakland, Calif., bookstore was destroyed by fire last year, owner Brad Johnson had a new shop opened and focused on his mission of fostering curiosity, compassion, and intelligent critical thought. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
At the Bremerton, Wash.–based bookstore, community building is the top priority. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
The 250-year-old U.K.-based chain of 480 outlets has been sold for £76 million to private equity firm Modella Capital and will operate under a new name. The WH Smith brand name and travel divisions were not included in the sale. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Change seems to come naturally to some areas. Gentrifying post-industrial swaths of Brooklyn and Queens, perhaps, are used to blocks that morph in quick time.But differences may be harder to swallow in more established neighborhoods, such as the Upper West Side, where the enclave along Broadway... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2025-03-27 10:03:09 UTC ]
Booksellers take stand against influence of conservative billionaire by limiting orders of his company’s books and placing them on lower shelvesA conservative Catholic billionaire and media owner is facing an independent bookshop rebellion in France over his influence in the publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-03-22 06:00:42 UTC ]
The most popular bookstore in the world, an aspirational lifetime reading plan, and more of the day's top book news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-03-18 18:30:00 UTC ]
Union employees at Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn have ratified a new contract that guarantees annual pay raises and provides more benefits that are designed to reduce turnover and reward skills developed on the job. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
On July 30th, 2024, East Bay Booksellers in Oakland, California was completely destroyed by a fire. The bookstore (previously DIESEL, a Bookstore) had been in that location for thirty years. In the months that followed, its owner, Brad Johnson, began keeping a journal of thoughts. What follows... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-02-26 13:46:45 UTC ]
Matthew Teller, whose books include Nine Quarters of Jerusalem, said the society’s response to the event which saw two leading booksellers detained was ‘an abject failure’A writer has left the Society of Authors (SoA) in protest after the UK’s largest writers’ body made a statement on a recent... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-02-20 17:34:09 UTC ]