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We interviewed booksellers about their experience of the pandemic and their customers. Continue reading at 'The Conversation'
[ The Conversation | 2021-10-07 05:14:45 UTC ]
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Here’s some news to mix up your quarantine-driven online shopping life: the MoMA Design Store has just released a selection of rare books from its archive, and they’re now on sale at its website. The books include seminal texts like a first edition of William Eggleston’s Guide by John Szarkowski... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-20 20:00:04 UTC ]
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We talk to Galway institution Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, which will celebrating its 30th birthday in October, and Nibbies Children’s Bookseller of the Year shortlistee, The Blessington Book Store. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-18 23:52:32 UTC ]
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There's a lot of work - and a lot of fun - involved in the business of selling comics, Chris Lander tells Mike Mather. Continue reading at 'Stuff'
[ Stuff | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If a bookstore takes the name of the city in which it resides, it had better reflect the values and character of its hometown. Boulder Book Store, PW’s 2018 Bookstore of the Year, does just that. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The innovative Colorado bookstore is the 26th recipient of the PW Bookstore of the Year Award. Among the store's firsts, it is the first store to buy on Edelweiss and one of the first to offer consignment sections by publisher. John Mesjak with Abraham Associates was named this year's PW Sales... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print book sales showed "continuing resilience" in 2014, with overall spending on print and digital titles increasing across the year. Meanwhile, online book buying overtook in-store book buying for the first time last year. In 2014, sales of print and ebooks stood at £2.2bn, up 4% from the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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According to a survey, 24 percent of people who said they had bought books from an online retailer in the last month also said they had seen the book in a brick-and-mortar bookstore first. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2011-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Danny Caine, the owner of the Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kans., has sold a 49% stake in the 35-year-old bookstore to a group of seven employees. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
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With this year’s Independent Bookstore Day occurring at a particularly rough time for booksellers, the iconic Powell’s Books in Portland has decided to make a statement and stop selling through Amazon. In a statement, owner Emily Powell notes that the occasion, this year, feels “especially... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-27 19:29:44 UTC ]
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‘”Confessions of a Bookseller’” and other wonderful titles remind us of the joys of shelf-browsing. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-15 15:59:07 UTC ]
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In the late 1970s, Mitchell Kaplan dropped out of law school in Washington, D.C., with the dream of opening an independent bookstore in South Florida, where he grew up. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Given the outsized influence of the 33-year-old South Florida bookstore and owner Mitchell Kaplan, the biggest surprise was that it hadn't received the award earlier. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than merely the anti-Amazon, the online book retailer and Brands That Matter honoree has built its own community of devoted readers. Literary staying power can be hard to achieve: Beach reads don’t often become Penguin Classics. The three-year-old Bookshop.org, which sells books to... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2023-10-03 07:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic book store owners share their advice on how to open a comic book store — and how to keep it in business! Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2023-09-26 10:35:00 UTC ]
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This unique comic book stores across the United States have so much more to offer than just comics. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2023-08-29 10:30:00 UTC ]
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You get free stuff, you get free travel, you get the nifty cool title of "brand ambassador," what's not to love about being an internet influencer? There's the consequences, for one. Not even just the warranted consequences of your actual actions, mind you, but also those arriving unbidden based... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2023-06-11 14:30:57 UTC ]
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In a virtual awards show, 'PW' editorial director Jim Milliot named Midtown Scholar in Harrisburg, Pa., the Bookstore of the Year and PRH's Emily Bates the Sales Rep of the Year. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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At Edmonds Bookshop in the historic town center of Edmonds, Wash., Michelle Bear refers to herself not as the owner but as “the most recent and honored caretaker.” Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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About 150 publishing professionals were in attendance at the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association SpringCon last week. In addition to networking and professional development opportunities, the attendees discussed a new bill in the Texas legislature, which would place more... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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