More Than Words is a bookstore, but one that does more than sell $3.8 million worth of merchandise a year. It serves young people who are dealing with homelessness or legal challenges and gives them a place where they belong. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2025-06-02 20:42:21 UTC ]
The Portland, Ore., metro area is home to more than 60 independent bookstores of all shapes and sizes. Eleven indies will welcome Children’s Institute’s full- and half-day bus tours on June 12, while a whopping 66 indies are listed on the website of Portland Book Week, a June 6–15 literary... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
Shakespeare & Co. will transfer ownership of its last New York storefront, located on the Upper West Side, to Strand Book Store on June 1, marking the end of an era for the beloved bookseller. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
William Stout bookstore is a legendary home to design and architecture books. Now, it’s revealing an updated brand courtesy of Jony Ive’s firm LoveFrom. Since 1974, William Stout Architectural Books in San Francisco’s Jackson Square has been one of the city’s most iconic destinations for its... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2025-05-09 13:00:00 UTC ]
In 1987, I got a job at the famous Strand bookstore in Union Square. My ska band, the Boilers, rehearsed down the block at a place called Giant Studios, and I stopped in the Strand one day with every intention to steal a book but instead decided to ask if any positions were open. Every […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-05-09 08:58:29 UTC ]
Amazon's lackluster response to scheduling its book sale around Independent Bookstore Day, Broadway is making big bucks, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-05-08 15:45:00 UTC ]
We can celebrate a nice bit of bookstore news this week. Three community rock stars—including self-identified “book girlie” Eve L. Ewing—are joining forces to save an imperiled indie. As Maxwell Evans of Block Club Chicago reports, an impressive trifecta is coming to save the clocktower.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-05-07 15:27:20 UTC ]
Katie Mitchell’s photo book “Prose to the People” visits stores around the United States, from the 19th century to today. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-05-02 18:30:24 UTC ]
Intentional shoppers nationwide pushed back against Amazon and B&N’s late April sales by visiting their local independent bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
More than 1,600 independent bookstores across the United States celebrated Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 26, and children’s books were a hot item along with reads for their parents, who swarmed indies in unprecedented numbers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]