It is almost exactly a year since I rode into Barcelona on a second-hand bicycle I had bought in Lisbon a thousand miles earlier. As well as all the normal enjoyment of seeing your book on a shop shelf, I’m also slightly amazed when I stop to think that it was only 12 months ago that Iberia was... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 22:47:22 UTC ]
Black bookshop owners are finding that their efforts are paying off by sharing stories and bringing communities closer together through their local store. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-03 08:27:39 UTC ]
Zenith Bookstore sells both new and used books, and has become a community hub in a part of the city where residents never expected to have a bookstore. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
Twenty-three people have been included in The Bookseller's Bookshop Heroes class of 2021, a list of some of the best individual booksellers in the UK and Ireland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-03 04:23:58 UTC ]
Bookstore sales jumped 42.1% in September, to $881 million, over 2020 when September sales were $620 million. Through the first nine months of 2021, bookstore sales rose 38.6% Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
Will Smith has partnered with Black-owned bookshops and artists of colour across the UK and America to celebrate his upcoming memoir Will (Century), with Sevenoaks Bookshop featuring an artist’s display. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-11 02:48:04 UTC ]
Following the acclaimed author’s decision not to have Beautiful World, Where Are You translated by an Israeli publisher, two major retailers have removed her work from their shelvesBooks by Sally Rooney will no longer be sold in two Israeli bookshop chains, after the acclaimed writer’s decision... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-11-05 16:14:29 UTC ]
It turns out ghosts like their books just as much as the living! Learn all about the most haunted bookstores and libraries in the US and abroad... if you dare. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-10-29 10:36:00 UTC ]
Rebecca Fitting, co-owner of Brooklyn’s Greenlight Bookstore, is leaving the store she cofounded with Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo 12 years ago, and has sold her stake in the business to Stockton-Bagnulo. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
Here are the best bookish things that happened this week, from library chickens to literacy funding and, of course, WonTon the bookstore cat. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-10-22 10:42:00 UTC ]
Reimagining Bookstores, a two-day online gathering of booksellers and publishing industry professionals, came to a close on October 19 with a clear mandate to continue building a movement to develop strategies that will lead to a more diverse, sustainable, and equitable bookselling trade in America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
The following bookstore profiles are from Bibliophile: Diverse Spines, by Jamise Harper and Jane Mount. * LOYALTY BOOKSTORE Silver Spring, Maryland, USA / Washington, DC, USA Instagram: @loyaltybooks What began as a pop-up shop has since become one of the most treasured bookstores in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-10-19 08:55:55 UTC ]
Pittsburgh’s White Whale Bookstore celebrated its five-year anniversary on October 15 with something special: the grand opening of its newly expanded space. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
The store has long had multiple locations, but the recent announcement of a new outlet in Colorado Springs early next year shows that the mini-chain's new owners hope to transform Tattered Cover into a real regional presence. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
Though Covid-19 isn't going anywhere and challenges remain, new independent bookstores are opening up and doing well. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales continued their 2021 rebound in August, jumping 60.1% over 2020, as schools and colleges began to reopen. Sales were $1.23 billion, up from $770 million a year ago. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
Dear McSweeney’s, For a time in my life, I worked in a chain bookstore. The chain no longer exists, but at the time it was the primary competition for the other really big chain bookstore that does still exist. One had to be swallowed for the other to survive, as is the way of things. […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-10-13 08:50:58 UTC ]
A new children’s bookshop in Hitchin is specialising in inclusive titles, including books that celebrate neurodiversity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-11 14:30:39 UTC ]
We interviewed booksellers about their experience of the pandemic and their customers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2021-10-07 05:14:45 UTC ]
Sally Rooney has kept the top spot on Bookshop.org's Indie Champions chart for a second month, with Beautiful World, Where Are You (Faber). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-01 03:17:27 UTC ]