Customer behaviour is shifting towards ethical consumerism while online becomes much more than a “hits business”, Bookshop.org's UK m.d. Nicole Vanderbilt has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-17 19:59:59 UTC ]
New retail website Bookshop.org has been hailed as a “game-changer” by Booksellers Association m.d. Meryl Halls while its founder has said more features are on the way. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-17 09:40:54 UTC ]
Graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero is launching a social media campaign calling for artists to support bookshops with a drawing of their favourite store. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-17 06:10:11 UTC ]
The Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Mass., has temporarily closed to in-person browsing after a member of the staff tested positive for Covid-19. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
Pantomime misanthropy is tempered with bursts of sweetness in the secondhand bookseller’s latest dispatches from WigtownThere’s a moment in the first season of the short-lived but influential sitcom Black Books in which an elderly customer appears with a box of attractive old editions of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-11-11 09:00:33 UTC ]
As COVID cases surge to record numbers and Republicans flirt with a paper coup the future of the nation’s bookstores remains perilous. Yes, we all have a lot to worry about—but if you care about that unwieldy, amorphous thing called literary culture, please spare a moment (or a dollar) to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-11-10 16:14:32 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association (BA) has written to key government ministers and Lords calling for bookshops be classed as essential retailers, allowing them to reopen during lockdown in England. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-10 11:56:02 UTC ]
Bath bookshop Toppings & Company is to move to a listed Georgian building, and will begin expansion building works next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-08 18:39:07 UTC ]
Trump first said it was going to be at the Four Seasons and everyone assumed it was the hotel but he later clarified it was Four Seasons Total Landscaping. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2020-11-07 23:30:22 UTC ]
Independent bookstores are hurting as shoppers stay online. Pick up one of our staff picks to support bookstores throughout the U.S. Whether you’re diving into an engrossing period drama, reading up on the history of protests or pandemics, or escaping into a fantastical world, chances are you’ve... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2020-11-06 16:00:54 UTC ]
A new annual initiative celebrating the best of bookselling in the UK and Ireland sees 29 Bookshop Heroes hailed for their efforts in reaching readers with books—and beyond. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 23:21:06 UTC ]
Some of our inaugural Bookshop Heroes — the best individual booksellers in the UK and Ireland — share the skills that are key to running a bookshop. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 16:20:56 UTC ]
Hachette Children's Books has said the publisher will be "pivoting" promotional plans for J K Rowling's The Ickabog to support closed bookshops. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 10:01:07 UTC ]
Following its its success in the US, the ethical platform Bookshop.org has arrived in the UK, marking an exciting new chapter for independent stores onlineIn publishing we often talk about things that we are “excited” and “delighted” about, so much that sometimes I think the words have lost... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-11-05 08:00:40 UTC ]
Author Holly Bourne has launched a campaign to support bookshops during lockdown, involving more than 300 writers so far. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 06:38:02 UTC ]
Italy's bookstores are allowed to operate amid COVID-19 restrictions, and Guadalajara becomes UNESCO's World Book Capital for 2022. The post Industry Notes: Italian Bookstores Stay Open, Guadalajara Named World Book Capital appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-11-04 20:25:38 UTC ]
Fairlight Books is ordering a second print run of its c.e.o. Louise Boland's travelogue, Bookshop Tours of Britain. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-03 02:57:21 UTC ]
New online retailer Bookshop.org secured sales of around £65,000 in its first day, making £16,000 for indies. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-02 12:21:42 UTC ]
Indie bookshop owners and managers are gearing up for a second lockdown with optimism, though some are divided over the viability of click and collect services. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-02 12:15:49 UTC ]
Dujiangyan Zhongshuge is the latest bookstore designed by X+Living, and it’s stunning. The very best books transport you to another world, and the most magical bookstores help make that a reality. Chinese bookseller Zhongshuge is renowned for its stunning bookstores, and its latest outpost, in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2020-11-02 08:00:34 UTC ]