Bookshops are gearing up for another bumper Super Thursday with around 355 new trade hardback books hitting the shelves today (1st October), with some warning of a "creaking" supply chain. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-01 00:12:40 UTC ]
Despite expanding their services during the most challenging time for retailers in recent memory, booksellers enter the holiday season worried about forces beyond their control. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Independent press Little Toller is to open a bookshop in the Dorset town of Beaminster next month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-24 21:34:39 UTC ]
Well, beautiful might not exactly be the word—perhaps disquietingly arresting? Chinese architecture firm x+living seems to be channeling the synaptic afterimages of Borges’s brain in their dizzying design for a bookstore in the city of Dujiangyan, in the southwest of China. The almost manic use... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-23 13:51:18 UTC ]
Take a tour of an independent bookstore and community hub, Book Revue, the largest independent bookstore on Long Island. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-09-23 10:38:00 UTC ]
The Heartland Summer virtual trade show's final education session for GLIBA and MIBA booksellers featured a panel of publishers explaining the 'witchy science' of determining print runs to keep books moving from printers to bookstores during a tough time for American printers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Liber20 awards from the Spanish publishers go to Basque Country booksellers, a graphic novel adapted to television, and a literary site. The post Spain’s Liber20 Prizes: Elkar Bookstores, Netflix’s ‘El Vecino,’ and ZendaLibros appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-09-18 19:08:35 UTC ]
Australia has spoken, and J.K. Rowling is out. Rabble Books & Games in Maylands, Australia, said earlier this week that the store would stop stocking her books due to this, this, or this, all of which, it’s not so wild to presume, have already impacted her book sales. “We are always trying... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-17 19:06:37 UTC ]
Bookstore sales dropped 24.6% in July compared to a year ago, according to estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The July results were an improvement over steeper sales drops in recent months, but sales through the first seven months of 2020 were down 31.6%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Beloved L.A. bookstores like Diesel are turning to fundraising platforms to survive the financial blows dealt by COVID-19. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-09-14 20:54:38 UTC ]
Booksellers have generally reacted enthusiastically to news that the US indie-focused retail site Bookshop.org is launching in the UK this November, although some remain cautious. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-13 19:17:12 UTC ]
With books delayed by the pandemic reaching shops alongside other titles aimed at the Christmas market, the trade has seen sales boomBooksellers up and down the UK are reporting a boom in sales since readers returned to bookshops after the lockdown, with the first avalanche of Christmas titles... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-09-11 12:40:19 UTC ]
Bookshop.org, a retail site billed as a way for indies to counter Amazon’s online dominance, is coming to the UK in time for Christmas after smashing its US sales targets since launching in late January. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-11 06:49:17 UTC ]
Bookshop.org has opened to the U.K. trade and will be open to consumers in November. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
No single event has wiped out more bookselling jobs in the modern era than the Covid-19 pandemic. Few booksellers have any job protections—that is, unless they have a union. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
Bookshop.org has opened to the U.K. trade and will be open to consumers in November. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
The shortlist for the first Sceptre Bookshop Award shortlist has been revealed, featuring independent retailers across the UK. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-09 22:30:21 UTC ]
More than 600 stores participated in this year’s event on August 29, held months after its usual date due to the pandemic, and saw booksellers, largely unable to host in-store events, finding creative ways to connect with their communities. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
The London Review Bookshop has partnered with the MUBI streaming service for the broadcast of eight films to be accompanied by fortnightly conversations with writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-01 17:23:15 UTC ]
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! As part of its guide to Black-owned bookshops in the US, O, The Oprah Magazine created an illustrated map of some of the highlights, and it’s really delightful. The team also asked writers like Tayari Jones, Kiley Reid, and Clint Smith where they like to shop;... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-08-28 17:29:48 UTC ]