After confusion regarding the legitimacy of a GoFundMe campaign to benefit two Minneapolis bookstores that burned down Friday night, the store's owner has taken it over and is urging supporters to donate. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Pandemic Dispatches Elena Poniatowska In this column that originally appeared in La Jornada, Elena Poniatowska considers the role of editors and talks with Diego Rabasa, founder of publisher Sexto Piso. Already precarious, the pandemic lockdown has made... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-06-03 21:05:48 UTC ]
Cultural Cross Sections Elena Poniatowska In this column that originally appeared in La Jornada, Elena Poniatowska considers the role of editors and talks with Diego Rabasa, founder of publisher Sexto Piso. Already precarious, the pandemic lockdown has... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-06-03 21:05:48 UTC ]
Running an independent bookstore in a conservative city is a unique challenge and an opportunity. Jenny Kinne runs Books and Mortar in West Michigan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-06-03 10:40:37 UTC ]
Activists across the United States are encouraging book lovers who want to show support for the ongoing protests against police violence to buy books from black-owned and African-American focused bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstores across the country are expressing support for the protests against police violence by offering material support, promoting antiracism books, and encouraging people to shop at black-owned businesses. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
With some bookshops set to reopen in a couple of weeks, it’s a good time to think about some of the lockdown actions that have kept shops afloat - and why they work on buyers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-01 23:38:27 UTC ]
Twin Cities bookstores tried to weather the civil unrest that continued throughout the weekend. While Moon Palace Books remained mostly unscathed during days of rioting, Uncle Edgar's and Uncle Hugo's burned down. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
Last August, I wrote about the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, or “Binc,” a Michigan-based non-profit created to support booksellers who have fallen on hard times. If a bookseller winds up in the hospital or a bookstore has a flood, Binc can step in and pay their bills, no questions asked... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-05-29 08:48:18 UTC ]
A second night of rioting in Minneapolis/St. Paul continues to affect booksellers located in the areas that have become scenes of violence. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
Cultural Cross Sections Yousef Khanfar Photo by James L.W / Unsplash In January, Full Circle Bookstore was named one of five finalists for Publishers Weekly’s Bookstore of the Year. Palestinian photographer Yousef Khanfar offers the following... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-05-28 13:17:54 UTC ]
We may not be able to escape to bookish destinations right now, but we can be transported by these books about libraries and bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-05-28 10:39:03 UTC ]
Two Minneapolis indie bookstores on the city blocks most torn apart by the protests on Wednesday evening that continued into the early morning hours on Thursday have so far escaped unscathed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
All this week WORD Bookstores in Brooklyn and New Jersey will donate 10% of the purchase prices of books by a rotating group of authors to a different charity each day. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association has called for publishers to support the sector in getting back to business after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced yesterday (25th May) that stores could reopen from 15th June. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-26 03:20:25 UTC ]
Little Tiger is to publish a picture book celebrating the work of key workers, to raise money for the NHS during Independent Bookshop week. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-26 01:38:15 UTC ]
Indigo has reopened less than 10% of its bookstores across Canada and will close 15 outlets permanently this summer. In Winnipeg, McNally Robinson says customers are returning, but sales are still down 60% from last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
Nestled in the heart of Melbourne's city laneways, Leonardo Art Shop - also known as Nibbi's - provided inspiration and education to a generation of young artists. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2020-05-21 20:00:41 UTC ]
Macmillan Publishers will issue promotional terms intended to help independent bookstores recover from what it calls "the significant and calamitous impacts of Covid-19 on the channel." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers need to start “building in resilience” now for a possible second virus spike later in the year by embracing technology and phasing their re-openings, Mark Thornton has warned. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-19 14:02:50 UTC ]