In the Central Eastside Industrial District of Portland, Ore., Patrick Leonard has opened Postcard Bookshop, a store featuring global literature and culture, children’s titles, and sidelines including journals and games for people on the move. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
Two sisters, Barbara Cerda and Valeria Cerda, the co-owners of La Revo Books, a pop-up bookstore in Milwaukee, were named MIBA's booksellers of the year for 202. The two founded La Revo in 2021 to sell Spanish-language literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
While the Book Industry Charitable Foundation continues to raise funding to help Southeastern booksellers at need, the Southern Indie Booksellers Alliance and booksellers across the South are rallying to assist. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
The feminist bookstore, founded in 1979, has been named the Great Lakes Bookstore of the Year by the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. It is the inaugural recipient of the award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
In the first half of the twentieth century, radical bookstores took many forms and often served as part of larger, multichannel campaigns. Nazis, as well as Communists and Socialists, organized festivals and parades, dances and concerts, and schools and camps to disseminate critiques of American... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-08-21 08:56:24 UTC ]
Bookstore Romance Day, held last Saturday, has grown to include 550 bookstores, up from 150 stores when it was founded in 2019. It now offers online events and giveaways from Libro.fm, in addition to in-store promotions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
5 to 9 Books, a new online-only bookstore run through Bookshop.org and Libro.fm, aims to help burned out professionals and new retirees cope with the stresses of life by introducing them to new hobbies and feeding their passions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
The bookstore bar aspires to combine two beloved things: wine and stacks. Though people have been pairing vittles and pages as long as either have existed, the retail trend has taken off in recent years. As Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner reported in Eater this week, the book bar creates “a third... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-08-16 17:01:25 UTC ]
A slate of recent books about bookselling extolls the manifold virtues of bookshops, which serve as community pillars, literary salons, political entities, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Ubik bookstore in Syracuse's Ortigia district has reopened under new management ahead of Italy 's guest of honor turn at Frankfurt. The post Italy: A New Ubik Bookstore on Sicily’s Island of Ortigia appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-08-07 15:14:55 UTC ]
Founded in 2013, Letters Bookshop in Durham, N.C., is transforming from a privately owned business to a community-supported cooperative, selling shares for $116, in an aim to sustain the store in amid a challenging retail environment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
London's Spiracle co-publishes independent houses' audiobooks and sells them to bookstore consumers using in-store cards with QR codes. The post UK: Spiracle Opens ‘Audiobook in a Card’ for Bookstores appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-08-05 18:30:21 UTC ]
“People feel differently about their bookstore than they do about their grocery store or electronics store,” writes Evan Friss, in praise of a retail ritual battered by the internet. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-08-04 09:00:54 UTC ]
What do you think of Barnes & Noble's plans surrounding the future of the Tattered Cover? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-07-31 18:23:52 UTC ]
Last week, shortly after the announcement that JD Vance would be joining the Republican ticket, I was working my bookstore gig at The Golden Notebook when a woman came in and asked me if we had any copies of Hillbilly Elegy. I took a glance at the inventory, told her we did not, and started to […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-07-25 18:51:59 UTC ]
Always Here Bookstore, a pop-up in Portland, Ore., aims to be a literary oasis for queer, trans, Latinx, and neurodivergent people of all ages. While they search for a bricks-and-mortar home, co-owners Rafael Hart and John Hart want Always Here to be a go-to source for books with LGBTQ authors... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Print book sales and store traffic are on the rise. Plus: Book Riot's best books of 2024, adaptation news, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-07-10 15:00:00 UTC ]
Have you heard? Romance is booming online and IRL. Print sales surge with the help of teens and social media. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-07-09 15:00:00 UTC ]
The ABA has unveiled "Indies Take The Gold," an Olympics-themed marketing campaign encouraging people to shop at independent bookstores on Amazon Prime Days, July 16 and 17. The Paris summer Olympics begin July 26. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
A woman accidentally buys a bookstore apparently, Libro at 10, cool library spaces are all in today's most interesting book news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-20 17:06:13 UTC ]