On Sunday night, Interabang Books, Dallas’ largest independent bookstore and only full-service indie bookshop, endured a direct hit from a tornado that barreled through Dallas’ commercial districts, tearing a wide swath through local shops and national chains alike. The bookstore, along with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-10-22 19:23:12 UTC ]
Complete with endorsements from Donald Trump and Judy Murray, the parody jacket turned up in a branch of FoylesThere are large acts of protest, such as the People’s Vote march that took place in London on Saturday. And then there are smaller ones, such as the work of the as yet unidentified... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-10-21 12:46:59 UTC ]
The only store in Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, to exclusively sell new books will open on 26th October. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-21 06:24:17 UTC ]
Twin Cities area bookstores Excelsior Bay Books and Valley Bookseller have entered a unique collaborative relationship that is attracting A-list authors to their premises and bumping up both stores’ sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales tumbled 10.3% in August compared to August 2018, according to preliminary figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The double digit decline suggests that college students are cutting their purchases of print materials in favor of greater use of digital content. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones will open two new bookshops in Sussex later this year, with branches planned for Rustington and Hove. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-07 16:25:43 UTC ]
Growing up, Jeff Kinney discovered Tolkien, comics and computers at his local bookshop. When it closed he was bereft – would opening his own as an adult help to right that wrong?Author Jacqueline Woodson recently spoke about books being either mirrors or windows. Mirrors for seeing ourselves,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-10-05 09:00:40 UTC ]
Ahead of Bookshop Day, bookshop owner Sarah Dennis highlights what makes independent bookshops special. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-04 03:15:59 UTC ]
Retailers are gearing up for a bumper Super Thursday ahead of this Saturday's Bookshop Day 2019 when events will be taking place up and down the country. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-03 08:58:18 UTC ]
Bookshops have revealed their favourite books of 2019 with books by Michelle Obama, Max Porter and Greta Thunberg among the shortlisted titles for the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-02 12:48:18 UTC ]
As reported in The Republic, Columbus, Ohio’s Mason Engel had already tried to get his self-published reboot of Orwell’s dystopian classic, 1984, into the hands of New York literary agents—like, right into their actual hands. After reaching number one in Amazon’s dystopian fiction category,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-09-25 15:11:55 UTC ]
The owner of the Strand Bookstore plans to sue the city to fight a landmark designation applied to the property over the owner's opposition. An attorney for store owner Nancy Bass Wyden told... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2019-09-24 13:47:21 UTC ]
In his more than 30 years selling books on the Upper West Side, Chris Doeblin has weathered competition from Barnes and Noble and Amazon and the ascent of e-readers. He has figured out how to mix... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2019-09-23 12:00:00 UTC ]
The Booker Prize has reassured readers the £50,000 literary award has “not yet been decided” – after a bookshop mistakenly branded copies of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments with a “winner” sticker. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-17 10:52:14 UTC ]
Bookstore sales in July were $646 million, down from $680 million in 2019, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
Quercus held a sales conference with a difference yesterday by sending out its teams to booksellers around the UK, Ireland, France and Belgium. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-12 08:22:12 UTC ]
Customer requests from booksellers require translation, detective work, and a good sense of humor. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-11 12:00:11 UTC ]
Travel book specialists Stanfords has opened a specialist food bookshop in a joint venture with street food pioneers KERB "to showcase London’s food and cultural history through literature". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-11 04:36:19 UTC ]
Hachette UK and the Booksellers Association have launched a new £5,000 Sceptre Bookshop Award for stores that make an outstanding contribution to their community. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 10:33:41 UTC ]
An awesome daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-09-05 10:30:57 UTC ]