Hachette UK will sponsor Independent Bookshop Week (IBW) and authors Cressida Cowell, Patrick Gale, Katherine Rundell and screenwriter Ben Aaronovitch will tour bookshops across the country as part of the annual celebration of indies. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller is teaming up with World Book Day to launch a competition for bookshops. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales in November jumped to $729 million, up from $663 million a year ago. The jump marks an increase of 9.9%, and is culled from preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Words Bookstore will open a second location this April in a 53,000 sq. ft. center in Livingston, N.J., designed entirely for people with special needs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
A difficult relationship with his father was one of the factors which pushed Tim Waterstone to succeed in establishing the bookshop chain that bears his name, the retail entrepreneur has revealed in an extract from his forthcoming memoir, published in the Daily Mail. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
At Winter Institute 14 in Albuquerque, N.M., PW announced its slate of five finalists for indie bookstore of the year. Many are responsible for the current rise in independent bookselling. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Independent Bookshop Alliance is being relaunched, with Simon Key urging booksellers to come together to decide the future aims of the organisation. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Furet du Nord chain of bookshops in northern France has confirmed its takeover of the Decitre group, which it describes as its alter-ego in the south-east region of France. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A former stand-up comic has launched a crowdfunding project for a community bookshop in the medieval village of Bletchingly. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nearly four weeks into the government shutdown, some bookstores in the nation’s capital are beginning to experience the financial effects of the federal furlough, while others remain unscathed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indie bookstores aren't known for stocking a wide assortment of genre fiction titles, but booksellers are finding that it's time for that to change. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
After 35 years at West 80th Street and Broadway, Westsider Rare & Used Books is closing next month because of slowing sales. [] "> To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2019-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A digital consultant has launched a crowdfunder to create London’s first black feminist bookshop. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher Knights Of has reached its £30,000 crowdfunding target to fund a bookshop selling children’s books with BAME characters. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
New York's Drama Book Shop is taken over by the Hamilton creator and three of his collaborators. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2019-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association has reported a second year of growth in its independent bookshop membership, with 15 new shops joining the trade body in 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tim West, co-founder of The Big Green Bookshop in Wood Green, plans to open a new, co-operative bookshop locally in the wake of the closure of the bricks and mortar Big Green store. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
In an effort to re-fashion the experience of a bookstore with discovery of a book, a new outlet in Japan curates a collection of high-end cultural titles. The post Tokyo’s New Bunkitsu Bookstore: Designed With an Admission Fee appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Big Green Bookshop is closing down its physical premises as owner Simon Key moves the business to online only, with "absolute monster" rates and rents forcing him to shut the bricks and mortar shop. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookshops were just one sector of the French economy to suffer from the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) protests across France on five consecutive Saturdays between 17th November and 15th December. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]