After a number of months of sales gains, revenue at that nation's bookstores fell 1.2% in August compared to a year ago, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookshops up and down the country say they saw footfall increase on Saturday thanks to the Bookshop Day campaign, organised by Booksellers Association. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
June Sarpong, Sophie Mackintosh, Anton du Beke and Max Porter are some of the authors preparing to take part in this year's Bookshop Day on Saturday 6th October, according to The Booksellers Association, whose "unmissable" line-up also has children running bookshops, alongside poetry karaoke,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
A number of industry members have gotten together to form Love Your Bookstore, a campaign aimed to help draw attention to all physical bookstores as the holiday shopping season begins. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers refuse to ‘jump into the wolf’s mouth’ and order Marco Koskas’ Renaudot-longlisted novel onlineFrench booksellers have called on literary judges to “defend books and not those who threaten them”, after one of France’s most prestigious prizes selected a self-published novel available... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The media is wakening up to the threat posed to the high street by Amazon, and the contribution made to wider society by bookshops, Booksellers Association president Nick Bottomley told delegates at the BA's annual conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dutchman Ceisjan Van Heerden has won a bookshop in Cardigan, west Wales, in a raffle draw. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Affected booksellers attributed some of the recovery to loyal customers and community support, but they also cited the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc)’s key role. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
A primary school teacher in Kent has launched an online children’s bookshop to promote little-known titles for primary school-aged readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
A mother and son team is opening an independent bookshop in a 400-year-old property in North Yorkshire. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. Lately there has been lots of talk of a revival of rom-coms and coming-of-age movies, inspired in part by the likes of Susan Johnson’s “To All the Boys I Loved Before” on Netflix. But a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walmart has officially launched the Amazon ebook and audiobook rival it's been working on with Kobo this past year. The big box retailer announced its partnership with Kobo's parent company Rakuten back in January, promising to give its customers (i... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
An arts journalist turned rare books dealer has created an online store devoted to women writers and plans to open a bookshop in Soho. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
A 5.3% increase in June bookstore sales over June 2017 was not quite enough to offset a soft start to the year and bookstore sales finished the first half of 2018 with sales down 1.0% compared to a year ago. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Saturday intrusion at a London bookstore described by its rightist perpetrators as an 'ambush,' has sent shudders through the industry and leads the store's manager to call for vigilence in a time of mounting violence. The post After the Bookshop ‘Ambush’ in London, Supporters Rally, Worry... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
China is investing £5.7 million in preserving brick and mortar bookshops in Beijing as the country increasingly adopts digital. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Cambridge University Press bookshop has been "transformed" with touch screens placing its catalogue of books and teaching materials “at people’s fingertips”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales rose from $741 million last May to $745 million in May 2018, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau, an increase of 0.5%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A small shop on sleepy Main Street with books warmly displayed from floor to ceiling. That's indie bookselling for you, right? Hardly. The realities of day-to-day business are vastly more complex and challenging. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The BA Children’s Bookselling Group has revealed Lauren St. John’s Kat Wolfe Investigates (Macmillan Children's) as its next Independent Booksellers Children’s Book of the Season for Summer. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]