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 ]
Penguin Random House UK has pledged £15,000 to the #ReadTheOnePercent Bookshop crowdfunding campaign, launched by Knights Of. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher says it hopes to help the #ReadtheOnePercent pop-up store in south London ‘smash its target’ of £30,000, which it is crowdfunding in order to become permanentPenguin Random House has pledged £15,000 to south London’s #ReadtheOnePercent bookshop, which only stocks children’s books with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
After two months of declines, bookstore sales were $699 million in October, up from $649 million in October 2017. Sales were flat in the first 10 months of the year compared to 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
They don’t own Whole Foods, but they do sell books! As Groucho Marx once said, outside of a dog, books are man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.Read Full Story Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Daunt Books, Waterstones and Foyles are raising money for The Passage, a charity that supports people who are homeless, by selling a book of short stories by AS Byatt, Lennie James and Michael Morpurgo. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Development charity and publisher Practical Action is opening a “unique” bookstore in Rugby focusing on global issues. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookshop Band will play a 15-date tour across America next month, with sponsorship from Gardners and US-based entertainment distributor All Media Supply. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Inclusive publisher Knights Of, which launched a pop-up bookshop in Brixton in October, is aiming to raise £30,000 to open a permanent bookselling business. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Wellcome Collection has joined forces with the Brick Lane Bookshop and Kingston School of Art and Architecture on an “arresting" light installation window display, themed around "Living with Buildings". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The winner of Norway's 2018 'Bookstore Award,' chosen by booksellers, is a novel based on the country's World War II-era past. And in the UK, SpecSavers names a dozen prize winners. The post Industry Notes: Norway’s ‘Bookstore Award,’ the UK’s SpecSavers Winners appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a time of intense polarization, booksellers are trying to satisfy readers’ needs without alienating customers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales fell 0.9% in September compared, compared to the same period a year ago, according to a preliminary estimate released by the U.S. Census Bureau. For the first nine months of the year, sales were down 0.6%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michelle Obama’s memoir, issued next Thursday in a simultaneous global publication, is the recipient of Penguin General’s biggest ever marketing spend, with campaigns to run across formats, platforms, and even on the bare walls of Brixton... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]