Bookstore sales ended a six-month losing streak in February, as sales rose 2.3% over February 2017. Sales for the first two months of 2018, though, were still down 8.6% from the comparable period in 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
After a steep decline, the number and types of black-owned independent bookstores are growing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Libros in Español will take off on April 15 with “a couple of thousand” physical Spanish-language titles from the U.S., Spain, and Latin America, according to founder Filipe Silva. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
In examining common ground between independent booksellers and publishers at Bologna's new bookstore conference, the International Publishers Association's Michiel Kolman previewed some of the tensions to be debated at London Book Fair. The post At the First European Children’s Bookstore... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The innovative Colorado bookstore is the 26th recipient of the PW Bookstore of the Year Award. Among the store's firsts, it is the first store to buy on Edelweiss and one of the first to offer consignment sections by publisher. John Mesjak with Abraham Associates was named this year's PW Sales... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
George, who is also the founder and director of the Unbound Book Festival in Columbia, will open an indie bookstore in the college town in August. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Twenty automated bookstores staffed by robots are reportedly expected to open in Beijing later this year, offering a 24-hour-a-day service. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
According to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, bookstore sales fell 9.1% in January 2018 compared to the first month of 2017. It was the sixth month in a row store sales fell compared to the previous year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two brothers are looking to sell their 110-year-old bookshop to an enthusiastic new owner—and hope a philanthropic gesture will help attract the right buyer. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
While there are only a handful of feminist bookstores in the U.S., several of them report that the perfect storm of Donald Trump’s 2016 election and the subsequent #MeToo movement have reinvigorated their businesses. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
A middle grade title called 'The Best Man' has sparked tensions in Athens, Ga., after complaints from parents led to the book's removal from an indie bookstore's display at a school book fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Berkeley's Revolution Books has been a favorite target of conservative activists and on March 3 a group threatened to burn down the bookstore. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A bumper crop of Britain and Ireland’s best independent bookshops are bucking the market trend, achieving double-digit sales rises in 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
With one bookstore reporting a 36-percent increase in business in 2017, almost 40 retailers are put into contention for the Independent Bookstore of the Year prize at the British Book Awards, the Nibbies. The post Independent Bookstores Vie for British Book Award Honors in Eight Regions appeared... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan has launched a competition for seven independent booksellers across the UK and Ireland to celebrate the 175th anniversary of parent company Macmillan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
I’m books editor Carolyn Kellogg; welcome to this week’s newsletter. THE BIG STORY Akwaeke Emezi’s dazzling debut novel, “Freshwater,” is about a shattered self, a college-age human whose turmoils are driven by spirits and gods. Emezi, a Nigerian American who has written about having... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Theatre bookshop Samuel French has found a new home in the Royal Court theatre a year after rent hikes forced it to close. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
With its official grand opening on February 3, owner Jaime Harker’s dream has become a reality: the small town of Water Valley, Miss. has its first (and only) Queer/Feminist bookstore – Violet Valley Bookstore. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A slump in the second half of 2017 resulted in bookstore sales falling to $10.73 billion last year, down from $11.14 billion in 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Caravan Book Store fills an almost inconspicuous niche on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. With Starbucks on one side and the Biltmore on the other, it has straddled the city’s past and present, offering bibliophiles refuge and solace in its well-curated selection of antiquarian books. For... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]