If a bookstore takes the name of the city in which it resides, it had better reflect the values and character of its hometown. Boulder Book Store, PW’s 2018 Bookstore of the Year, does just that. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Second Home is to open a new poetry bookshop at its Holland Park collaborative working branch in London, at the same time as launching a "bold and joyous" five-day poetry festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The way to open a new poetry bookstore at a communal office, says the UK's Second Home, is to hold a poetry festival on the premises. The company's Holland Park facility is the venue in June. The post Five-Day Poetry Fest Will Launch London’s New Second Home Bookstore appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 500 bookstores participated in this year's Independent Bookstore Day, which took place across the U.S. this past Saturday, April 28. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A window in London-based gay and lesbian bookshop Gay's the Word has been smashed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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 ]
More than 500 Indie bookstores in 48 states are preparing to make this year's Independent Bookstore Day on April 28 the biggest and most exuberant celebration of indie bookselling yet. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
KiCam Projects, an independent publisher based in Georgetown, Ohio, has opened a bookstore in nearby Mount Orab to serve suburban and rural readers on the outskirts of the Cincinnati area. 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]