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 ]
Beneath a surge in interest for books about the Trump administration, booksellers see something more: Readers seeking to connect and make sense of a tumultuous time. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers Weekly named the top five bookstores from around the country and sales representatives. Each is vying for the 2018 PW award for Bookstore of the Year and Sales Rep of the Year to be announced in late March. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google Play has launched a dedicated audiobook store to take advantage of the recent growth in downloads. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Named for Mexican novelist and diplomat Jaime Torres Bodet, UNESCO's honor recognizes a Cuban institution's presence in literature and the arts; and in Bucharest, a French bookselling success. The post A UNESCO Honor Today in Havana and a Francophone Bookshop in Bucharest appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
An East London bookshop's decision to put a sign in its window highlighting it is "proud" to sell books by authors from so-called "sh*thole" countries, in reference to a remark allegedly made by US president Donald Trump, has been met with a "phenomenal" response from the trade and customers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Big Green Bookshop has received a "fantastic" response to its proposal for an independent bookshop alliance, with over 90 expressing interest since the idea was first mooted. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stephen King may be the Master of Horror, but one of his fans is dealing with horror of a new kind. A Bangor, Maine, bookstore owner lost several of King’s rare manuscripts and books after a burst pipe flooded his store's basement, the Bangor Daily News reports. Gerald Winters, the owner of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Big Green Bookshop is proposing to set up an alliance of independent bookshops in order to negotiate better discounts on books to compete with the bigger chains and retailers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indie bookshops are kicking off 2018 with confidence after the majority reported sales rises over the Christmas period, but some some have urged publishers to take more risks and work harder to build authors into brands this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The late year swoon in bookstore sales continued into November with sales down 6.4% from November 2016. November was the fourth consecutive month bookstore sales fell compared to the same month in 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Falmouth, Mass., is closed indefinitely after a pipe burst in an apartment above the independent bookstore, collapsing the store's ceiling and damaging its entire stock. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
It was supposed to be the day that hordes of Kiwis would get their hands on the book everyone's talking about. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book lovers alert: Greedy Reads, a new independent bookstore, is scheduled to open in Fells Point in late February. The store is owned by former publishing professional Julia Fleischaker. She said said that the 500-square foot storefront, located at 1744 Aliceanna St. on the site of a former... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]