After a stealthy opening in April, the company's e-bookstore is steadily adding more titles to its offerings. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association is to urge the government to grant bookshops a discount on their business rates, arguing that they are cultural entities which provide "huge benefits" to their communities. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite incidents at a few bookstores and today's super-heated political environment, booksellers say they remain confident that their stores remain places that promote civil debate. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over the course of its four decades in business, the tiny Boston-area specialty bookstore has weathered monumental changes in publishing, and had an outsized role in the world of children’s books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
This is the second in a two-part series, providing an in-depth look at new and soon-to-open children’s bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 4.6% decline in October bookstore sales from a year ago was the third consecutive month sales fell from the comparable month in 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The decline in independent bookshop numbers witnessed over the last decade could finally be halting, the Booksellers Association has revealed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
New bookstore to open in Anchorage; the university trying to buy its bookstore; B&N to close San Jose store; the Texas library bookstore moving online; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Harvard Coop reading turns violent; Louisiana university bookstore closes; LGBTQ store opens in Mississippi; the history of the Strand's totes; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Italy is to introduce tax breaks for bookshops, with independents eligible for up to €20,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones' pre-Christmas opening spree; the new Harvard study that reveals indies are thriving; the Minnesota store that mimics an Icelandic tradition; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Philadelphia's new African-American bookstore; the founder of Cider Monday speaks; the Lone Star state's big new indie; the hardworking 102-year old bookseller; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
D.C. Bookseller to renovate; a children's pop-up to open in California; the Brooklyn indie showing its canine side; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The best book chains in the U.K.; new indies coming to New Hampshire and Maryland; Phaidon's holiday pop-up; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Rome, a North American publisher joins its Italian founder in a new English-language bookshop. And in Rotterdam, Sweek launches another competition. The post Industry Notes: Europa Editions’ New Rome Bookstore; Sweek’s ‘Romantasy’ Contest appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Europa Editions (along with its parent company, Italian publisher Edizioni E/O) is partnering with Italian bookseller Altoquando to open an English language bookstore in Rome called Otherwise. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Texas bookstore launches a series for rejected stories; professors protest their college bookstore; a Bucharest bookseller gets back to business; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
According preliminary figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau, bookstore sales declined 6.5% this September, compared to September 2016. The decline followed a 10.9% drop in bookstore sales in August. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
New stores to open in Maryland and Virginia; a Texas store to close; touring Chicago's Dial Books; the day-to-day of a Long Island bookseller; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
New stores open in Illinois, New York and Kentucky; North Carolina bookstore sold to long-time employees; Paris's bookstore on a barge; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]