Amazon may have spent the past two decades pulling bookstore shoppers to its business online, but with a new storefront in California's East Bay, the retail giant is hoping to lure them back to a brick-and-mortar store. Amazon Books is in the final stages of preparing for its opening tomorrow... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Illinois store for sale; the Missouri indie thriving under new management; Providence's Paper Nautilus reopens; a Miami bookseller turned movie producer; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new children’s bookshop Small Print Books has opened in London's Forest Hill and took £2,300 on its opening day. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
New stores to open in Kentucky and Indiana; celebrating the Hudson Valley's book community; Baghdad's most famous female bookseller; Handselling tips from a bookselling legend; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
ABA board nominations are open; Alabama store changes name; California booksellers help kids affected by wildfires; stores to close in Hawaii and Newfoundland; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Changes for Canada's Authors for Indies Day; the Dallas indie crowdsourcing seed money; life at a used bookstore in Austin; the Portuguese store that inspired Hogwarts; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstores open in New York and Louisiana; San Francisco store seeks funds to buy a building; Powell's celebrated in photos; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
New bookstores planned for New Jersey and Texas; a DC bookstore shows solidarity with a store in Mexico City; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ithaca residents try to save a beloved indie; new store opening in Florida; Foyles to offer book subscriptions; B&N planning concept store for Texas; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
An independent bookshop has opened in Halifax in a 240-year-old cloth trading hall, the city’s first dedicated bookstore for four years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over the past six episodes of Working, we’ve been talking with writers and artists about how comics get made. In this episode, which you can listen to via the player above, we’re looking at how they make their way into readers’ hands. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2017-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales in August were $1.39 billion, down from $1.56 billion a year ago, marking a 10.9% decline. Sales for the first eight months of the year were down 2.5%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
At a time when American comics and graphic novels have never been more popular, the way these works are purchased is being transformed by a new wave of consumers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although not quite the sensation of previous Robert Langdon thrillers, The Da Vinci Code author’s latest mystery sold 100,000 copies in its first week Dan Brown’s mastery of something like a code for bestsellers has returned to cheer UK booksellers, with more than 100,000 copies of his latest... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers are gearing up for a "very exciting and busy" Super Thursday today (5th October), although one has argued the multitudes of releases may mean some "great" titles get overlooked. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ohio pub unveils new bookstore; California library starts selling books; new indie in the works in Georgia.; inside the Greek bookstore that specializes in dictionaries; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Herefordshire's Aadvark Books, St Boswell's the Mainstreet Trading Company and Oswestry's Booka Bookshop are among the 10 destinations chosen to be showcased as "perfect bookshops for a date" on Bookshop Day (7th October). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Virginia bookstore hosts grand opening; U.K. booksellers prep for new Pullman; inside Amsterdam's book stores; a Hong Kong store shutters; and more.re. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
New bookstore coming to Florida; Upstate New York stores launch seasonal promotion; a California indie fights for survival; bookselling in South Africa; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate has launched a singing competition to give bookshops the chance for author Matt Lucas to visit their shop. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]