A San Diego bookstore is bought and renamed; Book World expands to Missouri, Florida's Wild Iris Books to close, San Francisco store is under threat; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cleveland bookstore to reopen; Omaha gets a new pop-up; inside Nashville's Parnassus Books; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
New bookstores planned for Ohio and New York; a California couple launch a mobile bookstore; visiting three of Washington state's indies; a bookstore's Hillary Clinton video goes viral; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
New bookstores to open in Rhode Island and Virginia; the Seattle Mystery Bookstore to close, a list of gay bookstores around the world; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
While July sales last year were mightily padded by the release of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,' which came out July 31, 2016, July 2017 saw no such blockbuster. Thanks in large part to this, July 2017 sales were down 1.9%, compared to the same time last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
New bookstores are opening in Los Angeles, Chicago and Grand Rapids; the beloved Chicago bookstore cat facing unemployment; how books affect the U.K. economy; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookshops contribute £1.9bn to the UK economy every year and pay 11 times more corporation tax than Amazon, according to statistics published in a new report commissioned by the Booksellers Association. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new store tries to crowdsource working capital; a Minnesota indie preps for its grand opening; Germany gives $1 million to booksellers; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Parnassus Books adds an airport outlet; new bookstores open in Indiana and North Carolina; an Iranian bookstore in Los Angeles closes; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
New bookstores opening in Alaska and Michigan; Florida bookstore to close; why Japan lacks bookstores; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new bookstore readies to open in upstate New York; Orlando indie to close; Oakland bookstore changes ownership; Portugal's chic new bookstore; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kew & Willow Books, which was formed by three former B&N coworkers and financed through a Kickstarter campaign, is scheduled to open in late September in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of the New York City borough. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
New bookstores for Texas and Missouri; Amazon's bricks-and-mortar bookselling lessons; Hawaii's booming book business; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
New bookstore opens in Memphis; store planned for Maine; The Strand's secrets; the Cairo bookstore that delivers; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Plans solidify around new Queens, N.Y. bookstore; Maine gets a new bookstore; Pennsylvania indie to open a second location; Toronto is home to a Harry Potter-themed store; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
A number of the nation's newest bookmongers have either transitioned out of highly lucrative careers or intend to do so. These are their stories. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
San Antonio's new bookstore; Wisconsin used bookstore is for sale; an Indian mobile store seeks support; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales increased 0.2% in the first half of 2017 over the comparable period in 2016, hitting $5.06 billion, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Andover Books to relocate; the bookstore inspired by Jeff-Kinney; a Seattle store goes on the block; the California store taking on Iranian censors; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two teachers are opening a bookshop in Lincolnshire this month with plans for an accompanying outreach programme to help pupils struggling with education. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]