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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]