Books of Wonder expands; Providence to get a new indie; finalists for Australia's booksellers of the year announced; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new indie coming to Washington state; a Toronto store gets erotic; a Swedish chain changes hands; the best fictional bookstores; Seattle's secret bookshop; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
An Alaska bookstore is for sale; bookstores celebrate anniversaries in Kansas and New York, a Chicago feminist store honors Pride month; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A combination of bookstore attrition and its own startup efforts will make Amazon Books the fifth largest general bookstore chain in the U.S. based on the number of outlets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The novelist Emma Straub at her store, Books Are Magic, in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2017-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
ABA president says goodbye; Politics and Prose and Busboys and Poets Split; inside Amazon's Manhattan store; France's traveling tiny bookstore; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon will open its seventh bookstore on Thursday in New York, the company's first brick-and-mortar location in the home city of America's publishing industry. The 4,000-square-foot store, near the headquarters of publishers Penguin Random House, Hachette and Simon & Schuster, held a soft... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent bookseller Simon Key has been snapped up to write a book with Head of Zeus, based on his parenting tweets. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Wilmington bookstore goes on the block; a Nashville store expands; an appreciation of a Minnesota used bookstore; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is planning to open a bookstore in a Century City mall, its first brick-and-mortar bookstore in Los Angeles. The online retailer, credited with causing a crisis in the physical bookselling industry, has opened five brick-and-mortar bookstores in the last 18 months and has announced plans... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
To avoid the high costs of real estate, booksellers are increasingly turning to pop-up shops to test the bookselling waters. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
After falling in the first two months of the year, compared to the same period in 2016, bookstore sales rose in March. They climbed 2.4%, to $725 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kickstarter-supported indie gets a location; ex-bookseller starts massive book tour; Oregon store celebrates a milestone; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
New bookstores are coming to Tennessee and Colorado; a Boston bookstore becomes a publisher; a short documentary on indie bookstores hits YouTube; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new bookstore for Long Island City; New Orleans store to close; Indies celebrate 'Anne of Green Gables;' and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
ABA elects new president; new N.C. indie breaks ground; inside Paris's most cinematic bookstore; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books Are Magic's first weekend; Oklahoma City pop-up goes permanent; Spanish-language bookseller on her inspiration; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The event, which took place around on Saturday, saw 458 stores participating in 48 states. Readers who came out for the festivities enjoyed a range of things, from cocktail parties to author signings to coloring book contests. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent bookshops have been praised by authors as “oases of intellectual and physical comfort” as the Independent Bookshop Week Book Award nominees have been released. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publishing industry has rallied round to help the independent Big Green Bookshop after one of its owners sent out a desperate tweet appealing for customers because they were “seriously skint”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]