A new indie for Oklahoma; Belmont Books opens in Massachusetts; a North Carolina chainlet changes hands; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
From the Bangkok Post: As in many Western markets, independent bookstores stress personal service and warm environments in Thailand's bookselling industry. The post Thailand’s Independent Bookstores: Curating Inventory for Their Patrons appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookshops, libraries and schools are preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone with quizzes, events and an attempt to break a world record. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publishing industry has rallied round to support Newham Bookshop’s charity drive for victims of the Grenfell Tower in London. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
New bookstores for Missouri and New Jersey; Texas resort-town store wins top honor; Michigan and Ohio stores to reopen; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales rose 1.8% in April, over the same period in 2016, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Bookstore revenue was $714 million for the month, compared to $701 for the same period a year ago. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stores to close in California and Singapore; expanded bookstores coming to Baltimore and Chicago; an Ohio bookstore reopens; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]