NYU Bookstore changing management; Follett sued for unpaid overtime; How to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day around the country; plans for Authors for Indies Day in Canada; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Toronto gets a new indie; funding campaign launches for new Bay Area bookstore; Books & Brews opens fourth outlet in Indiana; R.J. Julia's hiring criticized; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookseller Catherine Barter argues that radical bookshops are becoming more needed in the current political climate. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
As Independent Bookstore Day turns three, booksellers in 48 states see an opportunity to make strong Saturday sales even stronger. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's second Massachusetts bricks and mortar opened yesterday, becoming the e-commerce giant's sixth physical bookstore in the U.S. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Moon Palace in Minneapolis and Content Books in Northfield are moving into larger spaces to accommodate customer demand. The stores have both been in business less than five years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Palabras Bookstore moves and rebrands; Charleston's indie gets some press love; China gets a new crowdfunded bookstore; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Managers at Austin's BookPeople bookstore and Brazos Bookstore in Houston are launching Texas Independent Bookstore Day. Slated for August 5, the event will highlight the role of independent bookstores in communities across the state. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
After declining 3.7% in January 2017 compared to January 2016, bookstore sales dropped 3.0% in February, resulting in a 3.6% decline in sales in the first two months of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent Bookstore Day returns April 29 for a day of reader solidarity, or, in the words of one local participant, Skylight Books, “Today we all bleed indie!” Launched in California in 2014, Independent Bookstore Day has since gone national — this year’s list of participants boasts 458... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Exceeding even recent American triumphalism, a spate of bestsellers in Japan is reflecting a new national bent for self-congratulation. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon sets date to open Lynnfield, Mass., store; new kids store lands in North Carolina; Delaware LGBTQ store to close; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former Politics and Prose manager Angela Maria Spring plans to open a bookstore “owned, operated, and managed by a majority of people of color” in the nation’s capital. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michigan used bookstore to close after 39 years; future of Kansas bookstore uncertain after fire; Alaskan glacier bookstore gets new management; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent bookshop Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights is to launch a pop-up bookshop at Glastonbury Music Festival this summer in partnership with wholesaler Bertrams Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Politics and Prose considers expansion to Bethesda; working at the country's only romance bookstore; Kramerbooks hires ex-White House staffer; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has confirmed that it will open a bricks and mortar location at 7 West 34th Street this summer. The new outlet will be the second New York City store for the company, its 11th nationwide. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the first time in the PW awards' nearly 25-year history, a children's bookstore has won the honor. Wild Rumpus, in the Twin Cities, is celebrating its first quarter century this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new bookstore will replace closed Booksellers at Laurelwood in Memphis; Dallas's Deep Vellum looking for second storefront; Casa Norberto Libros to open soon in Puerto Rico; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Microsoft, which was Barnes & Noble's original partner on the Nook (before ending the relationship in 2014), is now back in the digital book market. According to reports, the tech giant's new online bookstore will sell hundred of thousands of frontlist and backlist titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]