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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]