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 ]
Anchorage indie gets a new owner; Third Place Books hires new events manager; Salt Lake City's Marissa's Books to re-open; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
New England Mobile Book Fair to downsize; Foyles touts second profitable year, Pennsylvania's Quadrant Book Mart reopens; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gloucester's Toad Hall celebrates 45 years; new Brooklyn store to open May 1; Hartford store moves; London store for Afro-Caribbean authors may close; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Buffalo's Talking Leaves to Close One Location; WORD KIDS bookstore to open in Brooklyn, Wild Detectives Facebook clickbait depicts classic novels; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
After rising 2.5% in 2016, bookstore sales fell 3.7% in January, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Memorial for Minneapolis bookseller set; Tucson, a thriving book town; Bangor children's bookseller moves on; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the number of independent campus stores dwindles precipitously, NACS is making the preservation of indies its top priority. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
From educational programming to town halls to outright protest, bookstores across the country are becoming hotbeds of political activism. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
ABA to provide low-cost e-commerce platform; a feminist bookstore opens in Montreal; a Providence store faces a forced move; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the bookselling event, which took place in Atlanta on Monday, a closed-door session addressed indie booksellers' desire to potentially allow their stores to act as safe havens for groups they feel have been threatened under the Trump administration. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Loganberry Books in Ohio has reorganised its fiction section so all titles by male writers now have their spines facing the wallA bookshop in Ohio has made a graphic illustration of the position of female writers by leaving only books by women visible to its customers. The change, made to mark... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent Christian bookstores are hoping to attract Family Christian customers before they choose to buy online. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Michigan indie takes on Facebook; Cleveland booksellers honor Women's History Month; three booksellers win book fair scholarships; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]