Bookshops have reported higher footfall and sales for the UK’s first Bookshop Day on Saturday, which involved events with high profile authors, illustrators in residence and customers reading in bookshop windows. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Patterson wishes booksellers a "Merry Christmas"; Amazon gets one step closer to opening its fourth bookstore; two bookstores prep for Indiana openings; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Small presses, libraries and independents are all under threat. No one wants to hear their child ask: ‘What’s a bookshop?’On Saturday it is Bookshop Day. My heart always sinks a little when I hear that a day has been set aside to celebrate something I love: it too often feels like being put on a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
After 10 years of ownership, bookseller Isla Dawes has sold Barnes Bookshop to former director of Heywood Hill Bookshop Venetia Vyvyan for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
London-based independent bookshop Heywood Hill is to award one reader its Library of a Lifetime prize which will see the winner "never have to buy a book again". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
After seeing their numbers decline dramatically, surviving specialty bookstores are finding new ways to thrive. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the five years since Dennis Abboud bought Levy Home Entertainment, the company, rebranded as Readerlink, has become the leading distributor of books to Target, Walmart, and other huge non-trade outlets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
An Oregon shop trashes 'Portlandia;' an African-American bookstore preps to open in Texas; SIBA plans its Pat Conroy celebration; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
An old building preps for a new bookstore in Michigan; a long-time Oregon bookeller turns to Indiegogo; a California college store weighs the advantages of outsourcing; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
A family-run independent bookshop in Stockton is celebrating its first birthday by expanding into new premises quadruple its original size. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over 2,000 bookshops are preparing to celebrate the UK’s inaugural Bookshop Day on Saturday 8th October with events and book clubs, according to The Booksellers Association. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
A California bookstore expands; stores in Rhode Island and Oregon get ready to sell; a bookstore marks its first seven decades; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The owner of the oldest bookshop chain in Greece has told of her devastation at closing her last store after the financial crisis in the country hit the business “like an avalanche”. The 118-year-old Athens bookstore of Eleftheroudakis, run by Sofika Eleftheroudaki, will close on 30th September... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Athens learns it's UNESCO's World Book Capital 2018 and that its largest bookstore, the 118-year-old Eleftheroudakis, is going under. The post Athens Named World Book Capital as 118-Year-Old Bookstore Closes appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon moves into Southern California; a Wisconsin bookstore considers going co-op; Macmillan expedites holiday shipping; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jaffe & Neale is set to open a second bookshop in Stow-on-the Wold next month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Louise Chadwick, a former director of programmes at BookTrust, has opened a children’s bookshop in Shrewsbury. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon Books preps to debut outside of Boston; Curious George takes on a developer in Cambridge, Mass.; a long-time bookstore co-op in Wisconsin weighs its options; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstores are on the move in Alabama, Mississippi, and New Jersey; a bookstore gets a new life in Tampa; a Bronx bookseller’s business plan is named one of the best in the city; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Torbay Bookshop is being put back up for sale by owners Matthew and Sarah Clarke, who have run it for a total of 23 years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]