A books and records shop opens in an old funhouse; books meet pizza in a Bushwick shop; the Milwaukee, Wisc., staple, Reader's Choice, is set to close; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
New stores with cafés that serve beer and wine are part of the chain’s plans to boost its bottom line. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
An African-American bookstore returns in California; a North Carolina bookstore adds a B&B; a bookstore searches for space in Queens; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sally Davies, the director of East London bookshop Libreria, is stepping down from her role. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A devastating fire at an historic Ohio bookstore; a just-closed Michigan bookstore could return; a boardwalk anniversary in Delaware; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
For Independent Booksellers' Week Faber c.e.o. Stephen Page on how "bookselling in its oldness is part of the new". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books-A-Million finds success in N.H.; a Minnesota bookstore doubles in size; ABA sets up an LGBTQ book drive in Orlando; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writer Chris Abouzeit, a bookseller at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, and his wife Kathy Crowley, a writer and a physician, will open the first full-service bookstore in almost seven years in this Boston suburb. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The ABA speaks out on the Orlando massacre; a soon-to-open Chicago bookstore contemplates banning laptops; a South Bronx indie moves one step closer to reality. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales rose 9.7% in April, to $757 million, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A New Mexico bookstore/art gallery prepares for its grand opening; the Kickstarter for Queen's Bookshop winds down; a Minneapolis B&N could make way for a drug store; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Paris bookstore goes digital-only; a Montana store to pair tea with its books; a Kansas icon says goodbye; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
“We’re completely revising the chain of book production because we’re a bookseller, a publisher, a printer and also a distributor,” said Alexandre Gaudefroy, Les Puf’s director. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2016-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A range of titles celebrating this hard-to-translate aspect of the country’s culture is being lined up to tap the appetite for all things NordicForget the bloody crime novels of Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbø and the bleak crime television of The Bridge and The Killing. The latest Scandinavian... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
B&N readies a new concept location in D.C.; Canada’s oldest LGBTQ bookstore relocating; a former Cleveland bookstore could get a new lease in a one-time funeral home; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Minnesota couple looks for bookselling’s sweet spot; a chain store returns to Pennsylvania; a New York City icon pops up in a new home; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
A bookstore grows in Brooklyn; a Singapore store tests vending machines; B&N to close another New York City store, at least temporarily; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
A quick look at how this year's Independent Bookstore Day went, with participating stores jumping from 365 to 430. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nashville gets a bookstore of 'Her' own; a Bay Area bookstore is seeing double; a Bainbridge Island store changes hands; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Liza Bernard, co-owner of the Norwich Bookstore in Norwich, Vt., reported that she and her colleagues are gearing up for the summer season, when customers visit the store to stock up on books to keep their kids entertained on vacation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]