Representing translation rights for contemporary Polish literature and co-owning a publishing house, Magdalena Dębowska worries that readership in Poland 'is at an historic low.' The post ‘Bookstores Struggle To Survive’: Poland’s Magdalena Dębowska appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stores in Pennsylvania and Washington experience growth spurts; new owners prep for the reopening of a long-time Canadian bookstore; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Answering the dominance of two bookstore chains' 400+ locations, Polish publishers create BookBook, their own chain, banking on 'the unique atmosphere of our bookstores.' The post Warsaw’s Publishers Mount Their Own Bookstore Chain in Poland appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A New York campus preps for a downtown bookstore; a collegiate-themed restaurant and bookstore in Pennsylvania merge; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bronx gets closer to having a winning store; customers petition to keep a bookstore landmark in D.C.; stores open in New Jersey and Arkansans; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Central London was once again full of wizards, Harrys, Hagrids and Hermiones last night (30th July) as Waterstones Piccadilly and Foyles on Charing Cross Road held extravagant parties to celebrate Little, Brown’s publication of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child– surely already the fastest... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Local fans of the "Harry Potter" books and films series are gearing up this weekend for something they've long yearned for — one more journey to the wizarding world."Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," a book edition of a play debuting this weekend at London's West End Palace Theatre, will be... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2016-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A calligrapher tries her hand at bookselling; a bookseller preps to run her town; two U.S. cities land on a list of the most bookstore-heavy places in the world; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Minnesota mall buys a bookstore; stores in Arizona and North Carolina relocate; the world's oldest LGBT bookstore is reinvigorated; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rhode Island gets a bookstore bar; BAM's used book concept spreads to two more states; National Coloring Day prep begins; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
One of the nation’s largest, Mexico's bookstore chain named for Mahatma Gandhi increasingly depends on non-book sales to stay ahead, according to the company’s marketing manager. The post ‘Wallpaper the Country With Books’: Mexico’s Gandhi Bookstores appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
A liquor store transitions to a bookstore in Minnesota; a feminist shop makes a comeback in Canada; a minimum wage hike hits a California store; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
A filmmaker sets the scene for a new bookstore in rural North Carolina; a mystery writer gets a bookstore of his own in Georgia; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Spate of openings of ‘destination’ stores as owners offer drinks, performances and crafts to tempt customers away from Amazon It’s children’s story hour at the Book Nook in Hove and the owner, Vanessa Lewis, is doing a reading of Julia Donaldson’s rhyming picture book The Detective Dog. Related:... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales cooled slightly in May, but spending still rose for the fifth straight month this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two bookstores--a mobile one and a bricks-and-mortar--prep to open in Kansas; a Pennsylvania store partners up; an Iowa shop goes on the block; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The sudden popularity of the smartphone video game Pokémon Go is sending people into bookstores and, in some cases, driving up sales at those stores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new website selling books has launched offering one-hour delivery in London, and connecting readers to bookshops in the capital through the “near me” search on their smartphones. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The White Horse Bookshop is sponsoring the Richard Jefferies Society Writers’ Prize while the book trade is experiencing a “golden age of nature writing”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
One year after Inkshares, which uses crowdfunding to determine what to publish, began courting indies, it is publishing its first bookstore-generated title, an anthology from Boston's Papercuts J.P. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]