The 41-year-old Charis Books and More bookstore, one of approximately a dozen remaining feminist bookstores in the U.S., has put its building up for sale. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
SilverDell Bookshop is to close after 15 years operating as a bookshop and ice cream store in Kirkham, Preston, but its owner Elaine Silverwood is set to continue as a freelance events organiser. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Egyptian bookstore chain ALEF has opened a shop in London with the aim of “empowering and spreading Arabic literature around the globe." The post Egypt’s ALEF Bookstore Chain Opens Shop in London appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Several months after buying Shakespeare & Co, Dane Neller, cofounder of the company that makes the Espresso book machine, is busy transforming the store with an eye toward national expansion. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kate Reynolds, general book buyer at the Colgate University Bookstore, talks about some of the titles she is currently selling, what she expects will be popular for holiday giving, and several early 2016 releases she’s looking forward to. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Browsers Book Shop in Woodbridge, Suffolk is up for sale, after bookseller and owner Martin Whitaker, 57, has decided to retire after 10 years at the store’s helm. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookshop owner Sue Lake argues that the new Amazon bookshop should be welcomed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon Books vice president Jennifer Cast discusses Amazon's strategy for its first physical bookstore, where a mix of data and user reviews decides the inventory. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new independent called The Chiswick Bookshop is set to open its doors for the first time in London tomorrow (6th November), with American journalist and writer Judith Miller cutting the ribbon. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Tuesday, Amazon, the largest bookseller in the world, did something it has never done: it sold a book to a customer face-to-face. Despite appearances Amazon Books, the company's first branded retail storefront, is a far cry from the bookstore as we know it. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Twenty years after Amazon.com famously upended the brick-and-mortar book business, the e-commerce giant is going to open a physical bookstore of its own. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2015-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Considered the bane of many brick-and-mortar bookshops, Amazon.com is ironically entering the business with a physical bookstore it is opening in Seattle on Tuesday. The online retailer sees the store that it is opening in University Village as a physical extension of its online business. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is opening a bookshop in Seattle, promising books will be the same price as those on its website. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The tech giant that pioneered online bookselling is going old school. Amazon unveiled its first bricks-and-mortar bookstore, Amazon Books, in Seattle’s upscale University Village shopping mall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The six-year-old bookstore in the borough's Fort Greene neighborhood is branching out with a 2,100 sq. ft. location in nearby Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookseller Michael Evans sees great possibilities ahead for historic Lexington Market and Baltimore's west side, where his family has built a business over three decades.While other independent bookstores have shut down and even big chains have struggled to stay relevant in an age of ebooks,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2015-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rather than compete with mega-etailers, used booksellers are finding success by partnering with them and selling through their websites. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booka Bookshop and Tales on Moon Lane are setting up pop-up bookshops in schools. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Underground publisher says it is risking regulations to translate Svetlana Alexievich’s novels into her home languageBefore a group of Belarusian artists and intellectuals chose it as their headquarters, Minsk drinkers would line up outside the run-down building for cheap vodka on tap. These... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales declined to $1.55 billion in August, a 4.0% drop from $1.62 billion in August 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]