Cairo's Kotob Khan Bookstore does far more than merely sell books: it serves as a community center, a gathering place — and now it's a publisher as well. The post Cairo’s Kotob Khan Bookstore: A Literary Safe Place appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the seven-square-mile city of San Francisco as its focal point, the Bay Area is a vibrant literary environment that has long nurtured independent bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
If Foyle's London Bookstore of the Future failed, it would signal the end, but one year on the store is thriving, with week on week sales hikes of 5-20% . The post Foyle’s “Bookstore of the Future” Celebrates First Birthday appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
When children's author Michael Daley decided to self-publish his YA race car thriller as a six-installment serial, he turned to area bookstores for help. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The displaced owners of Syria's Bright Fingers Publishing House are opening Pages, a new Arabic and multilingual bookstore in Istanbul, this week. The post Syrians Open New Arabic and Multilingual Bookshop in Istanbul appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Entrepreneur Will Cookson has developed an app which sends people to independent bookshops when they browse on the Amazon website. Cookson, who describes himself as an entrepreneur and creative director, has invented Bookindy, an extension for the Google Chrome browser which, when downloaded,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Type in a book you’d like to read, and the app will compare the Amazon price with nearby independent book shops – in the hope you’ll go and buy thereIndependent booksellers have launched a new weapon in their two-pronged offensive against online retailers such as Amazon and the supermarket... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
After the success of the first national Independent Bookstore Day last month, plans are moving forward for a second annual event to be held on Saturday April 30, 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite dire predictions for independent bookstores just a few years ago, many are now thriving. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quebecor announced Tuesday that it will sell Archambault, the large retailer of music, books, and DVDs, with 14 locations across Quebec, to Renaud-Bray, the largest French-language bookstore chain in North America, with 30 locations. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Writers Block, a bookstore supported by Tony Hsieh's Las Vegas Downtown Project, has brought literary chops and an expresso book machine to Sin City. The post How a Bookstore Hopes to Revitalize Vegas appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
After a sluggish first two months of 2015, bookstore sales rose a healthy 5.1% this past March over March 2014, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Buenos Aires, with 2.8 million people, has 734 bookstores, or 25 for every 100,000 people — the highest per capita in the world. The post What City Has More Bookstores Per Capita Than Any Other? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Deals on Picador Classics, exclusive editions published by Macmillan and money off Hachette Children’s Books series are among the promotions being offered to indies in celebration of Independent Bookshop Week (IBW). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two Massachusetts booksellers take advantage of Children's Institute 3's California location to take a bookstore tour of the California coast. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Inspired by 2014's California Bookstore Day, the first Independent Bookstore Day was held on May 2. Many stores reported an increase in sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The inaugural nationwide celebration of indies was a success, with more than 25 stores exceeding their 2014 numbers for the same day within the first three hours. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two central Minnesota bookstores owned by Sally Wizik Wills--Beagle Books in Park Rapids and Sister Wolf Books in Dorset--have been consolidated into one retail space, and re-named Beagle and Wolf Books & Bindery. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
While Books & Books was selected as PW’s Bookstore of the Year, our judges felt that another store, St. Louis’s 46-year-old Left Bank Books, deserves recognition for exemplifying what an independent bookstore can and should do to serve its community during a crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A couple who were splashed across the national press when they delivered a petition to 10 Downing Street calling on Amazon to pay corporation tax in the UK have sold their two bookshops. Keith and Frances Smith who owned Warwick Books and Kenilworth Books have sold both the indies to new owners... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]