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 ]
After the success of the 2014 California Bookstore Day, bookstores all over the country will be taking part in Independent Bookstore Day on May 2. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Founded in 1964, the store now occupies 6,000 square feet in Lincoln Hall, an historic storefront in the town. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Aside from simply celebrating small bookstores, one objective of the forthcoming Independent Bookstore Day, on May 2, is to bury a long-running narrative that the indies are dying. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Frustrated by a lack of opportunity for indie authors to showcase their work, two Florida writers open a bookstore of their own. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
According to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau, bookstore sales fell 2.2% in February compared to February 2014, dropping to $716 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oyster has launched an online ebook store in the US. The subscription company, which started out in September 2013 charging $9.95 a month for unlimited ebooks, has now expanded into online retail, launching an ebook store where customers can pay for individual titles. While only S&S,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Seattle booksellers are trying to outdo their colleagues in other cities as they celebrate Independent Bookstore Day on May 2. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oyster, the subscription ebook startup that has been slowly persuading publishers to embrace the Netflix model for books, has now ventured into the ebook retail business: On Wednesday, the... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book subscription service Oyster has opened an online book store, a move that pits the young company against heavyweight Amazon.Oyster’s ebook store has the support of the top five publishers in the U.S. While Amazon also offers books from these publishers—Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan,... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Technology is being adapted to glean data from users and consumers in a variety of cultural spaces, from bookshops to libraries to museum shops. The post Exploring “Smart Bookstores” and Libraries of the Future appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the new episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy, Borderlands Books founder Alan Beatts and Singularity & Co. co-founder Cici James talk crowdfunding. The post Indie Bookstores Turn to Crowdfunding to Stay Alive appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2015-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
As plans come together for Independent Bookstore Day, which will be celebrated by 400 bookstores around the country on May 2, booksellers in New York City are getting in on the action with their own local version of the event. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new branch of a growing tearooms and bookshop chain is to open in Chester this weekend. Beatons Tearooms Ltd, which is also a bookshop, was first founded by owner Patrick Duffy in 2010 in Tisbury, Wiltshire. Beaton's outlets are “very much a tearooms,” Duffy, said, “but the book stock is also... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) is to launch a new campaign aimed at bookshops during the London Book Fair. Called Authors for Bookstores, the campaign will launch at the Indie Author Fringe Festival, which will be held on 17th April at Foyles’ Charing Cross Road flagship. ALLi... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Singapore-based Page One's new bookstore concept in Hong Kong started by looking at what readers loved in books and building from there, says CEO Mark Tan. The post Page One’s 21st-Century Asian Bookstore Strategy appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The number of independent bookshops in the UK fell once again last year, with nearly 50 high street bookshops closing in 2014. The number of indie members of the Booksellers Association fell by 48 in 2014, to 939 indies. The 2013 figure (987) was a watershed moment for the industry, as it was... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Given the outsized influence of the 33-year-old South Florida bookstore and owner Mitchell Kaplan, the biggest surprise was that it hadn't received the award earlier. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers offered a measured response to news that the Lifeway Christian Stores chain will no longer carry "heaven tourism" books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Elena Ramirez, editorial director of Seix Barral and director of international fiction for Planeta, Spain’s largest publisher, observes that the Spanish book industry has adjusted to a new normal after the country’s financial crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]