A new bookstore has opened inside the French Embassy in New York promising to be a catalyst for a French-American dialogue of ideas. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
It has been a little more than two years since Praveen Madan, co-owner of Booksmith, the San Francisco bookstore, took over as CEO of Menlo Park, Calif.’s Kepler’s Books and Magazines, in an effort to keep the iconic but struggling store from closing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
RoscoeBooks, a 1,419-square-foot full-service bookstore, will open its doors in Chicago’s north side in November. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Saturday, Albertine bookstore and reading room, with books in English and French, will open its doors across the street from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than £130,000 has been allocated to 73 independent bookshops in the UK and Ireland in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales fell 5.1% to $707 million in July, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Sales were at $745 million in July 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hannah Moushabeck, age 25, is the children's department director at Odyssey Bookshop, a children's book editor for Interlink Publishing Group, and co-chair of the New England Children's Booksellers Advisory Council. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Movies, movies, and more movies were the key to book sales for teens and younger readers this summer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Richard Kemp has opened 3 independent UK bookstores and wants to help others open 1,000 more. Here are his top tips for getting started. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apparently all customers believe the book they're looking for has a blue cover and some will tell you that if you haven't read every book in the store, 'you're not very good at your job.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Oakland store is moving downtown in early October and quadrupling its space. To help defray costs she just launched an Indiegogo campaign. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books were flying off the shelves at two stores early Sunday morning, but not in the usual way. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake sent them tumbling. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writer Kate Brittain has created a one-stop database of America's independent bookstores, Better Place to Buy Books. She estimates that there are over 2,300 indie bookstores in the USA. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The owners of the World's Only Curious George Store are opening a second picture-book concept store, the Make Way for Ducklings Store in Boston, Mass. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers simply cannot function without independent bookstores, notes Tom Roberge of New Directions as he reflects on the Amazon/Hachette battle Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Illustrator Paul Kidby will be giving away copies of a print showing his design for one of London... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new web project, CairoBookStop, aims to cull and map information about publishers and bookshops in Cairo that focus on contemporary Arabic literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Obama angered some in the independent book world after he praised Amazon's business practices in 2013 and skipped his usual visit to a Martha's Vineyard indie bookstore later that year. Will he pick up some books during his Vineyard visit this year? Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales for the first six months of 2014 were down 7.9% compared to the same period last year, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The celebration echoes California Bookstore Day, which was held for the first time this past May. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]