Indie Book Day is set to make a mark on the UK this year after starting in Germany two years ago and quickly spreading across Europe. The campaign – which hopes to become comparable to the American Record Store Day event, but for books – wants readers to flock to independent bookshops on 21st... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blackwell’s and Foyles are both offering discounts to people who pre-order Harper Lee’s forthcoming novel Go Set a Watchman (William Heinemann). Go Set a Watchman, written by Lee before her bestselling novel To Kill a Mockingbird but featuring some of the same characters, will be released on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales fell 4.5% in 2014, to $11.38 billion, down from $11.90 billion in 2013, according to preliminary estimates released Thursday morning by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookseller Stella Williams tells PW about working at the New York City's famed Strand Book Store, and the plans to grow the store's children's department. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publishing house Lohvinau launches crowdfunding campaign after government imposed heavy fine on Minsk literary hub“We are trapped in an absurd and unjust situation which threatens not only the existence of Lohvinau Bookstore but which endangers the possibility to publish books freely... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Millbrook, N.Y., bookstore, toy store, and art gallery, which opened on New Year’s Day 1988, is the latest indie to go on the market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even before the snow picked up on Monday, bookstores began to feel the effects. Many canceled events and will be closed today. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Aerbooks' new Aer.io Retail Network, "enables any person or company to create, customize, and curate a fully mobile/social storefront." The post Aer.io Lets You Curate Your Own Online Bookstore appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Keith Moerer, Director of Apple's iBookstore, revealed that Apple's iBookstore is growing at a million users per month and has seen 1 billion downloads. The post Apple’s iBookstore Growing at One Million Users Per Month appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
November bookstore sales fell 2.5%, to $736 million from $755 million in November 2013, according to preliminary estimates released Wednesday morning by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
New Jersey's Clinton Book Shop is offering Match the Temperature Discount Days. Customers will receive a discount based on the day's temperature – for example, 20 degrees equals 20 percent off. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The ABA is working to obtain copies of the next issue of 'Charlie Hebdo' for bookstores to carry; it is also encouraging booksellers to show their support on social media. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Read and Eat, a bookstore that will specialize in books about food and cuisine, will open in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood in April. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The independent bookstore Tales of the Lonesome Pine works with a local animal shelter to bring cats into the store and search for a permanent home for them using social media. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers have reported positive sales going into the final week of the Christmas rush, with Chris Hadfield’s You Are Here (Macmillan) breaking through as a last-minute favourite. However the leading celebrity memoirs are not racking up individual totals as substantial as they did last year,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Jeffrey Stayton, whose first book is being published this February, recently sponsored a competition to select six independent bookstores as recipients of $250 grants. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Here's to local governments waking up to the fact that bookstores and libraries are essential to our way of life,' Patterson said in a statement. 'Here's to media coverage of books, booksellers, and publishers, and to a wiser, more literate America.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anderson’s Bookshops, PW's 2011 bookstore of the year, is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a bookstore in its original location by expanding into another Chicagoland suburb. The mini chain will open its newest store in La Grange, in April. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales fell slightly in October, dropping 0.5%, to $728 million, compared to October 2013, according to statistics released Thursday morning by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Politics and a 15% drop in sales in 2014 has prompted Eksmo to sell its stake in Ukraine's Logos-Trans, which operates 50 Book Supermarket stores across the country. The post As Ukraine Sales Dip, Russia’s Eksmo Sells Bookstore Stake appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]