Last year's bookstore sales increased to prepandemic levels, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales finished just under $9 billion in 2022, 6.2% higher than 2021 and 0.7% above 2019, the last year bookstores had a normal sales pattern before business was disrupted by the pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
When publishers Rare Bird and Unnamed Press moved into Highland Park, North Figueroa Bookshop soon followed, putting down roots in a bookstore-starved neighbohood. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-02-14 14:00:08 UTC ]
Russell Books in a third-generation family bookstore in Victoria, BC. On Wednesday, $55,000 in antiquarian books were stolen in a break-in. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-02-10 15:03:28 UTC ]
IndieBound.org, the ABA's consumer-facing online bookselling and marketing platform, will switch to using Bookshop.org links to handle sales and fulfillment beginning March 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
This year's American Booksellers will open on February 20 in Seattle with a range of bookstore tours introducing booksellers to an assortment of the city’s independent shops. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
Authors, booksellers, publishers, distributors, and others with ties to the book industry are invited to nominate their favorite bookstores and sales representatives for PW's annual Bookstore and Sales Rep of the Year Awards. Deadline for submissions is March 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales inched up 0.5% in November over a year ago, to $668 million, compared to $665 million in November 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
Bad holiday weather put a damper on what was the most normal year for independent booksellers since 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
After years of store closings, Barnes & Noble is making a comeback with 30 new stores planned for 2023—and a new image. Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture.Read Full Story Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2023-01-13 04:30:00 UTC ]
An independent book shop in Wiltshire, England has become an internet hit after its creative window display of the Duke of Sussex's memoir. Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2023-01-10 19:17:34 UTC ]
Remember Ray’s Occult Books, the rundown Manhattan bookstore opened by an unmoored Ray Stantz between Ghostbusters I and II following the city of New York serving him and his fellow ghostbusters with a judicial restraining order for the property damage incurred during their city-saving battle... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-01-09 16:53:03 UTC ]
With its bookstore on the ground floor and its library upstairs, India's Trilogy serves a loyal following: 'Getting books is our only headache.' The post Mumbai’s Bookstore and Library Trilogy: An Eighth Anniversary appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-01-09 13:28:28 UTC ]
Here’s a piece of good literary news to start the year: a new independent bookstore named after the legendary Octavia E. Butler is opening in Pasadena, California, where the late Sci-Fi icon was born and raised. I took the leap and quit my job to open my very own bookstore. Octavia’s Bookshelf... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-01-03 17:31:27 UTC ]
Bookstore sales fell 2.9% in October compared to 2021, falling to $636 million from $655 million last year, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
Independent book store Book Keeper will continue to hold Drag Queen Story Time after protests. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2022-12-13 09:00:00 UTC ]
On Sundays, author Roxane Gay explores her favorite L.A. book shops, art galleries and movie theater with comfy seats. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-12-11 13:00:46 UTC ]
A prized center of Arabic language, culture, and literature in London is closing amid mounting economic and post-Brexit challenges. The post London’s Al Saqi Bookstore Is Closing, Ending a 44-Year Run appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-12-06 02:05:02 UTC ]
Readers dream about owning their own bookstore. So let's indulge in the fantasy: design a bookstore and get a matching book recommendation! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-12-01 11:32:00 UTC ]
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Paul Bradley Carr and Sarah Lacy plan to open The Best Bookstore in Palm Springs in time for Black Friday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-21 05:00:00 UTC ]