Ever since Janet Geddis launched one of the first bookstore crowdfunding campaigns in March 2010 to raise money to open Avid Bookshop in Athens, Ga., Indiegogo and, to a lesser extent, Kickstarter, have become the go-to places for cash-strapped booksellers trying to open a bookstore, add a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harlem’s La Casa Azul Bookstore has stepped up to help residents affected by the gas explosion that destroyed two buildings in East Harlem on Wednesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales fell 6.9% in January compared to a year ago, dropping to $1.75 billion, according to preliminary estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Poland’s second-largest bookstore chain, Matras, is set to be sold. Potential buyers include book distributor FK Olejesiuk and a consortium of publishers, led by Prószyński. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Seeking sale synergies, Bookline.hu, Hungary's top online bookseller has merged with Libri, the country's largest bookstore chain. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers from the Midwest and the West Coast dominate this year's shortlist for the 22nd annual award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
After the success of the Indies First movement this November, in which authors worked at independent bookstores, the newest event is called Storytime Day. Spokesperson Kate DiCamillo urges authors to read a story at their local bookstore. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Learnist, an online social learning venture and application, is releasing a new iOS app for mobile devices and launching the Learnist Digital Bookstore, which will sell premium content from a selection of well-known experts and celebrities. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
South Carolina bookstore Fiction Addiction recently launched a program called Trust Fall which asks customers to pre-order, sight unseen, a book specially recommended by the store's owner. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Love him or hate him, you can't fault James Patterson for his generosity, as he's giving some $1 million of his money back to independent bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers Association calls in celebrity support for Books Are My Bag campaign after more than 500 closures since 2005The number of independent bookshops gracing British high streets has fallen below 1,000 – a third fewer than nine years ago, amid cut-throat competition from supermarkets,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new law in Israel is designed to maintain publisher, bookstore and author profits by limiting discounts in the highly competitive bookselling market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kotobi.com, a major new Arabic ebookstore launched at this year's Cairo Book Fair, has potential to be a gamechanger for publishing in the region. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Valentine's Day: Many bookstores have embraced the holiday in manners both touching and funny. Two bookstores celebrated Valentine's Day by offering to set up customers on a 'blind date' with a book. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales fell to $13.19 billion in 2013, down 1.6% compared to 2012, according to preliminary estimates released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
While Chapter 2 Books in Hudson, Wis. announces that it is closing before February 28 unless it finds a new space, Fireside Books in West Bend, Wis. is for sale and may close if a viable buyer is not found. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales in 2013 fell 1.6%, to $13.19 billion, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Live-fire cooking is the ultimate slow-food experience,” says Storey editor Carleen Madigan, talking about Cooking with Fire by Paula Marcoux, a food historian and editor of Edible South Shore, a one of the few women to have written a grilling book. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sony, one of the first companies to enter the ebook market, will close its ebookstore in March and allow its American and Canadian customers to migrate their accounts to Kobo. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
“In recent years, new bookstores have virtually mushroomed in the city of Sofia," says Rumyana Tsvetkova, reporting for Radio Bulgaria, Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]