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 ]
Bookstore sales were up 8.5% over last year, reaching $6.45 billion, in the first nine months of 2022. The steady improvement in the year leaves bookstore sales 0.8% below pre-pandemic nine-month sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
As the pandemic recedes, booksellers adopt new strategies to keep sales growing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Bologna bookstore, Giannino Stoppani, was damaged by fire in May. Sharjah World Book Capital has contributed €50,000 to assist. The post Sharjah World Book Capital Supports a Fire-Damaged Italian Bookstore appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-11-08 12:43:42 UTC ]
There was more than one moment in the depths of the pandemic that the decision to open a small town bookstore seemed like the absolute worst idea in the world—a monument to arrogance and self-indulgence. At first we couldn’t open. Then we didn’t feel right opening. Then a freak storm (and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-11-07 09:54:32 UTC ]
Drusilla Jones, who owned an antique children’s book shop in Baltimore, died of end stage Alzheimer’s disease and diabetic complications Oct. 20 at Charter Senior Living. The Lutherville resident was 82. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2022-11-04 09:00:00 UTC ]
Literature Lovers Night Out, a speakers program launched in the Twin Cities in 2015, will return after a three-year interval to the Minneapolis suburbs by partnering on events with Cream & Amber in Hopkins, Minn. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Join a book lover on a trek through several bookstores across the city of Edinburgh. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-10-28 10:38:00 UTC ]
Celeste Ng, the author of three novels beloved by indie booksellers, was named the American Booksellers Association's inaugural bookstore ambassador, deputized to champion indies throughout the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Hudson Valley-based Golden Notebook Bookstore will launch its publishing press next year with author Abigail Thomas's memoir 'Still Life at 80: The Next Interesting Thing.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-18 04:00:00 UTC ]