The Strand Book Store has reached a tentative contract agreement with its staff union, putting an end to a strike that stretched through the weekend and most of Monday, December 9. The agreement secures an additional $0.50 an hour above minimum wage for base level pay, among other changes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
After resuming bargaining last week following the expiration of their contract and the decision to call off their authorized Black Friday strike, unionized employees at the Strand Book Store in New York City took to the picket line this weekend. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Strand Union resumed contract negotiations with the management at Strand Book Store in New York City on November 27, calling off a planned Black Friday strike. Bargaining is set to continue on December 4. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
Caine, one of the country’s best-known independent booksellers and a prominent critic of Amazon, is selling his majority shares in the Lawrence, Kans., institution to a trio who are currently minority co-owners. The sale will take effect January 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
With El Niño slated to drop a warm, wet winter on most of the US in the coming months, everybody’s going to need something good to read while the weather outside is frightful. Engadget’s well-read staff have some suggestions: our favorite books of 2023! We’ve got a phenomenal assortment of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-12-25 16:30:28 UTC ]
The vandalism of an Indigo book store in Toronto illustrates the challenges that may come with both defining antisemitism, and when anti-Israel actions or sentiment cross the line from legitimate protest to hate. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2023-12-02 09:00:00 UTC ]
One of the country's best known independent bookstores plans to use the bankruptcy process to become a smaller, modern, financially sustainable business. It is in the process of closing three of its seven locations. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Joyce Meskis, the long-time owner of Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver, Col., has died. She was 80 years old. Meskis was known as an innovative indie bookseller and a champion of free speech. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-27 05:00:00 UTC ]
Joyce Meskis, the long-time owner of Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver, has died. She was 80 years old. Meskis was known as an innovative indie bookseller and a champion of free speech. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-27 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 ]
Is there anything scarier than not knowing what great book you’re going to read next? Big love to the booksellers at Exile in Bookville (Chicago, IL), Raven Book Store (Lawrence, KS), Copper Dog Books (Beverly, MA), and The Haunted Bookshop (Iowa City, IA) for their generous recommendations.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-10-31 08:59:42 UTC ]
Danny Caine, the owner of the Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kans., has sold a 49% stake in the 35-year-old bookstore to a group of seven employees. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
Among other things, you’ll learn how a crime novel is written and what it’s like to own a book store in Scotland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-01-27 07:52:38 UTC ]
The Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Mass., has temporarily closed to in-person browsing after a member of the staff tested positive for Covid-19. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
Nancy Bass Wyden, owner of Strand Book Store, with two locations in Manhattan, has posted an open letter on social media asking for help from the local community, saying sales are down 70% and the need for more support has become urgent. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Strand Book Store’s union forcefully denounced the firing of twelve booksellers who were only recently rehired after mass layoffs during the first weeks of the new coronavirus outbreak in March. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
Solid State Books is Washington, D.C.’s newest book store serving the H Street neighborhood. Co-owners Jake Cumsky-Whitlock and Scott Abel met while working in another D.C. bookstore back in 2004. In 2017, they teamed up to create Solid State Books with a commitment to dynamic programming and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-07-19 08:45:53 UTC ]