Frontline booksellers are the first people customers see when they set foot in bookstores across America, and are among the most vulnerable workers in the publishing industry. This is what their world looks like now. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
It’s never too early to learn that racism is wrong and we should be doing something about it. These books will help show our kids how, writes publisher and bookseller Aimée FeloneDo the work: Layla F Saad’s anti-racist reading list The weight of the world seems heavier than ever right now. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-06-04 07:00:00 UTC ]
On the 1st of June, the day thousands of pupils returned to school as part of the government’s plan to end lockdown, I received a call from my manager. As a bookseller with Blackwell’s, I had been glad when we shut our doors in March to protect the health of our staff and customers. I imagined... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-04 02:42:56 UTC ]
Pandemic Dispatches Elena Poniatowska In this column that originally appeared in La Jornada, Elena Poniatowska considers the role of editors and talks with Diego Rabasa, founder of publisher Sexto Piso. Already precarious, the pandemic lockdown has made... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-06-03 21:05:48 UTC ]
Cultural Cross Sections Elena Poniatowska In this column that originally appeared in La Jornada, Elena Poniatowska considers the role of editors and talks with Diego Rabasa, founder of publisher Sexto Piso. Already precarious, the pandemic lockdown has... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-06-03 21:05:48 UTC ]
Last August, I wrote about the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, or “Binc,” a Michigan-based non-profit created to support booksellers who have fallen on hard times. If a bookseller winds up in the hospital or a bookstore has a flood, Binc can step in and pay their bills, no questions asked... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-05-29 08:48:18 UTC ]
A survey of indie presses shows that 60% fear they could be out of business by the autumn, writes Galley Beggar Press cofounder Sam JordisonOver the past few years, the success of independent publishers such as Fitzcarraldo, And Other Stories, Bluemooose and Influx Press has been something to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-05-15 06:00:32 UTC ]
Survey shows 60% expect the impact of the pandemic may put them out of business, prompting calls for concerted helpMore than half of the UK’s small publishers fear they could be out of business by the autumn as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to research by the Bookseller, which... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-05-07 15:02:20 UTC ]
The Bookseller will begin this week to republish its May and June previews showcasing titles that have been rescheduled, as a result of the lockdown, as well as those that are still being published during those months. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-04 16:17:03 UTC ]
The Bookseller and writer development charity Spread the Word have launched a survey of small independent presses to assess the financial pressures they are under as a result of the coronavirus lockdown. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-04 09:12:42 UTC ]
Amazon has been revealed as the mystery donor which pledged £250,000 to a fundraising drive to help booksellers impacted by the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-23 04:37:57 UTC ]
The Bookseller is to launch a series of weekly Twitter conversations with the authors shortlisted for this year's British Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-22 18:15:25 UTC ]
An hour’s drive away from my sleepy college town, there is a magical place. It is the place my friends and I would run away to whenever we were having a rough go of it, or quite frankly, whenever we just didn’t feel like going to class. (If any of my professors are reading this… […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-04-17 19:16:30 UTC ]
A surge in online sales at Powell's Books in Portland, Ore., has allowed the bookseller to rehire 49 previously laid off union employees, ILWU Local 5 has confirmed. They are now working alongside more than 50 people in management to fulfill orders. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
At the coronavirus outbreak reshapes our industry, The Bookseller is inviting staff members from across the book trade to share their experiences of working during the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-24 12:47:26 UTC ]
A bookseller at BookPeople reflects on a week of online and curbside fulfillment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-20 12:00:32 UTC ]
While some regional indie bookseller organizations have canceled spring forum meetings, others are creatively tweaking schedules to put on unique events, ranging from virtual gatherings to mini-forums. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
A bookseller fights the urge to require parents to check their cell phones at the door during story time. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-02 13:00:00 UTC ]
Booker shortlisted author and former Blackwell's bookseller Daisy Johnson has joined the judging panel for the Vintage Independent Bookseller of the Year Award 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-27 22:21:00 UTC ]
A court in eastern China has sentenced a Swedish seller of books that took a skeptical look at the ruling Communist Party to 10 years in prison for "illegally providing intelligence overseas," in a further sign of Beijing's hard line toward its... Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2020-02-25 13:14:25 UTC ]