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 ]
Mr. Gui, a Chinese-born Swedish citizen, ran a publishing house that appeared to anger the Communist Party Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-02-25 10:07:44 UTC ]
Gui Minhai, a Chinese-born Swedish citizen, ran a publishing house that appeared to anger the Communist Party Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-02-25 06:02:16 UTC ]
Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai has been jailed for 10 years by a Chinese court for “illegally providing intelligence overseas”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 22:55:21 UTC ]
Publisher Eva Bonnier and author David Lagercrantz are among the signatories of an open letter calling for the release of Gui Minhai, a bookseller imprisoned in China. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-20 16:34:50 UTC ]
A humorous behind-the-scenes look at bookseller prep for an author school visit. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-19 13:00:00 UTC ]
The bookseller planned to promote classic novels with covers featuring people of color for Black History Month. Critics accused it of “literary blackface.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-02-05 23:31:49 UTC ]
Today, Jeanine Cummins appeared at Winter Institute in Baltimore, and as Michael Calder reports for PubishersLunch, commented on the ongoing controversy over her new novel, American Dirt. Bookseller Javier Ramirez, who introduced Cummins, brought up the topic at the end of the formal interview:... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-01-22 18:16:31 UTC ]
Canadian independent publisher (and bookstore!) Biblioasis has printed up a limited run of indie bookseller trading cards, featuring heroic comic book portraits of prominent booksellers. Why? Well, for starters, this week is the annual independent booksellers conference in Baltimore, the ABA’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-01-21 13:40:31 UTC ]
International publishers are calling for a presidential pardon to free imprisoned Egyptian publisher and bookseller Khaled Lotfy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-14 06:05:25 UTC ]
An indie bookshop which was the official bookseller of the Barnes Children’s Literature Festival has been replaced by organisers in favour of Waterstones. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-14 03:02:58 UTC ]
Some ideas from a seasoned bookseller on events to generate business in the slow month of January. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-08 13:00:11 UTC ]
Some suggestions of what booksellers should read this year, and what they might avoid. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-01 13:00:01 UTC ]
‘Tis the season of realizing the limits of your spacial awareness! “Measure twice, cut once”? In this economy? Luckily, UK bookseller Waterstones has opened our eyes to a new way of rectifying our (easily preventable) gift-wrapping fuck-ups. Behold: This is a public service announcement 🎄 📚... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-12-16 16:31:30 UTC ]
The Bookseller is to create a Rising Stars-style listing of individual booksellers to coincide with the Booksellers Association Conference in September 2020. The Bookshop Heroes special, supported by the BA and sponsored by HarperCollins, will be published to coincide with the annual conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-11 22:52:50 UTC ]
Linda Cannon, co-owner of Parson Weems’ Publisher Services and a longtime bookseller and sales rep, died on December 5 following a brief illness. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-09 05:00:00 UTC ]