A non-fiction work about fungi and books with local interest are among the top-selling titles for indies ahead of Christmas, The Bookseller has been told. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 16:31:47 UTC ]
When lockdown came in March, many small presses feared they would go out of business. But then came an outpouring of support from the publicThe best books from indie publishers in 2020Six months ago, independent publishers Jacaranda and Knights Of were warning publicly that their income had... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-12-16 08:00:30 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association and Bookshop.org have responded to criticism following the launch of the online website in the UK in November. The criticism, which is focused on how effective the website will be at supporting independent bookshops and the BA's role in facilitating the launch, came... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-04 19:10:54 UTC ]
The Bookseller's 12th annual list of the industry's most influential people reveals a spate of pandemic heroes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-03 23:15:34 UTC ]
Missing the recommendations of your favorite independent booksellers? Let a bookseller choose your next read through these subscription boxes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-12-02 11:38:00 UTC ]
BookExpo, the largest bookseller trade show in the U.S., and its consumer-facing sibling BookCon have been indefinitely canceled because of the pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-12-01 20:30:11 UTC ]
The debut novel from former Daunt Books bookseller Ben Hinshaw will be published by Viking in spring 2022. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-25 14:18:40 UTC ]
Pantomime misanthropy is tempered with bursts of sweetness in the secondhand bookseller’s latest dispatches from WigtownThere’s a moment in the first season of the short-lived but influential sitcom Black Books in which an elderly customer appears with a box of attractive old editions of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-11-11 09:00:33 UTC ]
With most of the British Isles going back into lockdown over the past few weeks, The Bookseller is inviting people from across the trade to share their thoughts and experiences. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-09 01:38:36 UTC ]
As I wrote back in March, the enforced closing of bookshop doors is a terrible story for the editor of The Bookseller to report: it’s a gut-punch, and if you were on social media last Saturday at around 6.30 p.m.—when the Prime Minister announced the decision to shut non-essential retail in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 23:57:12 UTC ]
Independent publisher and bookseller Jacaranda is to launch an online book festival in December, celebrating a new wave of black British authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 08:45:44 UTC ]
Dujiangyan Zhongshuge is the latest bookstore designed by X+Living, and it’s stunning. The very best books transport you to another world, and the most magical bookstores help make that a reality. Chinese bookseller Zhongshuge is renowned for its stunning bookstores, and its latest outpost, in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2020-11-02 08:00:34 UTC ]
Kansas bookseller Danny Caine's statement honoring the owners of Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis as the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association's bookseller of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired the debut of former bookseller Daniel O’Connor, launching "a startlingly bold new voice". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 19:12:42 UTC ]
Six books will vie to win the 42nd Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-22 18:15:14 UTC ]
Following the recent slate of virtual regional bookseller conferences, both organizers and participants anticipate that in-person gatherings will make a return someday and will be part of a hybrid model that includes enhanced virtual programming. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
Canelo is taking on titles currently released by The Dome Press, a publisher set up by agent and bookseller David Headley. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-21 12:03:08 UTC ]
A survey conducted by The Bookseller found most staffers in the children’s publishing sector were optimistic concerning its odds of surviving, and thriving, in a post-Covid market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-18 18:23:09 UTC ]
As The Bookseller reports, UK publisher Faber has announced that they will be releasing the complete screenplays of Normal People, the popular BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel of the same name. Whether or not you understand on a larger level the reason anyone might buy and read a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-10-14 14:37:05 UTC ]
Bookseller and publisher Samuel Fisher is to join Corsair for his second novel, Wivenhoe. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-08 04:31:27 UTC ]