The Fort Worth, Tex., bookstore has grown from a 120-sq.-ft. space inside a gourmet products shop to a full-service store in the city’s cultural district. But don’t talk politics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Within months after this Oakland, Calif., bookstore was destroyed by fire last year, owner Brad Johnson had a new shop opened and focused on his mission of fostering curiosity, compassion, and intelligent critical thought. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
At the Bremerton, Wash.–based bookstore, community building is the top priority. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
For the poet and author, a winning agenda includes bookstore shopping, a stroll along the Santa Monica Pier and "Bridgerton"-style afternoon tea at the Peninsula. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2025-04-11 10:00:21 UTC ]
The Sharjah SPC Free Zone-based Ingram Lightning Source installation opens a collaboration with Saudi Arabia's Rushd Bookstore program. The post Ingram’s Lightning Source Sharjah Partners With Saudi Arabia’s Rushd appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-04-10 22:32:33 UTC ]
The most popular bookstore in the world, an aspirational lifetime reading plan, and more of the day's top book news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-03-18 18:30:00 UTC ]
How lucky, I thought, that spring break at the college at which I teach should be scheduled the week before the launch of my second novel. I wouldn’t have to cancel any classes to make the pre-publication interviews, furious essay-writing, bookstore signings, prep for the upcoming book tour.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-03-18 08:57:06 UTC ]
Union employees at Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn have ratified a new contract that guarantees annual pay raises and provides more benefits that are designed to reduce turnover and reward skills developed on the job. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Revenue rose 2.1% in the third quarter at B&NE, with the college bookstore turning a net loss last year into a profit in the most recent period. Still, long term profitability remains elusive. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
The young woman—young, though nearly forty—stood with her head bent slightly toward the window of McNally Jackson bookstore on Prince Street. She had stopped mid-stride, was on her way somewhere—was, in fact, late—and to see her father’s image in a bookstore window was not anymore such a new... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-03-03 09:18:50 UTC ]
On July 30th, 2024, East Bay Booksellers in Oakland, California was completely destroyed by a fire. The bookstore (previously DIESEL, a Bookstore) had been in that location for thirty years. In the months that followed, its owner, Brad Johnson, began keeping a journal of thoughts. What follows... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-02-26 13:46:45 UTC ]
Andrea Barrett on why writing fresh historical fiction means more than cosplaying the past. | Lit Hub Craft Bookstore owner Brad Johnson reflects on the total destruction, by fire, of East Bay Booksellers (and its rebirth!). | Lit Hub Bookstores Michael Hiltzik on how California made Ronald... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-02-26 11:30:54 UTC ]
Matthew Teller, whose books include Nine Quarters of Jerusalem, said the society’s response to the event which saw two leading booksellers detained was ‘an abject failure’A writer has left the Society of Authors (SoA) in protest after the UK’s largest writers’ body made a statement on a recent... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-02-20 17:34:09 UTC ]
Edward Underhill didn’t plan on having his debut adult fiction book, The In-Between Bookstore, featuring a trans main character, come out six days before the Trump inauguration, but it’s kind of perfect timing. Especially since the book features a time slip, where Darby Madden meets his younger... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-02-17 12:00:00 UTC ]
An industry analyst on book sales trends to watch this year, plus Barbara Kingsolver builds a rehab center, bookstore weddings, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-02-10 16:40:00 UTC ]
This year’s authors range from debut stars to award-winning industry regulars, writing books in a range of categories and all certain to fly off bookstore shelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
After a decade of downsizing, the beloved bookseller is seeing a resurgence thanks in part to TikTok’s #BookTok and a rise in so-called third spaces. January was a long month, but we finally have some good news in 2025: Bookseller Barnes & Noble plans to open at least 60 new stores this... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2025-02-03 20:30:00 UTC ]
Hooray, a spot of good news! The Gotham Book Prize, given annually to recognize a new book about New York City, has just released its list of finalists. Formed in 2020 by Howard Wolfson of Bloomberg Philanthropies and Bradley Tusk, who owns the indie bookstore P&T Knitwear, the Gotham Prize... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-01-31 16:59:30 UTC ]
Independent bookstores in more than 30 cities across six continents will participate in the first synchronized Global Bookstore Crawl on April 26, coinciding with Independent Bookstore Day in the U.S. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-30 05:00:00 UTC ]
Jennifer Rudolph Walsh and Victoria Jackson, the founders of Godmothers bookstore in California, discuss embracing the uncertainty of transitions, creating space for serendipity, and being open to surprises. Each time I walk into a bookstore I choose a book of poetry off the shelf and open it... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2025-01-08 10:30:00 UTC ]