Before Covid, A Good Used Book was a pop-up bookshop thriving across L.A. It's back to physical business this month — at the end of a long, hard road. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-08-05 13:00:28 UTC ]
Well, this is kind of heartwarming. A full quarter-century after shuttering his old store in Bloomington, Indiana, Rick Morgenstern has opened what suddenly becomes the state’s largest independent bookstore. The reboot of the eponymous store has been in the works for years and is reopening in a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-07-28 18:29:10 UTC ]
The California Independent Booksellers Alliance announced that Ann Seaton, CALIBA’s former director of operations and Kristin Rasmussen, general manager of {pages} a bookstore in Manhattan Beach, have been appointed coexecutive directors of the association. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
After four moves and 43 years as a hub for children’s books and visits by local and nationally renowned authors, The Children’s Bookstore is closing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2021-07-23 20:26:06 UTC ]
One avid reader on why being taken to the bookstore is way more anxiety-producing than it is enjoyable. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-07-20 10:32:00 UTC ]
An emergency fund has been opened to get quick aid to West London's Saqi Books, a publisher and bookstore reporting severe flood damage. The post Saqi Books in London Hit by Monday’s Flash Flooding appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-07-13 19:52:32 UTC ]
The Homer Bookstore is the oldest continually operating bookstore in Alaska, and one of the few places to buy new books within several hundred miles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
As you may recall, right around St. Patrick’s Day in 2020, pretty much every bookstore on earth suspended all in-person author events indefinitely. Since then, book people like us have been cut off from meeting our favorite authors and have had to settle for watching glitchy versions of them on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-06-17 08:49:48 UTC ]
Fiction Photo by Peter Boccia / Unsplash After renting a room in an Indian family’s house in England, the Croatian tenant becomes privy to one member’s dreams of return. “This is it!” Parvati, a young Indian woman, shows me a tiny room with... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2021-06-07 20:25:08 UTC ]
The century-old Drama Book Shop in Manhattan struggled for years. Then “Hamilton” happened. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-06-07 15:11:17 UTC ]
Experience a day in the life of an indie bookseller, working at Bosch&deJong boekverkopers, a small bookstore in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-06-01 10:35:00 UTC ]
Samir Mansour's bookstore was a cultural magnet for residents of the Gaza Strip until an Israeli airstrike leveled it. Now he has to start over. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-06-01 08:00:49 UTC ]
Publishers Weekly has named the L.A.-based indie bookstore Eso Won Books its Bookstore of the Year, and Simon & Schuster sales rep Toi Crockett has been named PW Sales Rep of the Year. The announcement was made at the inaugural U.S. Book Show. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Source of Knowledge has been a Newark mainstay for decades. It survived the past year thanks to the generosity of its customers and an owner who provides more than just books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-05-22 09:00:26 UTC ]
At the literary haven Powell’s in Portland, I limited myself to 16 books, including a little something for my grandson. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-05-19 16:44:24 UTC ]
When it comes to serious decisions in business or in life, this mental quirk can set us up for catastrophic failure unless we actively work to keep it in check. Imagine this: You’re heading for the cashier at your local bookstore when you pass a display selling coffee mugs for $5. There’s only... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2021-05-07 05:00:19 UTC ]
More than 30 people raised $8.35 million to buy the building that houses Warwick's bookstore in La Jolla, Calif., saving it from having to move from where it has operated since 1952. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Center, Vt., and its sister store in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., have been sold to new owners, as has the Norwich Bookstore in Norwich, Vt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
Culture Street mural for Grenfell Tower, with poem by Ben Okri, North Kensington, London, image courtesy of IranWire and #PaintTheChange. London-based writer Malu Halasa canvasses the Middle Eastern and North African culture scene in London,... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2021-04-19 19:22:28 UTC ]
I’m peeking out to post this week and rejoice that the warmth of spring and the end of a long Covid winter lets us all spend some time together. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-19 13:00:00 UTC ]