Atlantis Books on Santorini has become a popular tourist attraction and one of Europe’s most enchanting bookshops. Just don’t believe everything you hear. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-10-27 09:00:11 UTC ]
Managing those dreaded credit rep calls in an indie bookstore can be stressful. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-23 12:00:33 UTC ]
The value of good signage in a bookstore is never overstated – especially as it’s rarely seen by customers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-14 12:00:55 UTC ]
The president and CEO of Vroman's Bookstore will succeed Oren Teicher as CEO of the American Booksellers Association on March 1 of next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
Growing up, Jeff Kinney discovered Tolkien, comics and computers at his local bookshop. When it closed he was bereft – would opening his own as an adult help to right that wrong?Author Jacqueline Woodson recently spoke about books being either mirrors or windows. Mirrors for seeing ourselves,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-10-05 09:00:40 UTC ]
Adding an adult section to a children’s bookstore has been a profitable investment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-25 12:00:09 UTC ]
The owner of the Strand Bookstore plans to sue the city to fight a landmark designation applied to the property over the owner's opposition. An attorney for store owner Nancy Bass Wyden told... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2019-09-24 13:47:21 UTC ]
New Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt gets to work on rejuvenating America’s largest bookstore retailer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
Visiting an author’s book launch at a colleague’s bookstore is a delightful adventure. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-18 12:00:48 UTC ]
Well, today is the day you’ve all been waiting for: Margaret Atwood’s hotly hyped, closely guarded, imperfectly embargoed, Booker-shortlisted The Testaments is on the bookstore shelves. For the superfans among you, we’ve collected a selection of photographs of Atwood below, from childhood to the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-09-10 08:49:55 UTC ]
Citing 37 percent of revenue from frontlist titles, 63 bookstore companies with 80 locations respond to BookNet Canada's new report. The post BookNet Canada’s First ‘State of Independent Bookselling’ Report: Print Revenue up appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-09-09 20:54:40 UTC ]
Citing 37 percent of revenue from frontlist titles, 63 bookstore companies with 80 locations respond to BookNet Canada’s new report. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Non-Book Merchandise: 16 Percent of Revenue or partisans of print and brick-and-mortar bookstores, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-09-09 20:54:40 UTC ]
Back in May, I signed an embargo agreement on behalf of my bookstore stating that I would “ensure that [The Testaments by Margaret Atwood] is stored in a monitored and locked, secured area and not placed on the selling floor prior to the on-sale date.” The idea behind such agreements is that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2019-09-06 11:00:49 UTC ]
An awesome daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-09-05 10:30:57 UTC ]
Christian Product Expo, presented by the Munce Marketing Group and the Christian Retailer Association (CRA), brought nearly 800 bookstore owners and publishing representatives together in Murfreesboro, Tenn., from Aug. 25-27. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
At China's Asian Bookstore Forum in Xi'an, researchers cited a sharp shift, book sales moving quickly away from physical stores and over to online retail. The post Asian Bookstore Forum 2019: The Retail Context in China Today appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-23 05:30:19 UTC ]
A little additional advice to self-published authors on maintaining successful relationships with indie booksellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-19 12:00:51 UTC ]
I own a 19-year-old copy of Vladimir Nabokov’s Invitation to a Beheading. I place its age from the barcode on its back, which states the name of the bookstore where I bought it: Borders.The one that used to sit on the ground floor of the World Trade Center, the one I’d been to multiple times […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-08-19 08:50:43 UTC ]
At a shop that at times functioned as a sanctuary after the Tree of Life shooting, the owner sees his job as “a moral obligation.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-08-18 09:00:09 UTC ]
For a second year, the Hay Festival works with a Dallas bookstore to stage a smaller event parallel to the Hay's Mexico festival at Querétaro. The post Hay ‘Forum’ Dallas Programming Announced for September appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-14 05:50:28 UTC ]