This year’s top honor goes to a 128-year-old store that is beloved by its community, plays host to vibrant literary events for authors large and small, and serves as an anchor business for the Village of La Jolla, Calif. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
The bookstore proprietors of today are putting inclusivity first, building communities, and opening up shop in unexpected places. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
In the past decade, Writer’s Block, which sells new books for both adults and children, has become a literary hub of the Greater Orlando metro area. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Professional Booksellers School has educated nearly 1,000 booksellers since it was launched in 2021, and has recently rolled out new self-study courses as well as “Bookstore Year One,” a year-long program designed to provide mentorship for new bookstore owners. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Red Balloon, founded in 1984 in St. Paul, Minn., specializes in books for children of all ages. It has been a community gathering space for decades. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Cofounded in Calle 24, San Francisco’s Latino cultural district, in 2021, the bookstore specializes in radical literature, poetry, and Spanish-language titles, and embodies the Mission District’s storied revolutionary spirit. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Founded in 1973, Antigone Books stands strong as a Tucson, Ariz., feminist landmark. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
On March 10, 2016, I became a bookseller. I was on a quest to bring back a lost form of bookstore. The kind that offers a creative space for exchanging ideas and an enduring, steadfast haven. A diametric contrast to all things seasonal and ephemeral, to second-rate books flaunted on bestseller... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-04-03 08:54:29 UTC ]
I first met Crystal Hana Kim at Women and Children First Bookstore in Chicago in 2017 for a book event, just after she just won the 2017 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. She greeted me with warm enthusiasm and we spoke about Korean history. Her debut novel, If You Leave... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-04-02 08:54:17 UTC ]
Vroman’s Bookstore will close its Hastings Ranch Vroman’s location in Pasadena on May 12, saying that it was “unable to reach an agreement with the property owner” due to “increasing occupancy expenses.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
There’s nothing quite like finding six new releases on display in a bookstore – all of which you’ve written, and none of which has your name on itA few years back, a long-held dream of mine came true: a book I wrote became a runaway hit.You’ve probably read the book. You’ve definitely seen the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-03-11 14:00:31 UTC ]
Just as Engadget was hitting publish on its first posts, I was putting a freshly minted English degree to use working at an indie bookshop in Los Angeles. In seemingly unrelated news, Amazon had just reported its first profitable year after switching from selling books to selling “everything”... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-03-08 14:15:57 UTC ]
There’s a new online bookstore in town—and this time it’s helmed by RuPaul. Yes, that RuPaul. (Reading being, after all, fundamental.) Allstora, announced today*, is a membership-based bookstore that offers a profit-split to authors. RuPaul serves as Allstora’s Chief Creative Officer and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-03-04 16:45:28 UTC ]
With its award ceremony coming up in May, the British Book Awards program has released its bookstore and small-press shortlists. The post The UK’s Nibbies: Small Press and Bookstore Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-03-04 16:24:55 UTC ]
The star, whose show “RuPaul’s Drag Race” has an international following, is one of the founders of a new online bookstore promoting underrepresented authors. The giveaways are part of its outreach. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-03-04 15:05:30 UTC ]
Book Rack is the second San Gabriel Valley bookstore to face a reckoning this year. The owner of Vroman's in Pasadena put the store up for sale because he wants to retire. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-02-26 11:00:30 UTC ]
This was a regular feature of my childhood, though it feels so long ago and far away, conceptually as well as literally, that I nearly forgot it ever happened: I’d go into town to the mall with my mom, and she’d drop me at the doors of the Borders or Barnes and Noble while she […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-02-19 09:55:59 UTC ]
The Ripped Bodice knows the romance genre inside and out — and they revealed the swoon-worthy books to read right now. Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2024-02-13 10:45:18 UTC ]
Private equity investor James Rhee, author of 'Red Helicopter,' suggested ways to amplify a bookstore or brand’s intangible qualities, and conflict resolution specialist William Ury, author of 'Possible,' advised booksellers on how to deal with people's differences "constructively." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
It’s fashion week in New York City, which (alas) doesn’t usually concern us all that much here at Literary Hub. But last night, Anna Sui introduced her fall 2024 collection, entitled “WHODUNNIT!!!,” with a runway show at iconic bookstore The Strand—to best set the stage for its literary... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-02-12 18:52:59 UTC ]