Caine, one of the country’s best-known independent booksellers and a prominent critic of Amazon, is selling his majority shares in the Lawrence, Kans., institution to a trio who are currently minority co-owners. The sale will take effect January 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
The new small press, launched by two congressmen-turned-authors alongside former American Booksellers Association CEO Oren Teicher, will work directly with independent booksellers to help curate and market a small list of titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Independent booksellers from across the country highlight eight independently published books they're excited to sell this fall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Independent booksellers from across the country highlight eight independently published books they're excited to sell this fall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Bad holiday weather put a damper on what was the most normal year for independent booksellers since 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Miami Book Fair began as a two-day event in November 1984, when a small group of determined individuals—including educators from Miami Dade College, independent booksellers, and librarians—founded Miami Book Fair International. In the nearly 40 years since, Miami Book Fair has grown into one... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-11-22 09:51:48 UTC ]
The Miami Book Fair began as a two-day event in November 1984, when a small group of determined individuals—including educators from Miami Dade College, independent booksellers, and librarians—founded Miami Book Fair International. In the nearly 40 years since, Miami Book Fair has grown into one... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-11-21 09:59:45 UTC ]
Two petitions sought to block Barnes & Noble and independent booksellers from selling “Gender Queer” and “A Court of Mist and Fury” to minors in Virginia because of the books’ sexual content. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-08-31 19:12:46 UTC ]
To independent booksellers, the enormous chain was once a threat. Now it’s vital to their survival. And it’s doing well. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-04-15 09:00:20 UTC ]
A new industry initiative to help independent booksellers and comic shops recover from the Covid-19 pandemic is being launched today, with a $500,000 contribution from Ingram Charities and Ingram Content Group as well as significant gifts from Bookshop.org and four major publishers. The Survive... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
Independent booksellers are desperate for customers to return, and not just for an online reading. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-10-15 09:00:28 UTC ]
Penguin Random House is hoping to alleviate a significant source of stress for independent booksellers by launching its annual 2-Day Transit Program on July 1, two months ahead of schedule. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
The new program is aimed at promoting new books to independent booksellers in the absence of the numerous trade shows that have been postponed because of the coronavirus. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has launched a company-wide effort to support the newly established independent bookseller–focused online bookstore Bookshop.org and its affiliate network of independent booksellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
The new coronavirus is causing unprecedented disruption for independent publishers, but despite those challenges more than half a dozen indies said this week that they were managing to make a somewhat smooth transition to remote work while rallying in support of independent booksellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Baltimore has long since replaced its nickname from the 1980s, the City That Reads, but it still rings true for today’s independent booksellers in the city. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
If it wasn't for Amazon, we might still be buying books at bookstores or at least from another website. Barnes and Noble could still be independent. Borders might still be around. Your mom and pop could possibly eke out an honest living as independent booksellers. And so on. Click here to read... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2019-12-23 12:00:31 UTC ]
With just days to go before Christmas, independent booksellers are adapting to persistent delays from UPS and FedEx in a number of regions across the country, particularly the Northeast. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
The most anticipated book of the fall season is shaping up to deliver for its publisher, Penguin Random House, if not for many independent booksellers, who were hoping the title would smash sales records of their own. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
In his latest Editor's Letter, Philip Jones reflects on the success of independent booksellers, and the work they still have to do. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-13 02:46:16 UTC ]