Independent Bookstore Day has been rescheduled for August 29 from its original date next week. In lieu of postponing the event entirely, organizers are hosting what they call a virtual party, and are working with stores on promotions to run all next week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
Supporting your favorite small, independent bookstore during this strange stretch is important, but what’s more important: stopping the spread of COVID-19. So, dear reader, please stay home, get excited for these brand-new books, and buy a gift card from your local indie in preparation for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-03-24 14:00:25 UTC ]
“We’re going to operate like a pizza takeout place,” one independent bookstore owner said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-03-18 03:53:05 UTC ]
Independent Bookstore Day, which was scheduled for April 25, has been postponed. The American Booksellers Association, which manages the promotion, said the event would be rescheduled. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
The embattled independent bookstore Book Culture on Columbus Avenue has been closed, after being served with an eviction notice by its landlord. The move, which took place Tuesday morning, also... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2020-01-08 19:57:16 UTC ]
On Sunday night, Interabang Books, Dallas’ largest independent bookstore and only full-service indie bookshop, endured a direct hit from a tornado that barreled through Dallas’ commercial districts, tearing a wide swath through local shops and national chains alike. The bookstore, along with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-10-22 19:23:12 UTC ]
Take a tour of The Book Loft, a cozy independent bookstore and beacon for book lovers in the middle of Columbus, Ohio's German Village. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-09-16 10:39:55 UTC ]
Amazon, apparently intent on fostering the illest of will among book lovers, is opening a store directly across the street from Nashville’s Parnassus Books, an independent bookstore founded by Ann Patchett and Karen Hayes in 2011. (Full disclosure: I visited the store for the first time this... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-08-26 16:58:35 UTC ]
A reader recalls a favorite independent bookstore in Southampton in the UK. Hear all about radical bookshop October Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-08-06 10:39:02 UTC ]
Pittsburgh, a city known for its three rivers, has been gaining recognition for its growing number of independent bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
This year Ingram (booth 902) is changing things up with an I-spy-style scavenger hunt in a booth extension that has been set up to resemble the interior of an independent bookstore. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
With one bookstore reporting a 36-percent increase in business in 2017, almost 40 retailers are put into contention for the Independent Bookstore of the Year prize at the British Book Awards, the Nibbies. The post Independent Bookstores Vie for British Book Award Honors in Eight Regions appeared... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Falmouth, Mass., is closed indefinitely after a pipe burst in an apartment above the independent bookstore, collapsing the store's ceiling and damaging its entire stock. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book lovers alert: Greedy Reads, a new independent bookstore, is scheduled to open in Fells Point in late February. The store is owned by former publishing professional Julia Fleischaker. She said said that the 500-square foot storefront, located at 1744 Aliceanna St. on the site of a former... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
For an independent bookstore, few threats are bigger than Amazon. With its ebook store and brutally competitive print book prices, it can be hard for a family-run business to compete. Well, it's only going to get tougher now that Amazon is expanding... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The regional trade show, held October 2-4 in Portland, Ore., show was unquestionably bolstered by the figures indicating that the independent bookstore is healthier than it has been in years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Thursday, Ada’s Technical Books in Seattle became the first independent bookstore to sign on for an imprint with Inkshares, a new publisher that melds crowdfunding with traditional publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Toronto’s Queen Street West, there is a nine-year-old independent bookstore that has taken the art of window displays to a whole new level. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the late 1970s, Mitchell Kaplan dropped out of law school in Washington, D.C., with the dream of opening an independent bookstore in South Florida, where he grew up. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
While Books & Books was selected as PW’s Bookstore of the Year, our judges felt that another store, St. Louis’s 46-year-old Left Bank Books, deserves recognition for exemplifying what an independent bookstore can and should do to serve its community during a crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]