Indie booksellers are divided on who they think will take home the Man Booker Prize, with a few backing fellow bookseller Fiona Mozley for her debut Elmet (JM Originals), while others have hinted they are expecting Ali Smith or George Saunders to claim the prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Both indie booksellers and chains are filling the gap caused by the closure of over 240 Family Christian Stores earlier this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indie booksellers looking to develop their business will be able to access free mentoring from former Dulwich Books owner Sheila O’Reilly, thanks to an initiative by the Unwin Charitable Trust. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indie booksellers around the world suffered lost income over the weekend when the Amazon-owned website AbeBooks.com went down for nearly two days. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book sales have plummeted in Taiwan in recent years, as have the number of bookstores in the island nation home to 23.5 million people. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Europa Editions and Other Press are holding a lottery to take three independent booksellers to the Turin International Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A post-election sales bounce made for a solid Thanksgiving week at many independent bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
This thriller about a cricket player has risen to the top of Australian bestseller lists after just a month on sale, helped along, its editor said, by a smart marketing campaign and wide-reaching support from indie booksellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Spate of openings of ‘destination’ stores as owners offer drinks, performances and crafts to tempt customers away from Amazon It’s children’s story hour at the Book Nook in Hove and the owner, Vanessa Lewis, is doing a reading of Julia Donaldson’s rhyming picture book The Detective Dog. Related:... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the resurgence of print formats, indie booksellers are testing new business models, scouting new locations, and starting mini-chains. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
How independent booksellers and libraries are collaborating on programs to benefit kids and help out the bottom line. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Beginning July 1, HarperCollins will provide extra discounts to indie booksellers who are opening new stores or adding new locations. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indie booksellers have reported that Civilised Saturday was a "fantastic success" with many vowing to hold the event again next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year, the expedited holiday shipping program Random House initiated for indie booksellers in 2011 will feature frontlist and backlist titles published by Penguin. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Poland is dominated by two major bookselling chains, but the city of Krakow is offering support to small, indie booksellers to preserve cultural heritage. The post Amid Polish Bookstore Decline, Help for Small Bookstores appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
While mobs of booksellers and others thronged BEA booths Thursday afternoon, about 100 booksellers focused their attention on representatives from four indies— Bookpeople, Literati, Parnassus Books, and Tattered Cover—who have led the way in integrating social media into their stores' business... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
After years of asking mainstream publishers for ebooks to be bundled with physical books, a small group of indie booksellers have gotten their wish. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Based on the number of indie booksellers that have announced plans to expand in the coming year—five this week—it’s clear that 2014 has been a strong year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller is running its annual Christmas Trading Survey once again to gauge a picture of the Christmas market for indie booksellers in the UK and Ireland. The survey is now live and probes how sales compared with last year, if deliveries held up and what books proved great Christmas hits... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
To expand free speech programming for indie booksellers the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, will become a distinct group within the ABA on January 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]