You won't make a living wage working as a bookseller in an indie bookstore. Here's a look at wages across the country. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-06-12 10:37:00 UTC ]
Three Kansas City businessmen who also own Made in KC have acquired the 47-year-old indie bookstore. Made in KC operates 16 outlets that sell the handiwork of local artists, and while Rainy Day will operate separately from the core business, the aim is to use those other locations to drive... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Politics & Prose owners Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine have reached an agreement with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400 for the union to represent about 50% of the indie bookstore's 100+ employees. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
There are only about 2,000 or so independent bookstores in the United States, and I was lucky enough to grow up in one of them. In 1972, when books sold for around 75 cents, my mother Susan Little was a young hippie living in Newburyport, Massachusetts. She worked at the local bar, slinging... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-04-06 08:53:37 UTC ]
Flyleaf Books’ owner reflects on running an "essential" business during a crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-10 04:00:00 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 ]
Cocktails on draft, striking design elements, and a strong sense of community energize a hip new indie bookstore. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-19 12:00:10 UTC ]
At Winter Institute 14 in Albuquerque, N.M., PW announced its slate of five finalists for indie bookstore of the year. Many are responsible for the current rise in independent bookselling. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
George, who is also the founder and director of the Unbound Book Festival in Columbia, will open an indie bookstore in the college town in August. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
A middle grade title called 'The Best Man' has sparked tensions in Athens, Ga., after complaints from parents led to the book's removal from an indie bookstore's display at a school book fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Forty-year-old Book Passage, with locations in Corte Madera and San Francisco, Calif., has begun prepping a new store in nearby Sausalito, where it will be the only indie bookstore. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is adding its first campus pick-up location; Harvard is experimenting with an indie bookstore; NYC is about to get two new indies; and East Hampton's local bookstore is changing hands. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher Black Balloon is offering $250 to the indie bookstore with the most creative display of its new anthology 'Come Here Often? 53 Writers Raise a Glass to Their Favorite Bar.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writer Kate Brittain has created a one-stop database of America's independent bookstores, Better Place to Buy Books. She estimates that there are over 2,300 indie bookstores in the USA. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writer Sherman Alexie asked other authors to work at an indie bookstore on Small Business Saturday this year and hundreds of other writers have already pledged their support. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alexie, author of books including 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,' wrote a letter urging his fellow writers to handsell their books on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. 'The most important thing is that we’ll all be helping Independent bookstores, and God knows they’ve helped us... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Broadway Books in Portland, Oregon, saved from shutting its doors when the owner's son tweeted a plea to help save it, is now celebrating its 20th birthday. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 28/02/2011 - 09:43 Foyles will end more than 100 years of bookselling from its flagship store on Charing Cross when it moves to a new "purpose built" bookshop next door in 2013. The indie bookstore is currently based at 113-119 Charing Cross... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]