Book Club, an indie on Manhattan's Lower East Side, was only open for a few months before the pandemic hit. Since then, its owners have gotten creative, and are raising the store’s profile. Here's how. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
Oprah's latest Book Club pick is her 115th and brings the return of one of her favorite writers. Continue reading at Book Riot
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This bestseller could have faded into obscurity, but it collected accolades with an entertaining story and sharp social commentary. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Everand, the online e-book and audiobook subscription service and subsidiary of Scribd, has acquired the social reading and book club app Fable, which has three million users and hosts more than 100,000 book clubs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-06-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The e-commerce giant has been criticized over its stewardship of Goodreads since it bought the platform in 2013, fueling the rise of competitors. Amazon famously started as an online bookstore. In the three decades since, it has disrupted how people buy, read, and review books through steps... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2025-06-06 13:34:00 UTC ]
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There's the latest novel by poet Ocean Vuong, an indie, coming-of-middle-age Indigenous tale, a look at the cost of patriarchy, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2025-06-03 12:30:00 UTC ]
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Employees of the Brooklyn bookstore and literary hub have won voluntary union recognition from management and will begin contract negotiations in the coming weeks, joining the growing number of booksellers organized under the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-06-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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More Than Words is a bookstore, but one that does more than sell $3.8 million worth of merchandise a year. It serves young people who are dealing with homelessness or legal challenges and gives them a place where they belong. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Life-ruining books, demon possession through social media, the bookstore at the end of the world, and more of today's best book deals. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2025-05-30 14:45:00 UTC ]
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In June, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “Mrs. Dalloway,” Virginia Woolf’s classic novel about one day in the life of an London woman in 1923. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Drag Race star Miss Peppermint is coleading Queer History 101, a virtual book club merging stories of queer resistance with community. Continue reading at Wired
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In this interview, author Martha Hall Kelly discusses how a reading recommendation planted the creative seed for her new book of historical fiction, The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club. The post Martha Hall Kelly: On Personal History Inspiring Historical Fiction appeared first on Writer's... Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2025-05-25 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Ocean Vuong’s second novel, The Emperor of Gladness, debuts at #2 on our hardcover fiction list and is the newest Oprah’s Book Club pick. Plus Kennedy Ryan’s third Skyland romance, Can’t Get Enough, lands at #2 on our trade paperback list, and Joe Abercrombie lightens his usual grimdark fare... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Last month I found myself on a Zoom call with the members of a book club who’d read my debut novel; truly, a bucket list moment in my writing life. Near the end of the call, someone asked the question I suspect every fiction writer gets at some point: Where do you get ideas from? Simple, […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2025-05-19 08:58:23 UTC ]
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Shakespeare & Co. will transfer ownership of its last New York storefront, located on the Upper West Side, to Strand Book Store on June 1, marking the end of an era for the beloved bookseller. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A supermajority of staff at Brooklyn’s Center for Fiction have filed with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and requested recognition from the nonprofit bookseller. A growing number of New York City bookstore employees have joined the RWDSU in recent years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Get into these cute totes, pretty notebooks, and helpful guides that will make your book club run smoothly and get members hype Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2025-05-12 13:00:00 UTC ]
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A Zora Neale Hurston classic, an award-winning YA, a Reese Witherspoon book club pick, domestic suspense, and more of today's best book deals Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2025-05-10 11:30:00 UTC ]
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William Stout bookstore is a legendary home to design and architecture books. Now, it’s revealing an updated brand courtesy of Jony Ive’s firm LoveFrom. Since 1974, William Stout Architectural Books in San Francisco’s Jackson Square has been one of the city’s most iconic destinations for its... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2025-05-09 13:00:00 UTC ]
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In 1987, I got a job at the famous Strand bookstore in Union Square. My ska band, the Boilers, rehearsed down the block at a place called Giant Studios, and I stopped in the Strand one day with every intention to steal a book but instead decided to ask if any positions were open. Every […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2025-05-09 08:58:29 UTC ]
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Get ready for a literary dystopian centering books, Beyoncé's mom's memoir, a novel with a comp to Barry Jenkins's Moonlight, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2025-05-06 10:30:00 UTC ]
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