A Bookstore as Tough as New York City Itself

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'

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A 5 p.m. deadline bore down on New York Times employees considering whether to accept buyout packages, a bid for the newspaper publisher to trim costs.The company has said there will be forced cuts if 100 jobs can't be eliminated through voluntary buyouts.Like many newspapers, the Times is... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Integrating Libraries and Bookstores: In Theory

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thanksgiving weekend was kind to some independent bookstores (+video)

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Thanksgiving weekend was kind to some independent bookstores

Overall, Black Friday sales are said to have dropped this year, but some independent bookstores reported strong sales on Friday and Saturday of the holiday weekend, even as they celebrated the Indies First bookstore initiative. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York Times Buyout Requests Don't Meet Paper's Goal

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[ Advertising Age | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To survive in the U.S., Chinese bookstores evolve way beyond books

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indies First: What's happening at a bookstore near you?

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cider Monday returns to bookstores this December

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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September Bookstore Sales Fell 6.4%

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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