As Bookshop Booms, Questions Arise

The independent bookstore e-commerce site Bookshop.org has seen a 2,000% increase in sales in the last month and has become a lifeline for many stores that have been temporarily closed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet despite its apparent success, the site has skeptics. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]

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Writer quits Society of Authors over union’s ‘betrayal’ of Jerusalem bookshop raided by Israeli police

Matthew Teller, whose books include Nine Quarters of Jerusalem, said the society’s response to the event which saw two leading booksellers detained was ‘an abject failure’A writer has left the Society of Authors (SoA) in protest after the UK’s largest writers’ body made a statement on a recent... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2025-02-20 17:34:09 UTC ]
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The week's bestselling books, Feb. 23

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Why America is falling in love with romance bookstores

Regular bookstores might be dying—but bookstores dedicated to romance novels are thriving thanks to TikTok and a desire for third places. Throughout Harvard Square, there are many bookshop brimming with the latest literary fiction and intellectual memoirs, patronized by scholarly types. But in... Continue reading at Fast Company

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The week's bestselling books, Feb. 16

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Global Book Business Condemns Arrest of Jerusalem Booksellers

Industry organizations and publishers are condemning the detention of two Palestinian booksellers by Israeli police, who raided the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem on February 9, seizing books that they alleged incited terrorism. The booksellers were confined to house arrest this morning. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The week's bestselling books, Feb. 9

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Indie Booksellers Launch Ambitious Global Bookstore Crawl

Independent bookstores in more than 30 cities across six continents will participate in the first synchronized Global Bookstore Crawl on April 26, coinciding with Independent Bookstore Day in the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The week's bestselling books, Feb. 2

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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This is not a drill, folks. Indie bookstores can sell ebooks now.

As of this morning, you can now easily buy ebooks from your local indie bookstore. Thanks to Bookshop.org, the reigning David to Am*zon’s Goliath. As Wired reports, a new platform on the site will now sell ebooks directly to customers. Bookshop users can buy and read titles via a handy-dandy... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Bookshop.org Debuts Its E-book Platform

The online bookseller, which offers a profit-sharing model to independent bookstore partners, launched its long-anticipated e-book platform on January 28, allowing indies to sell e-books directly to customers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The week's bestselling books, Jan. 26

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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The week's bestselling books, Jan. 19

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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The week's bestselling books, Jan. 12

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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The week's bestselling books, Jan. 5

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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The week's bestselling books, Dec. 29

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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The week's bestselling books, Dec. 22

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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The week's bestselling books, Dec. 8

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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