The executive chairman of the Booksellers Association has called for positivity in the year ahead as he says booksellers are bucking the trend of high street closures. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forty years after the publication of Leaving the Land, Pulitzer Prize finalist Douglas Unger returns with his fifth novel, Dream City, an excoriating tale of hope, greed, and betrayal in Las Vegas. C.D. Reinhart is Unger’s fatally flawed protagonist, a failed actor bent on self-improvement who... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-10-08 11:05:00 UTC ]
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The Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association is holding its annual FallCon in Denver, Co., October 6–9. As the trade show began, 226 booksellers representing 89 stores had registered, along with 22 librarians and 85 exhibitors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Heartland Fall Forum, the joint fall trade show of the Midwest Independent Booksellers and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Associations, is taking place in Milwaukee this week—and it's been a celebration of everything that makes the Midwest book world unique. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Two sisters, Barbara Cerda and Valeria Cerda, the co-owners of La Revo Books, a pop-up bookstore in Milwaukee, were named MIBA's booksellers of the year for 202. The two founded La Revo in 2021 to sell Spanish-language literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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While the Book Industry Charitable Foundation continues to raise funding to help Southeastern booksellers at need, the Southern Indie Booksellers Alliance and booksellers across the South are rallying to assist. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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IPG will showcase Spanish-language books in a virtual presentation targeting buyers and booksellers, covering best practices for selling Spanish-language titles. The event will also feature IPG-distributed Spanish-language publishers' top frontlist picks for spring 2025. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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At the September 17–18 California Independent Booksellers Alliance meeting in Pasadena, members looked for effective ways to capture sales, promote their stores online and in person, and communicate with publishers and distributors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers gathered at the home of the Rose Bowl for the California Independent Booksellers Alliance’s Fall Fest 2024, which took place September 17–18. Of 177 bookseller members from across the Golden State, 83 were first-time attendees; 46 exhibitor organizations and 36 authors also came to... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Alongside educators and librarians, indie booksellers across the country are rising up to defend the freedom to read. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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For print management company Imago, its partner network has remained the same in the past year. “We continue to source from China, India, South Korea, and Southeast Asia, as well as Europe,” says president and CEO Howard Musk, adding that China remains the most significant location. “But we are... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A new line of horror titles from the Salem, Mass.–based Page Street Publishing, set to launch in spring 2025 under the stewardship of editor Alexandra Murphy, will mark the publisher's first adult fiction program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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From upstart to Goliath to villain and back, Leonard Riggio's influence was unparalleled in the world of books. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-08-27 20:30:32 UTC ]
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Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller but later saw his company overtaken by the rise of Amazon Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2024-08-27 20:22:22 UTC ]
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Former Barnes & Noble chair Leonard Riggio, powerhouse of modern bookselling, has died at 83, his family says Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2024-08-27 17:25:53 UTC ]
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Len Riggio, who revolutionized bookselling—first by turning Barnes & Noble into the dominant bookstore chain in the United States, then by opening hundreds of superstores—died on August 27 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The 'ABA Right to Read Handbook: Fighting Book Bans and Why It Matters' is scheduled for a September 16 release. All profits will support ABFE’s efforts against book bans. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In the first half of the twentieth century, radical bookstores took many forms and often served as part of larger, multichannel campaigns. Nazis, as well as Communists and Socialists, organized festivals and parades, dances and concerts, and schools and camps to disseminate critiques of American... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-08-21 08:56:24 UTC ]
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The new small press, launched by two congressmen-turned-authors alongside former American Booksellers Association CEO Oren Teicher, will work directly with independent booksellers to help curate and market a small list of titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent booksellers from across the country highlight eight independently published books they're excited to sell this fall. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Although the 2024 election season won’t shift into high gear until after Labor Day, booksellers across the country are making plans for what Lissa Muscatine, co-owner of Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C., describes as a “dramatic and historic” presidential campaign. Not only are... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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