Bay Area Spotlight 2015: Bookstores Find A New Groove

With the seven-square-mile city of San Francisco as its focal point, the Bay Area is a vibrant literary environment that has long nurtured independent bookstores. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bay Area Booksellers Get Virtual Boost

#WeLoveBookstores, a slate of virtual literary events to support Bay Area independent bookstores during the Covid-19 crisis, will kick off April 8. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This app lets you find indie bookstores to support through the coronavirus shutdowns

Save Your Bookstore points you to the best way to get cash to shuttered booksellers near you. As COVID-19 has forced small bookstores to close, many are wondering how they’ll survive—though a surge in support from communities placing online orders is helping. A new app is designed to let you... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2020-04-01 14:00:29 UTC ]
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Finding Strength in Scary Stories: Spotlight on Tehlor Kay Mejia

A ghostly figure from Mexican folklore haunts the pages of Mejia’s debut middle grade novel. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Spanish Publishers Finds Its Groove

The consortium of Spanish-language publishers has been successfully supplying Spanish-language books to the U.S. for 17 years—and is only growing more steady. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Finding a North Star: Spotlight on Peggy Weber

In Enough as You Are, Weber uses faith and love to combat feelings of inadequacy and build self-esteem. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Area man attempts to sell self-published book to 50 bookstores in 50 days, learns lesson along the way.

As reported in The Republic, Columbus, Ohio’s Mason Engel had already tried to get his self-published reboot of Orwell’s dystopian classic, 1984, into the hands of New York literary agents—like, right into their actual hands. After reaching number one in Amazon’s dystopian fiction category,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-25 15:11:55 UTC ]
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Greater Bay Area Cybersecurity Companies 2019

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[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-07-12 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Genre Fiction Is Finding a Place At Indie Bookstores

Indie bookstores aren't known for stocking a wide assortment of genre fiction titles, but booksellers are finding that it's time for that to change. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fall Regionals 2018: Indies Find Their Groove

With strong programming and increased membership, regional bookselling associations continue to grow their fall trade shows. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Check out the 10 most VC-funded Bay Area companies of 2017

Which Bay Area companies caught the eyes of VCs last year? In the most recent issue of the San Francisco Business Times we published our annual ranking of the Greater Bay Area’s 100 largest venture capital recipients, based on total disclosed funding in 2017 as reported by Thomson... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

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Indie Bookstores Find New Love for Romance Books

Politics and Prose and Harvard Book Store both have newly minted sections for romance books, signs of growing interest in a genre that indie booksellers have traditionally paid little attention to. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Prime members will find another perk in Amazon's newest bookstore (Photos)

Amazon may have spent the past two decades pulling bookstore shoppers to its business online, but with a new storefront in California's East Bay, the retail giant is hoping to lure them back to a brick-and-mortar store. Amazon Books is in the final stages of preparing for its opening tomorrow... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bay Area’s Book Passage to Open Third Store

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 at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Niche Bookstores Find Their Way

After seeing their numbers decline dramatically, surviving specialty bookstores are finding new ways to thrive. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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2015 Sees Opening of 60 Indie Bookstores

After independent bookstores saw a year of strong openings in 2014, the trend continued last year, with the ABA reporting that 60 new indies opened in 2015. In 2014, ABA members opened 59 stores. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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After Eight Year Slump, 2015 Bookstore Sales Rise

Bookstores sales rose 2.5% in 2015, marking the first time since 2007 that sales in the sector were up over the previous year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Strong Holidays Give Children's Bookstores a Boost in 2015

"Indie bookselling is back," Vivien Jennings, owner of Rainy Day Books in Fairway, Kan., proclaimed after a "wonderful" holiday season with sales up 11%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Indie Bookstores Finish 2015 on High Note

In addition to the shop-local movement, good weather and a strengthening economy boosted sales at many independent bookstores. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2015: Spotlight on African-American Children's Authors and Illustrators

Illustrators gathered on Thursday to talk about promoting children's books by African-Americans, and about striving toward a future where readers, writers, and publishers do not feel confined or limited by labels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2015: St. Louis Bookstore Steps Up for Its Community

While Books & Books was selected as PW’s Bookstore of the Year, our judges felt that another store, St. Louis’s 46-year-old Left Bank Books, deserves recognition for exemplifying what an independent bookstore can and should do to serve its community during a crisis. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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