Browse from Your Couch: Bookstores with Fantastic Websites for Browsing

With lists on cute cryptids, decolonial SFF, trans comics, and more, these indie bookstore websites are as fun to browse as their shelves! Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

[ Book Riot | 2023-08-08 10:32:00 UTC ]
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Making Progress on Bookstore Margins

In a letter to our editor, Robert Sindelar, the president of the American Booksellers Association, acknowledges that bookseller Jonathan Platt has a valid point that store margins could be better, but argues that improvements are being made. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore Sales Slipped 1.2% in August

After a number of months of sales gains, revenue at that nation's bookstores fell 1.2% in August compared to a year ago, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Campaign to Promote Physical Bookstores Launched

A number of industry members have gotten together to form Love Your Bookstore, a campaign aimed to help draw attention to all physical bookstores as the holiday shopping season begins. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins announces Fantastic Beasts tie-ins

HarperCollins has a range of products to tie-in with the upcoming release of the film "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible and Pottermore Publishing go behind the scenes of Fantastic Beasts

Audible UK will this November release an audiobook that goes behind the scenes of the Fantastic Beasts film franchise, featuring interviews with Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law and more. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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California Bookstores Make a Full Recovery after Wildfires

Affected booksellers attributed some of the recovery to loyal customers and community support, but they also cited the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc)’s key role. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Controversial piracy website OceanOfPDF returns

OceanOfPDF.com, a website that was giving away pirated ebooks, has returned under a .net domain name. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six-Month Bookstore Sales Down 1%

A 5.3% increase in June bookstore sales over June 2017 was not quite enough to offset a soft start to the year and bookstore sales finished the first half of 2018 with sales down 1.0% compared to a year ago. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Piracy website Oceanofpdf taken down

Oceanofpdf, a website that was illegally giving away ebooks for free, has been taken down. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Johnny Depp surprises fans, and Zoe Kravitz calls for Trump's impeachment at 'Fantastic Beasts' Comic-Con panel

Warner Bros.’ highly anticipated Hall H panel got off to a political start Saturday morning as the stars of the sequel to the “Harry Potter” spinoff “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” took the stage. Onscreen in the Harry Potter universe, wizards spin extraordinary spells with the wave... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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May Bookstore Sales Up $4 Million

Bookstore sales rose from $741 million last May to $745 million in May 2018, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau, an increase of 0.5%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Behind the Counter at America’s Smallest Indie Bookstores

A small shop on sleepy Main Street with books warmly displayed from floor to ceiling. That's indie bookselling for you, right? Hardly. The realities of day-to-day business are vastly more complex and challenging. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors' fury at website offering free book downloads

Authors including Philip Pullman, Robin Stevens and Maz Evans are "furious" about a website offering free illegal downloads of their books. OceanofPDF.com offers users free PDF or Epub downloads of some bestselling authors’ books, including eight Philip Pullman titles, 14 books by Malorie... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online Bookstore Bookwitty.com Shuts Down

Bookwitty.com, the global, online bookseller based in Paris, has stopped taking and fulfilling orders and is shutting down the site. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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April Bookstores Fell 2.9%

The sluggish start of bookstore sales continued in April. Total sales reported by the U.S. Census Bureau fell 2.9% in April compared to April 2017, dropping to $669 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstores Fell in April

Bookstore sales fell 3.0% in April compared to the same month last year, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Room of One's Own Bookstore Changes Hands

The Madison, Wisc.-based bookstore is changing hands. The bookstore's longtime co-owners announced yesterday that two current employees will become owner-managers of the 43-year-old business on July 1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Friday Photos: Japan’s Kinokuniya Company Opens Its First Bookstore in Cambodia

This week, we have views from the corporate headquarters of Kinokuniya, showing off its 30th world bookstore location, just opened in May as the company's first store in Cambodia. The post Friday Photos: Japan’s Kinokuniya Company Opens Its First Bookstore in Cambodia appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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March Bookstore Sales Increased 3.5%

Bookstore sales rose 3.5% in March over March 2017. Despite the March gain, bookstore sales were still down 2.8% in the first quarter of 2018 compared to the first period of 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Świat Książki Closes in on Second Place Among Polish Bookstore Chains

As other companies have done, Świat Książki has gained traction in part by taking over some locations of the distressed Matras chain in Poland's bookstore marketplace. The post Świat Książki Closes in on Second Place Among Polish Bookstore Chains appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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