James Daunt fought Amazon and rescued the country’s biggest bookstore chain. Now comes Chapter 2. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2019-08-08 10:00:05 UTC ]
The Gamilaroi journalist and presenter on fame, reconciliation and how studying at Oxford changed the way she thinks about people in powerOn a rudely gorgeous Sydney autumn day, Brooke Boney greets me with a warm hug. We’re meeting at the Botanic Gardens, resplendent with blue skies, a gentle... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2025-04-18 15:00:15 UTC ]
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The coding system was intended to help book-focused businesses categorize their collections. But some indie booksellers say that, as far as their businesses are concerned, BISAC has lost the plot. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This year’s award goes to the beloved Detroit shop whose octogenarian owner, Janet Webster Jones, is considered bookselling royalty. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The nominees for this year’s Bookstore and Sales Rep of the Year have much in common: dedication, experience, expertise, a focus on building community through books, and an abiding love of the written word. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Fort Worth, Tex., bookstore has grown from a 120-sq.-ft. space inside a gourmet products shop to a full-service store in the city’s cultural district. But don’t talk politics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Within months after this Oakland, Calif., bookstore was destroyed by fire last year, owner Brad Johnson had a new shop opened and focused on his mission of fostering curiosity, compassion, and intelligent critical thought. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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At the Bremerton, Wash.–based bookstore, community building is the top priority. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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For the poet and author, a winning agenda includes bookstore shopping, a stroll along the Santa Monica Pier and "Bridgerton"-style afternoon tea at the Peninsula. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2025-04-11 10:00:21 UTC ]
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The Sharjah SPC Free Zone-based Ingram Lightning Source installation opens a collaboration with Saudi Arabia's Rushd Bookstore program. The post Ingram’s Lightning Source Sharjah Partners With Saudi Arabia’s Rushd appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2025-04-10 22:32:33 UTC ]
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The collection to be auctioned includes journals and cookbooks that inmate Albert Jones has written from death row. The bookseller representing him says it offers a rare glimpse into life on one of America's most notorious cell blocks. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2025-04-02 10:00:16 UTC ]
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McKinstry, who worked as a bookseller at a number of prominent indies in London, Denver, New York City, and Seattle, as well as a communications manager for the American Booksellers Association, died in Seattle on March 8. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Change seems to come naturally to some areas. Gentrifying post-industrial swaths of Brooklyn and Queens, perhaps, are used to blocks that morph in quick time.But differences may be harder to swallow in more established neighborhoods, such as the Upper West Side, where the enclave along Broadway... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2025-03-27 10:03:09 UTC ]
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Fiona McFarlane has won the 21st annual Story Prize for her collection Highway Thirteen. The Story Prize’s $20,000 prize is among the largest first-prize amounts of any annual U.S. book award for fiction.The judges—writer and editor Elliott Holt, writer Maurice Carlos Ruffin, and bookseller Lucy... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2025-03-26 11:20:24 UTC ]
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The most popular bookstore in the world, an aspirational lifetime reading plan, and more of the day's top book news. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2025-03-18 18:30:00 UTC ]
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Union employees at Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn have ratified a new contract that guarantees annual pay raises and provides more benefits that are designed to reduce turnover and reward skills developed on the job. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Revenue rose 2.1% in the third quarter at B&NE, with the college bookstore turning a net loss last year into a profit in the most recent period. Still, long term profitability remains elusive. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The young woman—young, though nearly forty—stood with her head bent slightly toward the window of McNally Jackson bookstore on Prince Street. She had stopped mid-stride, was on her way somewhere—was, in fact, late—and to see her father’s image in a bookstore window was not anymore such a new... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2025-03-03 09:18:50 UTC ]
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On July 30th, 2024, East Bay Booksellers in Oakland, California was completely destroyed by a fire. The bookstore (previously DIESEL, a Bookstore) had been in that location for thirty years. In the months that followed, its owner, Brad Johnson, began keeping a journal of thoughts. What follows... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2025-02-26 13:46:45 UTC ]
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Andrea Barrett on why writing fresh historical fiction means more than cosplaying the past. | Lit Hub Craft Bookstore owner Brad Johnson reflects on the total destruction, by fire, of East Bay Booksellers (and its rebirth!). | Lit Hub Bookstores Michael Hiltzik on how California made Ronald... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2025-02-26 11:30:54 UTC ]
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