Some stores are trying to bring in customers with special discounts, while others in particularly hard-hit areas like Boston are working hard just to keep their locations open. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A 57-year-old “self-styled poet” (aren’t they all?) has spent $116,000 of his own money to build a bookstore in a mountaintop village. Oh, and it’s shaped like the number 7 and contains 7,000 books. No, this is not a parable. As Jiang Libo told the South China Morning Post: Before my bookshop... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-05-08 15:04:22 UTC ]
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Forty years ago, my not-yet-gentrified neighborhood in Brooklyn had one bookstore, Mostly Books. When the owner retired, it became a video store (RIP Cousins). Then it was derelict, then it was councilman’s office, and now it’s (obviously) a real estate office. But in all those years, a... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-05-08 15:00:19 UTC ]
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Respect and support to Wasilla, Alaska’s Black Birch Books, who’re getting a lot of online flack for announcing a drag story time in June. But despite a slew of negative, and sometimes threatening, comments and reviews, Black Birch owner Taylor Jordan is going on with the show. As she told... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-05-04 15:21:17 UTC ]
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Not long after its drag queen story hours attracted protests, Riverside's Cellar Door Bookstore got evicted. But at this oasis of inclusion, the show will go on Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-05-04 13:00:17 UTC ]
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Your library and bookstore hauls will be looking good in these new bookish tote bags. - Kelly Jensen Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-05-01 10:31:00 UTC ]
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Across the country this weekend, independent bookstores once again celebrated Independent Bookstore Day, this year on April 29. Some bookselling scenes began the lead-up to the celebration even earlier, with "passport" promotions that offered customers discounts after visiting a certain number... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This weekend marks the 10th anniversary of Independent Bookstore Day, the one-day book party held all across the country on the last Saturday in April every year to celebrate indie bookstores large and small. There’s no better time to show your local indie a little love—preferably by going to... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-04-28 13:04:40 UTC ]
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“I have only the vaguest understanding of what TikTok is,” Patchett insists. And yet she and her bookstore, Parnassus Books, have become microcelebrities on the app thanks to the shop's savvy marketing manager, Sarah Arnold. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Find out what cities across the U.S. are doing to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day 2023 on April 29th and get in on the fun! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-04-24 10:38:00 UTC ]
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With all the challenges that the book publishing industry currently faces, what will the future bookstore look like? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-04-19 10:35:00 UTC ]
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For the second month in a row, bookstore sales posted large gains over 2022. According to preliminary figures from the U.S. Census Bureau, February bookstore sales increased 10.7% over last year, rising to $609 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The founder of England's Usborne Publishing, Peter Usborne, is said to have died 'unexpectedly but peacefully,' surrounded by family. The post In England: Children’s Book Publisher Peter Usborne Remembered appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-04-03 17:12:06 UTC ]
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The five finalists for PW's 31st Bookstore of the Year and 25th Sales Rep of the Year awards have been selected. Winners will be announced at the U.S. Book Show, which is set for May 22-25. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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As book banning efforts, assaults upon women’s autonomy, and more intensify, both old-school feminist bookstores and new intersectional feminist shops are drawing customers seeking a safe space and solace in books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales posted surprisingly strong gains in January, jumping 15.9% over 2022. Sales in January 2023 were $997 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The £10,000 Young Writer of the Year award from the UK's Sunday Times goes to Tom Benn for his fourth novel, 'Oxblood.' The post Tom Benn Wins England’s Young Writer of the Year Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-03-15 17:35:58 UTC ]
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In FBI documents recently acquired by Unicorn Riot, a left-leaning independent media outlet, Chicago’s worker-owned Pilsen Community Books was said to be a meeting place for “anarchist violent extremists, or ‘AVEs,’ environmental violent extremists, or ‘EVEs’ and pro-abortion extremists.” As... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-03-15 16:14:24 UTC ]
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After more than 6 years in business, co-owner Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo announced that the location will permanently close on May 14, 2023. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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One day, the friends have had enough with their husbands, their jobs, their lives, and decide to make a break for it. They grip hands, stuff their weapons* into the glove box, and… open a bookstore together. It’s a thing. “Over a drink in the pub one evening, we started to sketch out what our […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-03-08 14:08:31 UTC ]
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After Lonesome Dove author Larry McMurtry died in 2021, his bookstore in Archer City, Texas, was turned over to the long-term store manager, Khristal Merklin. But as CNN reports, in November 2022, the deed was snapped up by Fixer Upper’s Chip Gaines. Will Gaines tear out the bookshelves and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-02-23 14:27:50 UTC ]
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