In Tbilisi: Bookseller Tamara Megrelishvili on Sales Trends

Tamara Megrelishvili, founder of Georgian bookstore Prospero's talks about the impact of diminished tourism, war, and political unease. The post In Tbilisi: Bookseller Tamara Megrelishvili on Sales Trends appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-01-10 17:45:34 UTC ]

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PW Bookstore of the Year 2025 Finalist: East Bay Booksellers

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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PW Bookstore of the Year 2025 Finalist: Ballast Book Company

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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How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Amanda Gorman

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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Ingram’s Lightning Source Sharjah Partners With Saudi Arabia’s Rushd

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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'I want to be remembered.' Death row inmate auctions his San Quentin journals, art for $80,000

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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Veteran Bookseller Scott McKinstry Dies at 60

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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Bookstore ends brief chapter on the Upper West Side

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 this year’s Story Prize for “Highway Thirteen.”

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 London Bookstore Just Named the Most Popular in the Entire World

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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Greenlight Bookstore Ratifies New Union Contract

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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First Day Sales Lift Barnes & Noble Education

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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Remember This

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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The Things We Learned in the Fire: On the Destruction (and Rebirth) of a Bookstore

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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Lit Hub Daily: February 26, 2025

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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Writer quits Society of Authors over union’s ‘betrayal’ of Jerusalem bookshop raided by Israeli police

Matthew Teller, whose books include Nine Quarters of Jerusalem, said the society’s response to the event which saw two leading booksellers detained was ‘an abject failure’A writer has left the Society of Authors (SoA) in protest after the UK’s largest writers’ body made a statement on a recent... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2025-02-20 17:34:09 UTC ]
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The Magic of Finding Yourself in “The In-Between Bookstore”

Edward Underhill didn’t plan on having his debut adult fiction book, The In-Between Bookstore, featuring a trans main character, come out six days before the Trump inauguration, but it’s kind of perfect timing. Especially since the book features a time slip, where Darby Madden meets his younger... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2025-02-17 12:00:00 UTC ]
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An Industry Expert Forecasts Book Sales in 2025

An industry analyst on book sales trends to watch this year, plus Barbara Kingsolver builds a rehab center, bookstore weddings, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2025-02-10 16:40:00 UTC ]
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Yes, I’ve Been Selling My Book on Dating Apps

Over the past couple years, I’ve been accidentally moonlighting as a bookseller on Hinge. Selling books on Hinge (and occasionally Tinder, once in a while Feeld) started happening pretty effortlessly, through a few back and forths with a match. I’ve organically sold my book Women at least a... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2025-02-10 09:58:28 UTC ]
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WI2025: Adult Authors to Meet

This year’s authors range from debut stars to award-winning industry regulars, writing books in a range of categories and all certain to fly off bookstore shelves. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
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