Indie bookshop numbers fall

The total number of independent bookshops on the high street has declined for a sixth consecutive... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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8 Captivating New Historical Fiction Books to Read This Fall

Looking for your next favorite book? Check out these new historical fiction books, full of beautiful prose, dynamic characters, and captivating settings. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-10-25 10:39:52 UTC ]
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Big Black Chapters: Navigating Diversity Within the Indie Writing Community

Two authors build a unique writing space for African American #OwnVoices storytellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Check Out the Titles That Inspired the 2019 Fall Anime Season

Are you interested in checking out some manga that inspired shows from the 2019 fall anime season? We've gathered them in one convenient list! Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-10-24 10:42:41 UTC ]
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Amazon Charts: Adam Kay jingles all the way to number one

Adam Kay's Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas (Picador) has made a surgical strike on the Amazon Charts Most-Sold: Non-Fiction number one, with the This is Going to Hurt sequel beating Elton John's Me (Macmillan) to the top spot. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 10:27:14 UTC ]
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Frahm's take on rise and fall of Assyria goes to Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury has signed a book from Yale professor Eckhart Frahm for the first comprehensive non-fiction account of the rise and fall of what historians consider to be the world’s very first empire: Assyria. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 07:38:23 UTC ]
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Mrs Hinch cleans up at number one with Booker boost for Atwood and Evaristo

Instagram influencer Sophie “Mrs Hinch” Hinchliffe has once again shown a clean pair of heels to the competition, with her second title Mrs Hinch: The Activity Journal (Michael Joseph) sweeping straight into the UK Official Top 50 number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-22 17:40:34 UTC ]
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'Animals feared him': fake David Cameron memoir cover spotted in bookshop

Complete with endorsements from Donald Trump and Judy Murray, the parody jacket turned up in a branch of FoylesThere are large acts of protest, such as the People’s Vote march that took place in London on Saturday. And then there are smaller ones, such as the work of the as yet unidentified... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-10-21 12:46:59 UTC ]
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Burson opens new bookshop in Hay-on-Wye

The only store in Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, to exclusively sell new books will open on 26th October. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-21 06:24:17 UTC ]
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It’s Fall, So the Best-Seller Lists Are Brimming With New Books

One of them, Jason Reynolds’s middle-grade novel “Look Both Ways,” is a National Book Award finalist. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2019-10-18 21:16:26 UTC ]
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Two Minnesota Indie Bookstores Partnered Up, and Business Is Booming

Twin Cities area bookstores Excelsior Bay Books and Valley Bookseller have entered a unique collaborative relationship that is attracting A-list authors to their premises and bumping up both stores’ sales. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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WH Smith to buy second US travel retailer; High Street book sales fall 5%

WH Smith has announced it is to buy US indie travel retailer Marshall Retail Group (MRG) for $400m. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 21:24:24 UTC ]
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Trapeze falls in love with Domingo collection

Trapeze has snapped up a “celebration of love” reflecting stories from women of colour in a one-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 10:22:40 UTC ]
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Two Midwest Indies Find New Owners

Two indies on the market since July have found new owners. A former employee purchased Excelsior Bay Books near Minneapolis, while a trio of bookselling veterans bought Chicago's Pilsen Community Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bryson's The Body elbows Pullman off number one spot

Bill Bryson’s The Body (Doubleday) has sensationally leapfrogged Philip Pullman’s The Secret Commonwealth (Penguin/David Fickling) to claim the author’s 11th week as the UK Official Top 50 number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 07:35:55 UTC ]
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Number of Self-Published Titles Jumped 40% in 2018

The number of books self-published in the U.S.in 2018 jumped 40% over 2017, according to Bowker’s annual survey of the self-publishing market. More than 1.6 million books were self-published last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie Splice snaps up de Silva in two-book deal

Birmingham-based indie Splice has acquired an "expansive and intricately designed" novel from Mark de Silva in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-10 04:47:27 UTC ]
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Amazon Charts: Secret Commonwealth steams into number one

Philip Pullman's The Secret Commonwealth (Penguin/David Fickling) has soared 15 places to top the Amazon Charts Most-Sold: Fiction chart, in the same week it sold 54,301 copies in hardback through Nielsen BookScan's TCM. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 20:59:35 UTC ]
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Waterstones to open two new bookshops in Sussex

Waterstones will open two new bookshops in Sussex later this year, with branches planned for Rustington and Hove. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-07 16:25:43 UTC ]
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Diary of a small town sensation: how the Wimpy Kid author built his dream bookshop

Growing up, Jeff Kinney discovered Tolkien, comics and computers at his local bookshop. When it closed he was bereft – would opening his own as an adult help to right that wrong?Author Jacqueline Woodson recently spoke about books being either mirrors or windows. Mirrors for seeing ourselves,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-10-05 09:00:40 UTC ]
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