Indie bookstore Tattered Cover thinks speaking out is “a slippery slope.” Twitter does not agree.

On Saturday, Denver’s beloved independent bookstore Tattered Cover released a statement “about recent events,” asserting their support for Black Lives Matter, but also defending their silence and explaining that to align the bookstore with any “public debate” is a “slippery slope.” Bookstore Twitter (and Denver Twitter, and Literary Twitter, and Human Twitter) was not impressed: […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-08 13:56:08 UTC ]
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Indies win funding to mark The Testaments publication day

Indie bookshops Red Lion and Rogan's Books have triumphed in a competition to win funding to celebrate the publication of The Testaments by Margaret Atwood.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-20 08:36:31 UTC ]
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Dear Bookstore Owner, P.S. (shelftalker)

A little additional advice to self-published authors on maintaining successful relationships with indie booksellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-19 12:00:51 UTC ]
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In Pittsburgh, a Bookstore Where ‘Freewheeling Curiosity’ Reigns

At a shop that at times functioned as a sanctuary after the Tree of Life shooting, the owner sees his job as “a moral obligation.” Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2019-08-18 09:00:09 UTC ]
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The social scientists who transformed how we think about race and gender

Anthropologist Franz Boas and his students challenged 20th-century prejudices, Charles King writes. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-16 12:46:17 UTC ]
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School & Library Spotlight Fall 2019: Indies Support Title 1 Schools

Literacy efforts flourish in the partnership between independent bookstores and schools serving low-income students. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Scottish indie BHP Comics signs with Curtis Brown for film and TV rights

BHP Comics has signed with Curtis Brown for the agency to represent the indie publisher's film and TV rights.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-13 01:17:45 UTC ]
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Here’s the cover of the first issue of Esquire from new Editor-in-Chief Michael Sebastian

As part of Ad Age’s continuing media coverage, here’s the start of our annual survey of fall magazine covers, which have begun hitting newsstands and subscriber’s mailboxes. We’ll be adding to this post daily, so keep coming back. In June, Hearst Magazines announced that Michael Sebastian was... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-08-12 17:35:00 UTC ]
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JD Salinger estate finally agrees to ebook editions

Author’s son explains that wish for accessibility has persuaded trustees to look past his father’s dislike of digital mediaAfter years of refusing to allow publishers to digitise his works, the estate of JD Salinger has announced that the author’s famously small body of work will be published as... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-08-12 15:49:19 UTC ]
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Book Twitter Remembers Toni Morrison

As the book world grieves the loss of legendary author Toni Morrison, many writers and readers took to Twitter to recognize her legacy. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-08-12 10:33:56 UTC ]
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Indies dominate Collyer Bristow Prize 2019 shortlist

Indie presses dominate this year’s shortlist for the Collyer Bristow Prize 2019 for debut fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-11 13:55:09 UTC ]
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Scottish indie Haunt passes Kickstarter target for gothic launch

New Scottish indie press Haunt has passed a Kickstarter target for its first publication, an anthology of diverse gothic fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-09 01:04:16 UTC ]
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Think you’ve read every twist on the nanny-in-distress novel? Ruth Ware adds a new wrinkle.

“The Turn of the Key” pays scrupulous homage to James’s “The Turn of the Screw” and also slyly updates it. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Emily Cook on the Art of Getting Books into Bookstores

There are more than 200,000 books being published each year. For host Mitchell Kaplan, “One of the questions that I’m asked more than anything else as a bookseller is: how do you find out about all the books that you carry in your stores?” This week on The Literary Life, his guest is publishing... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-02 08:46:03 UTC ]
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Win a $100 Gift Card to The Ripped Bodice, The Only Romance-Only Bookstore in the U.S.!

Enter to win a $100 gift card to spend at The Ripped Bodice, the only romance-exclusive bookstore in the United States! Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-08-01 10:31:56 UTC ]
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Queues outside Edinburgh indie as The Portobello Bookshop opens doors

Edinburgh's latest indie The Portobello Bookshop has opened its doors to the public, with customers queuing to get in on its first day of trading.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 21:32:06 UTC ]
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How Google Is Thinking About Its Upcoming Changes for User Privacy

Earlier this year, Google outlined upcoming changes to its marketing-leading Chrome browser that are likely to prompt seismic changes for digital media trading with the company's leading privacy executive tipping the privacy overhaul for a 2019 launch. Speaking last week at Adweek's inaugural... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2019-07-29 18:27:32 UTC ]
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A girl and boy meet at a bookstore in Iran. Sixty years go by.

Tinged with love and sadness, Marjan Kamali’s new novel ‘The Stationery Shop’ is an ode to an Iran that no longer exists. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-07-28 22:04:19 UTC ]
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A girl and boy meet at a bookstore in Iran. Sixty years go by.

Tinged with love and sadness, Marjan Kamali’s new novel ‘The Stationery Shop’ is an ode to an Iran that no longer exists. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-07-28 22:04:19 UTC ]
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A girl and boy meet at a bookstore in Iran. Sixty years go by.

Tinged with love and sadness, Marjan Kamali’s new novel ‘The Stationery Shop’ is an ode to an Iran that no longer exists. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-07-28 22:04:19 UTC ]
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The Tiny Traveling Bookstore that Wanders the French Countryside: Critical Linking, July 26th, 2019

Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by Libro.FM. “Today, ... Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-07-26 10:30:14 UTC ]
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