Writer Kate Brittain has created a one-stop database of America's independent bookstores, Better Place to Buy Books. She estimates that there are over 2,300 indie bookstores in the USA. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales had their best month of the year in August, with sales up 3.4% over August 2013. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 300 titles became available in bookstores today in the UK. Bookstore owners are hoping the huge amount of titles will get curious visitors into their shops. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Readers eager to support their local bookstores might want to consider paying to sponsor a bookshelf. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Through the Open Book Residency, members of the public are invited to come work in a bookstore in Wigtown, Scotland, for several weeks. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Borders bookseller Kate Layte is opening a 500 sq. ft. general bookstore, Papercuts, JP, in the Jamaica Plain section of the city in November. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Junkudo location in Tokyo is inviting six guests to sleep over at their store. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At Tuesday's opening panel of the New England Independent Booksellers Association fall conference, editors at houses big, and small, stressed how important independent bookstores are in the current market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new bookstore has opened inside the French Embassy in New York promising to be a catalyst for a French-American dialogue of ideas. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association met at the Hotel Murano September 26-28 in Tacoma, Wash., for the annual trade show. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It has been a little more than two years since Praveen Madan, co-owner of Booksmith, the San Francisco bookstore, took over as CEO of Menlo Park, Calif.’s Kepler’s Books and Magazines, in an effort to keep the iconic but struggling store from closing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From Eriq La Salle to Dominic Selwood, indie publishers are successfully reaching more readers with the IngramSpark platform, which offers global book distribution and easy-to-use tools. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Saturday, Albertine bookstore and reading room, with books in English and French, will open its doors across the street from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than £130,000 has been allocated to 73 independent bookshops in the UK and Ireland in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finding authors from small presses might be getting easier.It's tough being an indie author. These writers lack the marketing resources of those working with big publishing houses, making it difficult to get their works on the shelves of bookstores and libraries. Readers, meanwhile, often have... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Publishers will launch an expedited shipping program for indie booksellers for the holiday season beginning November 3. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher Black Balloon is offering $250 to the indie bookstore with the most creative display of its new anthology 'Come Here Often? 53 Writers Raise a Glass to Their Favorite Bar.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales fell 5.1% to $707 million in July, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Sales were at $745 million in July 2013. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ABA will launch a second, larger Indies First/Small Business Saturday campaign this Thanksgiving weekend. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Movies, movies, and more movies were the key to book sales for teens and younger readers this summer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite high rents and preliminary data from the U.S. Census Bureau that shows a 7.9% drop in overall bookstore sales for the first half of 2014, PW’s informal poll of nearly two dozen indie bookstores found that many overcame a tough winter and are, in fact, up for the year. Some are way up. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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