French culture minister Fleur Pellerin has promised to extend from one year to five years the loans granted to independent booksellers with cashflow problems out of a €5m fund set up in 2014 as part of a wider plan to help shore up the sector. Speaking in Lille at the biennial conference of the French Booksellers Association (Syndicat de la Librairie Française, SLF) this week, Pellerin said that the fund had produced some results, but that “above all booksellers demand longer-term help to restructure their working capital and to modernize.” Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Educational Development Corporation announced it received a $1.44 million loan under the Paycheck Protection Program. The company has seen a drop in sales in its publishing division, although business in its direct-to-consumer has increased. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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As small businesses around the country await funds from the landmark “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act,” indie publishers and booksellers are having mixed experiences trying to secure this financial lifeline. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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An hour’s drive away from my sleepy college town, there is a magical place. It is the place my friends and I would run away to whenever we were having a rough go of it, or quite frankly, whenever we just didn’t feel like going to class. (If any of my professors are reading this… […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-17 19:16:30 UTC ]
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Bluemoose Books founder Kevin Duffy has called on the publishing industry to rally behind its smaller presses at this time of crisis and to establish a fund to help independent publishers survive what Duffy said had been a 90% reduction in revenue as a result of the lockdown. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-14 17:49:26 UTC ]
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Several indie bookstores that launched GoFundMe campaigns in March are reporting that the funds raised on that platform are not being disbursed to them as promised, despite repeated inquiries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The best-selling author and co-owner of Books Are Magic discusses how her store is weathering the crisis while supporting writers, staff, and other bookstores. For years, independent bookstores fought to stay in business in the face of big box stores and Amazon’s unstoppable growth. Now, they... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2020-04-10 10:30:03 UTC ]
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You may be stuck at home, but you can still expand your your horizons. It's a golden age for small, independent presses working to cultivate great writers and to push our literary boundaries. PW rounds up some of the best new and forthcoming books published by a range of standout small presses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Flyleaf Books’ owner reflects on running an "essential" business during a crisis. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The publishing landscape is rapidly changing—as is the way self-published authors are viewed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Four independent bookshops have pooled their knowledge and resources to organise a series of virtual events. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-09 02:25:23 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has announced a strategy to support independent bookshops during the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-08 07:54:28 UTC ]
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The Times Literary Supplement is offering free advertising to independent bookshops in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-08 04:53:42 UTC ]
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Independent publishers are reinvigorating book subscriptions and launching new services, amid disruption to normal distribution. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-06 10:18:40 UTC ]
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James Patterson has a long history of helping independent bookstores. In in 2014, he donated $1 million to indie bookstores, and staring in 2015, his Holiday Bonus program has given payments between $500 and $5,000 to bookstore employees each year. Now, as bookstores struggle to keep afloat... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-03 14:23:07 UTC ]
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On Thursday, the best-selling author pledged $500,000 to a new campaign: #SaveIndieBookstores. Continue reading at HuffPost
[ HuffPost | 2020-04-02 20:17:14 UTC ]
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Indie publishers face an “existential crisis” during the pandemic lockdown but remain hopeful they can make it to the other side. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-02 06:36:44 UTC ]
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Four indie publishers—Fitzcarraldo, Charco Press, Europa and Faber & Faber—have made the six-strong shortlist for 2020's £50,000 International Booker Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-01 22:06:39 UTC ]
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Save Your Bookstore points you to the best way to get cash to shuttered booksellers near you. As COVID-19 has forced small bookstores to close, many are wondering how they’ll survive—though a surge in support from communities placing online orders is helping. A new app is designed to let you... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2020-04-01 14:00:29 UTC ]
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Bookshop.org has reached a new milestone in generating revenue for independent bookstores. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-03-31 20:01:01 UTC ]
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Several indies have launched, with varying degrees of success, GoFundMe fundraising campaigns to help them raise funds to pay bills and employees during a national shutdown that may last for months. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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