RuPaul has launched an online bookshop that will share its profits with writers.

There’s a new online bookstore in town—and this time it’s helmed by RuPaul. Yes, that RuPaul. (Reading being, after all, fundamental.) Allstora, announced today*, is a membership-based bookstore that offers a profit-split to authors. RuPaul serves as Allstora’s Chief Creative Officer and co-founder, alongside bestselling author Eric Cervini and his partner, drag performer and actor […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-03-04 16:45:28 UTC ]

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Scrappy, adaptive, inventive: A fireside chat with GoDaddy’s Bob Parsons

GoDaddy founder, Vietnam War Marine veteran and New York Times bestselling author Bob Parsons joined Arizona State University President Michael Crow for a fireside chat at ASU’s MIX Center in Mesa on Dec. 17. Sponsored by the Pat Tillman Veterans Center, in collaboration with the ASU... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2024-12-20 20:19:34 UTC ]
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Allstora Launches New Book Clubs with Dylan Mulvaney, Gus Kenworthy

Online bookstore Allstora, founded by RuPaul, has partnered with actress and trans activist Dylan Mulvaney and Gus Kenworthy, an Olympic medalist in freestyle skiing, to launch two new book clubs, which will distribute 2,500 banned books to LGBTQ+ organizations across the country. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House to Distribute Boom! Studios Following Acquisition

Penguin Random House will distribute all titles published by Boom! Studios, which it acquired this August, starting next July, taking over distribution to the bookstore trade from Simon & Schuster and to the direct market from Diamond Comic Distributors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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M.J. Rose, Author and Self-Publishing Advocate, Dies at 71

Rose (a.k.a. Melisse Shapiro), an early advocate for self-publishing as well a bestselling author and book marketer, died unexpectedly on December 10. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The Last Bookstore Studio City sets its opening date

The Last Bookstore defies the e-commerce trend and prepares to open a new bricks-and-mortar outpost in Studio City. 'The desire of Gen Z to have physical media is part of it,' the owner says. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-12-05 11:00:05 UTC ]
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Folklore Bookshop Opens in Utah's Wasatch Mountains

The Swiss-themed town of Midway is now home to Folklore Bookshop. Co-owned by children’s author Lindsey Leavitt, Audrey Lind, and Alison Russell, Folklore welcomed customers on October 5 and held a grand opening October 26. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Library Hotel loan flagged due to overdue books

You can book a room in any hotel, but at the Library Hotel you can select which books will be in your room. On the fourth floor, far from the madding crowd downstairs enjoying the complimentary daily wine and cheese, guests can rest in a room filled with Russian novels. The sixth floor’s rooms... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2024-12-02 18:27:16 UTC ]
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Spending Thanksgiving Eve at a bookstore is what the Founders intended.

There are a lot of lackluster traditions for the day before Thanksgiving: hitting your local bar at night, prepping yourself to face your cousin with the bad politics, going toe-to-toe with fellow procrastinators over that last bag of cranberries. I’d like to pitch a new tradition for your... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-11-27 18:17:12 UTC ]
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A Reader Gives Thanks

For deckled edges. For a good beginning and a better ending. For a bustling bookstore in full holiday swing. A reader gives thanks. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-11-27 16:00:00 UTC ]
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Let’s Help a Queer Bookstore in Utah Survive

The nonprofit LGBTQ+ bookstore and community center Mosaics, located in Provo, Utah, needs support to keep its doors open after being a regular target of hate. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-11-26 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Let’s Help a Queer Bookstore and Community Center in Utah Survive

This bookstore has faced multiple bomb threats for hosting Drag Story Hours, and now it might shut down—but we can help it survive. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-11-26 12:15:00 UTC ]
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Barbara Taylor Bradford obituary

Bestselling author who enjoyed overnight success with her debut novel A Woman of SubstanceIt was Graham Greene who inadvertently launched Barbara Taylor Bradford, who has died aged 91, on the road that would lead, in 2003, to her induction into the Writers Hall of Fame of America, alongside Mark... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-11-25 16:52:30 UTC ]
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Costco to Keep Book Sections in 100 Outlets Year-Round

After word spread that Costco was planning to sell books in only the final three months of each year beginning in 2025, various sources now say the mass merchandiser has committed to keeping bookstore sections year-round in 100 of its more than 600 locations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-25 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Surrealism, cafes and lots (and lots) of cats: why Japanese fiction is booming

From tales of alienation to comforting novels set in bookshops, Japanese authors have written nearly half of this year’s bestselling translated novels in the UK. What’s their secret?• Read an an exclusive Q&A with Haruki MurakamiAnyone who has been in a bookshop in the last few years will... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-11-23 09:00:37 UTC ]
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Unionized Bookstore Workers Hold Pre-Holiday Rally at B&N Flagship

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union organized a rally outside the Barnes & Noble flagship store in New York City’s Union Square on November 14 in an effort to push the company into resolving disagreement on wages and reaching a contract with workers by the end of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Black Garnet Books in St. Paul Finds a Buyer

Minnesota's first Black woman–owned indie bookstore has changed hands five months after owner Dionne Sims announced that she intended to sell. The new owner—a self-described artist, academic, and an activist—will identify herself at an open house event at the store next week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Profits, Sales Up at WH Smith in Fiscal 2024

North America, especially U.S. airport stores, is becoming a major growth engine for the U.K.-based bookstore chain. Sales in North America rose 9% in fiscal 2024, to £401 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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15 Bone-Chilling New Horror Books for Halloween

How does a bookstore know it's almost Halloween? When the horror shelves are a ghost town. Here are a handful of terrifying new titles you should bring home to haunt you this All Hallow’s Eve. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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My Mama Told Me You Better Shop Around: 5 Great Romances Set in Bookstores

To celebrate the news that there is another romance bookstore opening—Friends to Lovers in Alexandria, VA—I have a list of ... Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-10-28 11:30:00 UTC ]
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