There’s no replacement for the thrill of browsing in a bookstore

Shuttered bookstores are a reminder of how much of our reading lives is a process of discovery and happenstance. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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A Triumphant California Bookstore Day

A year in the planning, California Bookstore Day proved to be a success for participating stores, all of which demonstrated significant sales increases. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Copy Shop Opens Bookstore in Amherst

On May 1 Collective Copies, a worker-owned print shop in Western Massachusetts’s Pioneer Valley, will hold the grand opening of its Off the Common Bookshop. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Green Apple Books: PW Bookstore of the Year

Twenty years ago, if someone had told Pete Mulvihill, Kevin Ryan, and Kevin Hunsanger that they would one day own Green Apple Books, the store where they then worked, all three of them would have been “gob-smacked”—much like their reaction last month when they were told that their San Francisco... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Upshur Bookstore to Open in DC

Washington's Petworth area, home to George Pelecanos's fictional Detective Strange, will get a bookstore in September. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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RH Adds Bookstore to Its Cooking Blog, TasteBook

Random House's food blog and online cooking community, TasteBook, has added a new bookstore called The BookShop. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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February Bookstore Sales Dropped 6.8%

Bookstore sales fell 6.8% in February, to $791 million, compared to February 2013, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon to open bookstore on International Space Station

Amazon is to open a bookstore selling physical books on the International Space Station (ISS).... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Green Apple Named PW Bookstore of the Year

The 47-year-old San Francisco store behind California Bookstore Day is this year's winner. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beyond the Bank: Bookstores and Alternative Funding

Ever since Janet Geddis launched one of the first bookstore crowdfunding campaigns in March 2010 to raise money to open Avid Bookshop in Athens, Ga., Indiegogo and, to a lesser extent, Kickstarter, have become the go-to places for cash-strapped booksellers trying to open a bookstore, add a... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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La Casa Azul Bookstore Helping Blast Victims

Harlem’s La Casa Azul Bookstore has stepped up to help residents affected by the gas explosion that destroyed two buildings in East Harlem on Wednesday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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January Bookstore Sales Fell 6.9%

Bookstore sales fell 6.9% in January compared to a year ago, dropping to $1.75 billion, according to preliminary estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Polish Bookstore Chain Sale Could Reshuffle Market

Poland’s second-largest bookstore chain, Matras, is set to be sold. Potential buyers include book distributor FK Olejesiuk and a consortium of publishers, led by Prószyński. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hungary’s Top Online and B&M Bookstore Chain Merge

Seeking sale synergies, Bookline.hu, Hungary's top online bookseller has merged with Libri, the country's largest bookstore chain. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Condé Nast to replace House & Garden and Easy Living online editions

House, a design, decoration, food and lifestyle website, aims to reach 500,000 monthly users in four yearsCondé Nast is launching a online lifestyle offering closely resembling Pinterest, House, replacing its House & Garden and Easy Living websites.The publisher is launching House on... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finalists Named for PW Bookstore of the Year

Booksellers from the Midwest and the West Coast dominate this year's shortlist for the 22nd annual award. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent bookstores launch Storytime Day, set for this May

After the success of the Indies First movement this November, in which authors worked at independent bookstores, the newest event is called Storytime Day. Spokesperson Kate DiCamillo urges authors to read a story at their local bookstore. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Learnist Releases App, Debuts Digital Bookstore

Learnist, an online social learning venture and application, is releasing a new iOS app for mobile devices and launching the Learnist Digital Bookstore, which will sell premium content from a selection of well-known experts and celebrities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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South Carolina bookstore encourages customers to 'trust' the staff

South Carolina bookstore Fiction Addiction recently launched a program called Trust Fall which asks customers to pre-order, sight unseen, a book specially recommended by the store's owner. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Should More Top Authors Give Back to Indie Bookstores?

Love him or hate him, you can't fault James Patterson for his generosity, as he's giving some $1 million of his money back to independent bookstores. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Law in Israel Curtails Bookstore Discounts

A new law in Israel is designed to maintain publisher, bookstore and author profits by limiting discounts in the highly competitive bookselling market. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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