The bookstore chain landscape has undergone seismic shifts over the past 20 years and will enter the fall with approximately 1,100 fewer stores than dotted the country in 1991. Just as it is today, Barnes & Noble was the country's largest bookstore chain 20 years ago, closely trailed by Waldenbooks. Unlike today, though, there were a number of regional chains that tried to compete with the powerhouses. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Many things have changed in the two-decade life of independent publisher Counterpoint Press. Its mission, however, hasn't: "Publish books that matter." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Minneapolis independent press Rain Taxi is celebrating 20 years of promoting literary fiction and nonfiction, from its quarterly magazine to programs that bring literature into public spaces. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 1995, the year Amazon opened the virtual doors to its online bookstore, the company posted revenue of $511,000—a total that jumped to $15.7 million in 1996 and skyrocketed to $147.7 million in 1997. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quebecor announced Tuesday that it will sell Archambault, the large retailer of music, books, and DVDs, with 14 locations across Quebec, to Renaud-Bray, the largest French-language bookstore chain in North America, with 30 locations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hatched over coffee 20 years ago, the Hub City Writers Project has grown into an indie press, a nonprofit bookstore and driving force behind the literary arts in Spartanburg, SC. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the late 1970s, Mitchell Kaplan dropped out of law school in Washington, D.C., with the dream of opening an independent bookstore in South Florida, where he grew up. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Given the outsized influence of the 33-year-old South Florida bookstore and owner Mitchell Kaplan, the biggest surprise was that it hadn't received the award earlier. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers offered a measured response to news that the Lifeway Christian Stores chain will no longer carry "heaven tourism" books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books & Books, Left Bank Books, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Powell’s Books, and Village Books made the cut for this year's Bookstore Award. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite a tough economy in Greece, family-owned bookstore chain Eleftheroudakis has restructured and is optimistic about its future business model. The post Greek Bookstore Chain Eleftheroudakis Emerges from Crisis appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SPX, an annual festival for independent and self-published comics, opens this weekend, September 13-14 in North Bethesda, Maryland with such artists as Lynda Barry, Keith Knight, Charles Burns and others. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Celebrations include karaoke and a film contest that will enable the winner to go on his or her own Tsukuru Tazaki-like pilgrimage. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forbes Media used the 61st annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity as a platform to announce that it has expanded its magazine audience by more than 20 percent over the past year. According to GfK MRI Spring 2014 data, the magazine has reached its pinnacle in readership, growing... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2014-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 20th Audio Publishers Association Conference kicked off with a "State of the Union" address from APA President Michelle Lee Cobb at the Javits Center in New York City on Wednesday morning. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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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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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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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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Thirteen of the top 20 19th century U.S. history books on the site share a title in common. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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