When Did Self-Help Books Become Literary?

Walk into a contemporary bookstore and self-help manuals are likely to be among the first books you’ll see. In my local Barnes & Noble, a “self-improvement” section is featured in the vestibule, luring customers before they even open the store’s main doors. Inside the store, the boundary between self-help manuals and literary fiction appears curiously […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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Hobby Lobby inks massive Tribeca lease

The Oklahoma-based arts-and-crafts retailer known for its ownership's conservative political leanings is coming soon to Manhattan.Hobby Lobby, which opened its first chain in the city on Staten Island in March, has now signed one of the largest leases in Manhattan so far this year, inking a deal... Continue reading at Crains New York

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Gotta Have Tea with Your Treason

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Customer Traffic Improving at Books-A-Million, Half Price Books

Data from Placer.ai shows that, while both bookstore chains have had some successes in increasing customer traffic, their gains in 2024 trail that of Barnes & Noble. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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All the News Book Riot Covered This Week: July 6, 2024

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Our 21 Most-Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2024

It might be a bad year in the world, generally speaking, but it has been a great year for books—especially genre books! I love some good literary fiction as much as anybody but I’m a sucker for a good book of magic, dragons, spaceships, monsters, slashers, ghosts, etc… and so I’ve been combing... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Barnes & Noble Education Puts a Wrap on a Turbulent Fiscal 2024

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Wait, How Did This Woman “Accidentally” Buy a Bookstore?

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An Online Feminist Bookstore Sets Up Shop in Oakland

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Why a San Francisco bookstore is shipping queer books to conservative states — for free

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Barnes & Noble Buys Denver’s Tattered Cover Bookstores for $1.83 Million

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Winning the Culture War Against Queer Kids’ Books

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