Profiles and news of small presses and independent publishers.
Groups Urge Injunction Be Vacated in Salinger Case By Andrew Albanese - 08/07/2009
A number of high profile organizations, including major media companies like the New York Times, the Associated Press, Gannett, and Tribune, as well as librarians, free speech advocates, and legal scholars, have filed amicus briefs urging the Appeals Court to overturn judge Deborah Batts’ injunction barring U.S. publication of Fredrik Colting's 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye. More
Cooking the Books with Alison Fryer By Lynn Andriani - 11/23/2009
Alison Fryer is managing partner of Toronto’s Cookbook Store, the only shop of its kind in the city of 2.5 million. She co-founded the 800-square-foot store in the city's Yorkville district with her business partner, Josh Josephson, 26 years ago. Fryer talks to PW about business, which is surprisingly good this year; the changes she’s observed in food culture over nearly three decades; and what books she’s excited about this fall.
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Booksellers Profit from National Bookstore Day 11/23/2009
More than 140 independent booksellers participated in the first National Bookstore Day on November 7, an initiative sponsored by PW to get customers to shop at their local bookstores—and many reported a surge in sales on that day. Better World Books, a bookseller with a store in Goshen, Ind., and a robust online business that funds literacy initiatives, raised about $30,000 for its nonpro...
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Andover Turns 200 by Judith Rosen - 11/23/2009
Other stores may be struggling in today's economy, but Andover Bookstore in Andover, Mass.—the second oldest bookstore in the U.S., after the Moravian Book Shop in Bethlehem, Pa.—has successfully ridden out a number of financial lows to reach its 200th birthday this month. Founded in 1809, Andover Bookstore has had an academic component from the start, supplying textbooks for 231-y...
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RWA, MWA and SFWA Angered by Harlequin's New Self-Publishing Imprint By Lynn Andriani - 11/20/2009
Romance Writers of America and other writer associations yesterday spoke out against the announcement earlier this week that Author Solutions had teamed up with Harlequin to form Harlequin Horizons, a new imprint for self-published romance authors. RWA has deemed Harlequin no longer eligible for RWA-provided conference resources—meaning the publisher is not entitled to enter any award competitions.
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Red Balloon Celebrates 25th Year By Claire Kirch - 11/19/2009
The Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul, Minn. celebrated its 25th anniversary last weekend with a birthday bash that included author signings, story times, and other fun activities that children of all ages enjoyed. And we're sure the adults accompanying their children also celebrated the 20% discount on everything in the store, because store co-manager Justine Stahlmann reported that the store did two to three times the amount of business as it usually does on weekends.
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