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This Week’s Bestsellers: April 22, 2024
Leigh Bardugo’s ‘The Familiar,’ a standalone fantasy novel, is the #3 book in the country. Plus Anne Lamott returns with ‘Somehow,’ a meditation on matters of the heart, and Elsie Silver launches a new romance series with ‘Wild Love.’
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The Next Generation of Booksellers Is Changing the (Bookselling) World
The bookstore proprietors of today are putting inclusivity first, building communities, and opening up shop in unexpected places.
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Portland, Ore.’s Literary Arts Plans Expansion, Transformation
Literary Arts, the Oregon nonprofit responsible for the Portland Book Festival, Portland Arts and Lectures, Oregon Book Awards, and other community programming, plans to move into a new headquarters in fall 2024.
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Professional Booksellers School Expands, Offering Mentorship and Self Study Programs
The Professional Booksellers School has educated nearly 1,000 booksellers since it was launched in 2021, and has recently rolled out new self-study courses as well as “Bookstore Year One,” a year-long program designed to provide mentorship for new bookstore owners.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: April 15, 2024
Abby Jimenez has the #2 book in the country with ‘Just for the Summer,’ the Good Morning American Book Club pick for April. Plus ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ author Amor Towles returns with a fiction collection, ‘Table for Two,’ and Don Winslow concludes his Danny Ryan trilogy with ‘City in Ruins.’
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Book Club Picks for April 2024
The latest novels by Leif Enger, Abby Jimenez, and Claire Lombardo are among this month's picks by the nation's biggest book clubs.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: April 8, 2024
Easter titles, including three P.J. Funnybunny books by Marilyn Sadler, dominate this week’s picture book list. Plus cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib returns with ‘There’s Always This Year,’ and a pair of books caution parents against screentime.
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The Lavender Rhino, a New LGBTQ Indie Bookstore, Launches Online
The Lavender Rhino, an online independent bookstore with a focus on titles by LGBTQ authors, will launch on April 6, with ambitions to open a brick-and-mortar store at a later date.
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Tattered Cover Courts Buyers, Asks to Delay Reorg Hearing
The owner and operator of Tattered Cover bookstores, has filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to reschedule a hearing on its reorganization plan in order to allow the owners to entertain and review offers to purchase the business.
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This Week's Bestsellers: April 1, 2024
Percival Everett’s ‘James,’ a retelling of ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ from Jim’s perspective, lands at #3 on our hardcover fiction list. Plus Dog Man graphic novelist Dav Pilkey pays it forward, and ‘Ghost Town Living’ author Brent Underwood stakes his claim.
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