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“Real Book Shop” at Beverly Farms Turns 45
The Book Shop at Beverly Farms looks like an old-fashioned bookstore, but the 45-year-old bookstore, on the site of a former barbershop, continues to change.
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Storm Puts the “Winter” in Winter Institute & CAMEX
Close to a foot of snow and white-out condition have been wreaking havoc with travel plans for both WI8 and the 90th anniversary of CAMEX.
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WI8 & CAMEX Face Weather Woes
In advance of a major snowstorm, which began earlier today in Kansas City, a number of airlines have canceled flights. Still, organizers of both WI8 and CAMEX are hopeful that the shows will go on intact.
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Books & Bars Gives a Twist to Book Clubs
Books & Bars is now in its 10th year as a monthly book club lead by comedian Jeff Kamin.
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Indiana's Mudsock Books & Curiosity Closing
Mudsock Books & Curiosity Shoppe, located in Fishers, Ind. an Indianapolis suburb, will close by mid-March.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 18, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
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Murphy Sells The Learned Owl Book Shop
Liz Murphy, the owner of the Learned Owl Bookshop, a fixture in downtown Hudson, Ohio for the past 45 years, has sold the bookstore to Kate Schlademan, 37, the store’s manager.
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Debut Author Makes Her 'Way' Through a Blizzard to Her Launch Party
Despite the 28 inches of snow that fell in Cambridge, Mass., over the weekend, some three dozen fans turned out for the launch party celebrating Nicole Griffin's debut YA novel, The Whole Stupid Way We Are.
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TOC 2013: Teicher Says State of Indie Bookselling is Strong
American Bookseller Association CEO Oren Teicher used a Thursday morning ToC session to offer a sort of State-of-the-Union for the independent bookselling trade—and, he told attendees, the state of the indie union is, counter to the prevailing wisdom, strong.
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Could This Be the Year for Online Sales Tax?
With the start of the new Congress, a bipartisan coalition showed the love to brick-and-mortar retailers on Valentine’s Day with the reintroduction of a modified e-sales tax fairness law.
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Longfellow Reopens for Valentine’s Day Benefit
Longfellow Books in Portland, Maine, which has been closed since it suffered severe water damage when a frozen water line burst on Saturday, will reopen for a Pussy Riot benefit.
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Bookstore Sales Slipped in 2012
According to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, bookstore sales for 2012 were $15.21 billion, down from $15.28 billion in 2011. For December, bookstore sales increased 2.9% over December 2011, hitting $1.69 billion.
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Children's Authors and Events at Winter Institute: The Complete Guide
At this year's Winter Institute 8 in Kansas City, picture book, middle grade, and YA writers an important part of the Authors Reception as well as other programming on toys, book fairs, and nonfiction is specifically geared to children's bookselling.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending February 3, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 11, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
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Indie Reps: Changing with the Times
The fate of the independent sales representative may be inextricably linked to that of the independent bookstore.
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Granada Books Becomes First New Santa Barbara Indie in Decades
Santa Barbara will have its first new indie bookstore in twenty years when Granada Books opens this June in the city's downtown arts section on State Street.
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