• Bookstores and Libraries

    Indie Bookstores

    The Joy and Privilege of Growing Up in an Indie Bookstore

    By Erik Hoel  April 6, 2021
    The Hub

    Read Haruki Murakami’s writing advice for incoming college students.

    By Walker Caplan  April 1, 2021
    The Hub

    A new e-book bill is dividing publishers and libraries (but the real culprit is Amazon).

    By Walker Caplan  March 31, 2021
    The Hub

    A Seattle firm is officially suing Amazon for fixing book prices.

    By Walker Caplan  March 30, 2021
    The Hub

    Read Nella Larsen’s 1922 application to the NYPL’s library school.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  March 30, 2021
    The Hub

    HarperCollins will acquire the trade division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for $349 million.

    By Walker Caplan  March 29, 2021
    The Hub

    Here’s the shortlist for the 2021 International DUBLIN Literary Award.

    By Walker Caplan  March 25, 2021
    The Hub

    North Jersey officials are trying to shut down a Little Free Library because of “zoning.”

    By Walker Caplan  March 23, 2021
    Indie Bookstores

    Coming of Age in a Struggling Berkeley Bookstore

    By Nicola DeRobertis-Theye  March 23, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, March 22nd to
    March 26th

    By Rasheeda Saka  March 22, 2021
    Libraries

    On the Vast and Multitudinous Worlds of the Library

    By Jamie Vander Broek  March 19, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, March 15th to March 20th

    By Rasheeda Saka  March 15, 2021
    Bookstores

    How We Planned Our Very First Virtual Bookstore Event in a Matter of Hours

    By Jeff Martin  March 12, 2021
    The Hub

    Bookshop UK is launching a series of online events.

    By Walker Caplan  March 11, 2021
    Travel

    Read the newly announced inscription for the Barack Obama Presidential Library.

    By Walker Caplan  March 8, 2021
    Libraries

    How a Year Without My Library Has Changed Me

    By Lauren Du Graf  March 8, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, March 1st to March 7th

    By Kiki Nicole  March 1, 2021
    In Memoriam

    Thank You, Lawrence Ferlinghetti

    By Alysia Abbott  February 26, 2021
    Travel

    Feast your eyes on this gorgeous Tokyo bookshop-slash-hotel.

    By Walker Caplan  February 23, 2021
    Rare Books

    Own a Complete Set of the Paperback Experiment That Paved the Way for Penguin

    By Rebecca Rego Barry  February 22, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Feb. 22nd to Feb. 28th

    By Kiki Nicole  February 22, 2021
    The Hub

    What I desperately miss about the book industry’s best annual gathering.

    By Jonny Diamond  February 19, 2021
    Libraries

    Getting Lost in the Libraries of Paris Researching WWII

    By Janet Skeslien Charles  February 19, 2021
    The Hub

    A library staffer has been fired for burning Trump and Ann Coulter books in his free time.

    By Walker Caplan  February 17, 2021
    African American History

    How the Schomburg Center Became a Cultural Beacon and Harlem’s Literary Sanctuary

    By Kevin Young  February 17, 2021
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