• Bookstores and Libraries

    Bookselling

    Of Progressive Bookselling,
    Past and Future

    By Lucy Kogler  January 26, 2021
    The Hub

    Behold these cute phone booth libraries from around the world.

    By Dan Sheehan  January 25, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Jan. 25th-Jan. 31st

    By Kiki Nicole  January 25, 2021
    The Hub

    This new indie bookstore categorizes books by emotion.

    By Walker Caplan  January 22, 2021
    The Hub

    Indie bookstore to open a block away from recently shuttered Barnes & Noble.

    By Jonny Diamond  January 22, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Jan. 18th to Jan. 24th

    By Kiki Nicole  January 19, 2021
    The Hub

    Scotland, which is better than England, deems books an essential good.

    By Jonny Diamond  January 13, 2021
    The Hub

    After protest Powell’s won’t shelve right wing performance artist Andy Ngo’s conspiracy fanfic.

    By Jonny Diamond  January 12, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Jan. 11th to Jan. 17th

    By Kiki Nicole  January 11, 2021
    The Hub

    Here’s some surprising good news: In the US and the UK, book sales are up and indies are growing.

    By Walker Caplan  January 8, 2021
    Best of the Year

    Booksellers Recommend: The Best Under-the-Radar Books of 2020

    By Literary Hub  December 30, 2020
    Indie Bookstores

    40 Bookstores in 40 Weeks: Or, How to Get Through a Pandemic

    By J. David Gonzalez  December 23, 2020
    The Hub

    These are the books New Yorkers checked out from the library most this year.

    By Dan Sheehan  December 22, 2020
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Dec. 21st to Dec. 27th

    By Kiki Nicole  December 21, 2020
    Best of 2020

    Unemployed and Underemployed Booksellers Choose Their Favorite Books of the Year

    By The Bookstore at the End of the World  December 16, 2020
    Readings

    On the Fringes of Bogotá: A Reading Unlike Any Other

    By Eduardo Halfon  December 16, 2020
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Dec. 14th to Dec. 20th

    By Kiki Nicole  December 14, 2020
    The Hub

    Costa Coffee and The Reading Agency are giving out 100,000 books ahead of Christmas.

    By Walker Caplan  December 11, 2020
    The Hub

    Black booksellers question anointment of Tattered Cover as ‘US’s biggest Black-owned bookstore.’

    By Jonny Diamond  December 11, 2020
    Best of 2020

    The Top 10 Most Totally Metal
    Books of 2020

    By Keaton Patterson  December 11, 2020
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: The Rally Reading Series, Co-Hosted by The Rumpus

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 11, 2020
    The Hub

    Jeremy O. Harris is donating a collection of plays by Black writers to libraries across the country.

    By Walker Caplan  December 9, 2020
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Reyna Grande in Conversation with John Freeman

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 9, 2020
    Indie Bookstores

    Why I Bought a Bookstore at 29

    By Samantha Ladwig  December 7, 2020
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Dec. 7th to Dec. 13th

    By Kiki Nicole  December 7, 2020
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