• Bookstores and Libraries

    The Hub

    This class on ‘adulting’ at a Virginia library looks ridiculous and I want to take it.

    By Corinne Segal  December 3, 2019
    The Hub

    Jeremy Corbyn vows to protect libraries from forces of doom.

    By Dan Sheehan  November 27, 2019
    The Hub

    Here’s the 100 Best Books of the Year list you should care about.

    By Jonny Diamond  November 26, 2019
    The Hub

    A former Illinois library will become a very, very scary-looking doll museum.

    By Corinne Segal  November 21, 2019
    5 Reasons a Writer Should Move

    4 Reasons a Writer Should Move to Pittsburgh

    By Kristofer Collins  November 14, 2019
    The Hub

    Here’s why you should preorder all your books from independent bookstores.

    By Katie Yee  November 8, 2019
    The Hub

    Florida men deny smalltown library access to the New York Times online, citing “fake news.”

    By Jonny Diamond  November 5, 2019
    The Hub

    Read this great historical profile of one of Kansas City’s first black-owned bookstores, The Hub!

    By Jonny Diamond  November 4, 2019
    The Hub

    Fires and power outages plague California indie booksellers.

    By Dan Sheehan  October 30, 2019
    Libraries

    The Strangest Questions Ever Asked of New York City Librarians

    By New York Publc Library   October 28, 2019
    News and Culture

    This Mexico City Artist Created an Instagram-Based Library

    By Natalie Baur  October 28, 2019
    Libraries

    Libraries Are Even More Important to Contemporary Community Than We Thought

    By Eric Klinenberg  October 24, 2019
    News and Culture

    The Little-Known ‘Slow Fire’ That’s Destroying All Our Books

    By Chloe Vassot  October 17, 2019
    Bookstores

    The Secret to Shopping in Used Bookstores

    By Kelsey Rexroat  October 4, 2019
    The Hub

    Read up on the radical, life-affirming history of LGBTQ bookstores.

    By Corinne Segal  October 3, 2019
    The Hub

    Will everyone in Chicago please bring their books back to the library now?

    By Corinne Segal  October 3, 2019
    Interview with a Bookstore

    Selling Books in London from a 100-Year-Old Dutch Barge

    By Interview with a Bookstore  October 2, 2019
    The Hub

    Area man attempts to sell self-published book to 50 bookstores in 50 days, learns lesson along the way.

    By Jonny Diamond  September 25, 2019
    The Hub

    Area woman heads to town and impulse-buys entire bookstore.

    By Jonny Diamond  September 11, 2019
    The Hub

    Why it’s bad when a bookstore’s biggest competitor—Amazon—breaks a sales embargo.

    By Josh Cook  September 4, 2019
    The Hub

    Amazon breaks sales embargo on Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments

    By Jonny Diamond  September 4, 2019
    Small Press Flea

    At Brooklyn’s 2019 Small
    Press Flea

    By Eleni Theodoropoulos  August 28, 2019
    The Hub

    Amazon is opening a store across the street from Nashville’s Parnassus Books, because Amazon is bad.

    By Jessie Gaynor  August 26, 2019
    The Hub

    Here is a cool statue of Ray Bradbury riding a rocket Dr. Strangelove-style.

    By Dan Sheehan  August 26, 2019
    The Hub

    A petition protests the ALA’s support for Drag Queen Story Hour events.

    By Corinne Segal  August 7, 2019
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