BTW Articles

10 Mar

The Book Works Celebrates 35 Years

The Book Works, a long-standing indie in Del Mar, California, continues to bring in well-known authors and loyal customers. On March 10, the store marks 35 years in business with an author event and in-store celebration.

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10 Mar

Writers, Publishers, Booksellers Team Up With Red Cross

Holly Tucker, a professor, writer, and volunteer, organized Writers for the Red Cross, an online event wherein members of the reading community raise money to benefit the Red Cross throughout the month of March.

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16 Mar

Fact & Fiction Turns 25

For the past 25 years, Missoula, Montana’s Fact & Fiction has adapted “to changes in the economy, to the way people read, and to the way authors write,” said store founder Barbara Theroux.

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17 Mar

Retail Sales at Bookstores Down in January

January retail sales at bookstores were down by 4.6 percent, compared to January 2010, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.

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17 Mar

Square Books Owner Addresses Italian Booksellers

Richard Howorth, co-owner of Square Books, in Oxford, Mississippi, recently gave a presentation to Italian booksellers as part of the Scuola per Librai (School for Booksellers), which convenes every year in Venice.

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24 Mar

McNally Jackson’s Espresso Book Machine: An Industry Trend?

McNally Jackson owner Sarah McNally talks to BTW about the store’s new Espresso Book Machine, the effect it has had on the store, and what she thinks it says about the industry’s future.

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31 Mar

Month-long Events Help Customers Find Happiness

Clinton Book Shop and Over the Moon Bookstore improved the dreary month of February by offering customers month-long programs based on Sharon Salzberg’s bestseller, Real Happiness.

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06 Apr

Record Stores to Celebrate Their Independence

In the spirit of IndieBound, booksellers are encouraged to celebrate their locally owned record stores on April 16, the fourth annual Record Store Day.

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07 Apr

Books and Food: A Great Combination

Bookstores have found a sideline that everybody likes: food. Booksellers from Books and Greetings, Readers’ Books, and  Clinton Book Shop recently spoke to BTW about the food or food-related items they’ve added to their inventory.

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12 Apr

ABC Children’s Group Works to Strengthen Programming

Since the merger of the Association of Booksellers for Children into ABA in fall 2010, the resulting ABC Children’s Group at ABA has been bustling with activity that will continue and enhance programming for children’s booksellers and other book industry professionals.

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