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The Dog Eared Book hosts few author events and has no local school partnerships or large initiatives underway. But as it approaches its seventh anniversary, the Palmyra, N.Y., store represents [...]

When Ellen Richmond looks out the front window of the Children's Book Cellar in Waterville, Maine, she sees a main street torn up by equipment and talks about how the [...]

For many consumers, the words 'independent bookstore' conjure an image of a small shop on a main street with books warmly displayed from floor to ceiling, the owner pausing from [...]

The unpredictable climate throughout the U.S. in December, both environmental and political, didn't stop consumers from shopping at independent bookstores. Many booksellers contacted by PW reported consistent, but not exceptional, [...]

In 2006, Jason Haferand Paul Oliver opened Wolfgang Books in Phoenixville, Pa. After working in bookstores for years, owning one was Hafer's dream come true, but the town was still [...]

Sales reps took on an unprecedented workload during the past 16 months, adapting to the needs of booksellers amid pressing demand for children's and YA titles--all while working remotely. The [...]

With vaccination rates increasing across the country, the industry is showing more signs of opening for business as usual. Among some of the first large in-person publishing events to be [...]

Booksellers surveyed by PW were pleased with the start of the official holiday shopping season, which kicked off on Black Friday, November 24, the day after Thanksgiving. Words Bookstore in [...]

In the months since Hipocampo Children's Books has reopened to in-person browsing, a group of pre-teens and teens have made the space a regular stop on their wanderings through the [...]

At a May 25 virtual event, Los Angeles's Eso Won Books was announced as PW Bookstore of the Year, while Simon & Schuster sales rep Toi Crockett was named PW [...]

Many independent bookstore owners and managers across the country view the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's loosening of mask guidelines for vaccinated people as a failure of public policy, [...]

When a new bookstore opens, Marsha Wood is likely to have had a hand in what books are on the shelf. In her 15 years with Ingram Content Group, she [...]

Jason Rice began his wholesale sales career nearly 16 years ago at Bookazine, where he ook phone orders from independent stores in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions and also [...]

Gayl Jones has not published a book for 20 years, but her publisher, Beacon Press, is determined to make up for lost time. This September, the Boston-based press is slated [...]

On April 24, Independent Bookstore Day, Ontario-based publisher and independent bookstore Biblioasisdid a soft launch for a new chapbook, but it's not aimed at the typical bookstore customer. Instead, Josh [...]

In October 2016, a new independent book store opened in Tallahassee, Fla., offering readers a space to enjoy literature and civil conversation just weeks before an acrimonious election put Donald [...]

With all major categories posting double-digit gains, unit sales of print book rose 19.5% in the week ended Jan. 30, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that [...]

Buoyed by strong holiday sales and an unprecedented consumer shift to online ordering, independent bookstores have weathered more than 10 months of the Covid pandemic, with some even posting sales [...]

The all-important post-Thanksgiving holiday sales period got off to a subdued start at bookstores around thecountrythisyear. As expected, foot traffic was light. The National Retail Federation reported the number of [...]

One hundred years ago, Russian workers sparked the revolution that led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Now, as stories about Russo-American relations top the news, publishers are marking [...]

As authors, booksellers, and publishers grapple with the social and economic consequences of the pandemic, so too are the literary nonprofits that connect those groups with readers. The Massachusetts Center [...]