BTW Articles

18 Apr

Cellar Door Books Celebrates St. Jordi’s Day With Books and Roses

This Sunday, Cellar Door Books in Riverside, California, will celebrate St. Jordi’s Day, the Catalan holiday in honor of Saint George that encourages people to exchange a book and a rose with a loved one.

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18 Apr

Reading Without Walls Bingo: Materials Now Available for Download

Booksellers can bring Reading Without Walls bingo to their stores with a variety of downloadable promotional materials specially designed for the ABC Children’s Group summer reading program.

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12 Apr

Winners Announced for Pulitzer Prizes and More

Among the literary award winners announced this week are the recipients of the 2017 Pulitzer Prizes and the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Literature Awards.

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12 Apr

Owner of Seattle’s Arundel Books Seeks Bookstore Neighbor

Phil Bevis, owner of Arundel Books, a new, used, and rare bookstore in Seattle, is looking for another bookseller to help him turn the city’s Pioneer Square neighborhood into a book district.

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12 Apr

Bookstores Take on Social Issues

Brookline Booksmith, Sherman’s Books & Stationery, Square Books, and Northshire Bookstore are among the many bookstores actively engaging with their communities on social issues.

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05 Apr

Bookstores Join National Poetry Month Celebrations

Independent bookstores across the country are hosting a variety of fun and imaginative events to celebrate National Poetry Month.

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04 Apr

Wild Rumpus, Anne DeCourcey Named PW 2017 Award Winners

Wild Rumpus is the first children’s store to be named Publishers Weekly’s Bookstore of the Year; HarperCollins’ Anne DeCourcey is named Sales Rep of the Year.

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04 Apr

Macmillan Children’s Debuts Digital Toolkit for Reading Without Walls

Macmillan Children’s has assembled a digital toolkit that bookstores, schools, and libraries can use to publicize their events and promotions for this month’s Reading Without Walls challenge. 

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04 Apr

Libro.fm Debuts Monthly Audiobook Bestseller List

Libro.fm, a platform that lets independent bookstores sell digital audiobooks through a co-branded storefront, has launched a new monthly bestseller list based on sales at more than 300 indie locations.

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28 Mar

What’s in a Name?: The Frugal Frigate

Gay Kolodzik, owner of The Frugal Frigate in Redlands, California, says the store’s name was inspired by an Emily Dickinson poem.

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