About Bookstores

San Francisco’s Green Apple Books, owned by Kevin Hunsanger, Kevin Ryan, and Pete Mulvihill, has been named PW Bookstore of the Year for 2014.

Brazos readies to celebrate 40 years; Pilgrim’s Way named best of Monterey County; Bookseller campaigns for letterpress equipment; South Main bookstore featured; Books & Brews opens in Indianapolis; Main Street Books’ owners celebrate

New York Times readers debate the future of bookstores; E-book settlement funds reach consumers; Gabrielle Zevin to discuss The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry on All Things Considered; Hans Christian Andersen Awards announced; Bookmasters signs with Wybel Marketing Group; Independent Publishers Group adds 16 clients

While stores may vary in the way they approach cash flow, it’s important to make time to plan ahead for the proper management of income and expenses to best maintain the inflow and outflow of bookstore funds. Here’s a look at some of the cash flow practices employed by three stores of different sizes.

Paulina Springs Books recently remodeled its Sisters, Oregon, store, replacing the flooring, touching up the paint, and bringing in new fixtures to create an open, welcoming space for shoppers.

World Book Night U.S. Executive Director Carl Lennertz has announced the independent bookstore (single location) with the most givers for World Book Night 2014.

As titles featured in the Spring 2014 Indies Introduce New Voices/Debut Authors promotion begin appearing on bookstore shelves, booksellers are finding ways to not only promote the new books but also highlight their unique role in introducing customers to new authors.

A broad range of booksellers, librarians, publishers, and organizations, including the American Booksellers Association and the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, have submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in the case of Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus, which will be argued before the Supreme Court on April 22.

Publishers Weekly has named five finalists for its 22nd annual PW Bookstore of the Year Award. The finalists were chosen by past award  winners from 18 nominated stores.

Following last week’s announcement of Indies First Storytime Day, booksellers have begun inviting their favorite local authors to host an in-store storytime on the day of the event, May 17, 2014, to foster a celebration of the love of reading within their communities.

Bookstores receiving grants last week in the first round of awards from author James Patterson are putting the funds to use in ways that both emphasize their role in their communities and underscore Patterson’s goal of promoting literacy.

Building on the success of the Indies First movement launched last year by Sherman Alexie, ABA today unveiled plans for Indies First Storytime Day, spearheaded by award-winning author Kate DiCamillo, the Library of Congress’ 2014 –2015 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.

Literary prize created in honor of Politics & Prose founder; BEA to expand independent author programming; Colorado’s “Amazon tax” law blocked by judge

Author James Patterson has begun fulfilling his promise to give away $1 million in grants to independent bookstores, distributing $267,000 to 55 bookstores across the country thus far.

Whether they featured classic literary love stories, promoted modern stories of dating and romance, or celebrated an appreciation for their customers, booksellers enjoyed a bump in sales and increased traffic in their stores for Valentine’s Day.