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IndieAuthors.Social Newsindieauthornews@indieauthors.social
2025-04-23

A ‘Sustainable Story Award’ Opens in the United Kingdom

Announced on Earth Day, a new 'Sustainable Story Award' competition opens in the United Kingdom, with a summertime deadline.
publishingperspectives.com/202

#Authors #BookPrize #Bookselling #Publishers #SDGPublishersCompact
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IndieAuthors.Social Newsindieauthornews@indieauthors.social
2025-04-21

Circana’s Q1 US Print Report: Romance, Romantasy Lead Adult Fiction

The first quarter of 2025 has some softer numbers than the same period last year, partly because of a ‘late Easter’ on this year’s calendar. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Adult Fiction Leads US…
publishingperspectives.com/202

#AdultFiction #BookSales #Bookselling #ChildrensBooks #CircanaBookScan
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IndieAuthors.Social Newsindieauthornews@indieauthors.social
2025-04-10

Ingram’s Lightning Source Sharjah Partners With Saudi Arabia’s Rushd

The Sharjah SPC Free Zone-based Ingram Lightning Source installation opens a collaboration with Saudi Arabia's Rushd Bookstore program.
publishingperspectives.com/202

#Arabic #ArabicLanguage #Bookselling #Bookstore #DavidTaylor
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IndieAuthors.Social Newsindieauthornews@indieauthors.social
2025-04-07

Bodour Al Qasimi: Booksellers ‘Strengthening Their Positions’

Bodour Al Qasimi highlights booksellers' 'strategic thinking, financial literacy, digital fluency, customer insight, community leadership.'…
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#AhmedAlAmeri #BodourAlQasimi #Bookselling #Distribution #MansourAlHassani
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IndieAuthors.Social Newsindieauthornews@indieauthors.social
2025-04-06

Sharjah’s 2025 Booksellers Conference Opens Today

More than 661 booksellers, publishers, and distributors convene on Monday morning (April 7) at Sharjah Booksellers Conference.
The post Sharjah’s 2025 Booksellers Conference Opens Today appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
publishingperspectives.com/202

#AhmedAlAmeri #BodourAlQasimi #Bookselling #Distribution #MansourAlHassani
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IndieAuthors.Social Newsindieauthornews@indieauthors.social
2025-03-25

Sharjah Announces Details of Its Fourth Annual Booksellers Conference

The Sharjah Booksellers Conference in its 2025 iteration is focused on trends and issues in international publishing.
publishingperspectives.com/202

#AhmedAlQasimi #BodourAlQasimi #Bookselling #Distribution #MansourAlHassani
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Steven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️stevendbrewer@wandering.shop
2025-02-20

Trying to read the tea leaves, or maybe perform divination with entrails, to understand the mysteries of the Amazon book rank. stevendbrewer.com/inscrutable- #books #bookselling

William Clarkwmclark@publishing.social
2025-02-10

The Internet Almost Killed Barnes & Noble, Then Saved It

BookTok readers are flocking to physical stores to snag a copy of the latest viral hit—and helping the once-struggling chain turn a corner.

getpocket.com/explore/item/the #bookselling

Janice Haraydajaniceharayda@me.dm
2024-12-16

A question I hear a lot from writers in my small town is: What's considered a "good" turnout for a book signing?

I give a few sample numbers (and my personal answers to that question) at Jansplaining, my free Substack newsletter:

#books #literature #writing #culture #bookstores #bookselling #authors

open.substack.com/pub/jansplai

Assoc for Scottish Literaturescotlit@mastodon.scot
2024-12-16

“Coming Out”: In conversation with Lavender Menace
5 Feb, National Library of Scotland at Kelvinhall, Glasgow – free

Join the Lavender Menace bookshop co-founder Sigrid Nielsen & other members of the community group for a showing of the 1983 documentary film “Coming Out”.

nls.uk/whats-on/coming-out/

#Scottish #literature #archives #bookshop #bookselling #queer #queerbooks #queerhistory #Edinburgh

N E Riggsneriggs
2024-11-26

At the local craft fair. My fellow author is making a killing.

Marcia is awesome
Fictionable is movingfictionable@lor.sh
2024-10-18

"I don't argue for not selling certain books – I argue for not stocking them."

Josh Cook quoted in Dan Sinykin's (excellent) review of The Bookshop by Evan Friss:

thebaffler.com/latest/booksell

#books #reading #writing #publishing #bookshops #bookselling #bookstores #bookstodon @bookstodon

J. Alan Henningjalanhenning@dice.camp
2024-09-07

I couldn't believe this Barnes & Noble had only two bookcases of science-fiction books. They had 17 (!) bookcases of mysteries. #bookselling #scienceFiction

two bookshelves full of science fiction paperbacks, with notecards from employees recommending 7 of the books
Randall's BooksRandallsBooks@mastodon.world
2024-08-31

#Books shipping to new homes this morning.

#BookSelling #bookstodon #novel #CharlieChan #magazine #esquire #travel #places #france #dordogne #pindar #odes #poetry #AncientGreece #ancient #classical

Book entitled 'The Black Cat' by Earl Derr Biggers. One of the Charlie Chan mysteries, printed in 1929. The green cover of the front board shows the title in a playful, spiky style.An issue of Esquire magazine from December of 1966. The cover photos shows Italian actress Claudia Cardinale on a motorcycle, agains a plain white background. She is in profile, but smiling at the camera, wearing a very 'mod' short, translucent yellow plastic dress.A book about the Dordogne region of France, simply entitled 'Dordogne'. The author is Joy Law. Cover image is a photograph of riverside scene shows old stately buildings with a high forested hill behind them. Green trees, blue sky and a few clouds.A collection of odes from Ancient Greece entitled 'Pindar's Victory Songs'. It wascompiled by Frank J. Nisetich. The black front board shows a roundel - inside it a Greek youth is running while holding a spear in his left hand and a round shield in the other. The shield features a large black rooster in silhouette. All in shades of burnt yellow, on the black background. the colors often used in ancient greek pottery.
Randall's BooksRandallsBooks@mastodon.world
2024-08-10

#Books shipping to new homes this morning.

#BookSelling #bookstodon #ArtBook #EstabanVicente #ModernArt #CalArts #ArtWorld #fiction #Dante #Inferno #BernardBuffet

A hardcover exhibition catalog entitled 'Esteban Vicente'. This show took place at the Ameringer McEnery Yohe gallery in Manhattan. A detail of an abstract painting covers the front board in shades of deep orange, black and gray and gold. The name of the artist appears over it in light gray letters.A book entitled 'Jack Goldstein and the CalArts Mafia', written by Richard Hertz. On a white background the titles are printed sideways in large letters in shades of green, blue and brown.A paperback from 1959 entitled 'The Masters'. The author is C. P. Snow. Titles are in white and black on a warm gray background. The cover illustration by Edward Corey shows five mature men in coats and ties, standing around. Their clothing is in black, white, gray and gold. The oldest-looking one appears to be speaking. The rest seem to be listening to him. One of the men has a quizzical expression on his face.An art book by artist Bernard Buffet. It has a red front board. The French title is "L' Enfer de Dante" (Dante's Inferno). No illustration appears on the front, but the large black titles are in the artist's own script.
Randall's BooksRandallsBooks@mastodon.world
2024-08-07

#Books shipping to new homes this morning.

#bookstodon #BookSelling #WaltWhitman #poets #LiteraryCriticism #architecture #modernism #DonaldWexler #PalmSprings #astrology #saturn

A softcover book entitled 'The Continuing Presence of Walt Whitman: The Life After The Life', edited by Robert K Martin. Front cover has a copper colored background with a repeated Warhol-style silkscreen image of Walt Whitman in turquoise blueA book of letters written by author Charles Bukowski; titled 'Living On Luck: Selected Letters 1960s - 1970s. A cartoon drawing by the author shows a man in a red shirt in bed and smoking a cigarette. He is in profile, writing on white paper pad. . A liquor bottle is on the floor next to him. There is a chest of drawers in green and brown On top of it sits a pitcher of yellow flowers. On the wall hangs a framed sign with the words 'Outsider of Year 1962'.A book in horizontal format entitled 'Donald Weler: Architect, written by Patrick McGrew. It is published by the Palm Springs Preservation Foundation. Cover shows the a geometric zig-zag roofline and upper floor windows a modernist building.A book about astrology entitled 'Saturn: A New Look at an Old Devil', written by Liz Greene. On a yellow cover a large engraved roundel is filled with a personified image of Saturn. He is holding a large chalice in one hand and a lighted lamp in the other. There is a plain triangular shape behind him. Behind his head there is a fiery sun and a crescent moon shape. Floating near him is a dragon-like beast and curling snakes, and branches with fruit.
Randall's BooksRandallsBooks@mastodon.world
2024-08-03

#Books shipping to new homes this morning.
#bookstodon #BookSelling #freud #psychology #nidology #nature #birds #BirdNest #ornithology #movies #LobbyCards #collectibles #FrankZappa #antiquities #jade #ChineseArt #neolithic

A book entitled 'Sigmund Freud and the Jewish Mystical Tradition' by David Bakan. Titles are in white and gold on a light blue background which has a faint spiral design. A small diagram from the book appears on the top left corner.A group of six periodicals dated from 1894 to 1897, entitled 'The Nidologist' (also spelled Nidiologist). They are about the study of birds' nests and their eggs. The covers show black & white engravings of various birds and their nests.A stack of eight lobby cards from the 1971 United Artists movie '200 Motels', with musician Frank Zappa and his band The Mothers of Invention. On the top card, printed in sepia tones, Zappa appears in a photo holding an electric guitar - a still photo from the movie. Next to him is a black & white poster promoting the film. Other stars listed on the poster are Ringo Starr and Theodor Bikel.A book about neolithic Chinese jade artifacts entitled 'Heaven and Earth'. It was published by Throckmorton Fine Art. On a black background, a large photo shows a detail image of such a carving. It is round, in various shades of silver-grey, gold and green.
Randall's BooksRandallsBooks@mastodon.world
2024-07-24

#Books shipping to new homes this morning.

#BookSelling #bookstodon #AfricanAmerican #W.E.B.Dubois #NewYorker #magazine #NativeAmerican #california #ChildrensBooks #antiques #ceramics #AppliedArts #sevres #porcelain

A paper pamphlet containing the funeral oration for African American activist and sociologist W. E. B. Dubois, which took place at the Aggrey Memorial Church at Achimota College in Accra, Ghana. Cover image shows a black & white photo of Dr. Dubois sitting at his desk, reading. A bookshelf is behind him and his desk is piled with papers.A vintage New Yorker magazine from August 5, 1950. In the cover art by Charles Elmer Martin, we are looking down on a bustling crowd of people entering one ferry terminal and departing another. The arriving people are lining up for buses. Titles are in orange.A children's book from 1957 entitled 'Stories California Indians Told', written by Anne B. Fisher. It was illustrated by Ruth Robbins. The cover art shows a native American boy dancing with a fox. There are also images of a frog and a fish jumping, as if they part of the dance. The boy is barefoot and shirtless, wearing ragged white pants, multiple long strings of white beads around his neck covering his chest. and a feathered hat. This is all done in shades of brown, black & white, on a sand-colored background.A large book about antique porcelain entitled 'The James A. De Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Sevres Porcelain'. A large blue, white and gold Sevres charger with images of birds and fruit dominates the front cover.
Timothy CorlissTimothyCorliss
2024-07-23

Every book on the shelf is a world waiting to be explored, a story eager to be told. As an author, selling my book is more than a transaction—it's an invitation for readers to embark on a journey with me. Each sale is a bridge connecting my imagination to someone's reality. So, come along, dive into the pages, and discover the magic within. Together, let's keep the love for stories alive, one book at a time. 📚✨

Randall's BooksRandallsBooks@mastodon.world
2024-07-15

#Books shipping to new homes this morning.

#BookSelling #bookstodon #ceramics #AppliedArts #AfricanAmerican #Women #ShortStories #fiction #ChildrensBooks #SheetMusic #movies #hollywood #JeanHarlow

An art book entitled Eva Zeisel: The Shape of Life. Featuring two sculptures by Ms. Zeisel on the cover, against an orange and gold background.A paperback book: 'Black-Eyed Susans: Classic Stories By and About Black Women. Edited by Helen Washington. The cover art shows a stylized illustration of the faces of three black women in profile. A 'Black-Eyed Susan' flower appears behind the ear of one of them. Colors are gold, black, brown and orange.A children's book from 1936 entitled 'Two Little Hopi'. It was written by Elizabeth Willis De Huff. The front board is decorated with all-over birds, rabbits, dogs and other Native American pictograph-style animals in black and grey on an orange background. The lettering of the title is in an Art Deco-style typeface in grey on a black panel.A piece of sheet music; the song 'Girl Talk', written by Neal Hefti and Bobby Troup in the 1965 film 'Harlow', which starred Carroll Baker. Ms. Baker is seen on the cover in her role as Jean Harlow, dressed in an elegant full-length white gown. Co-stars from the film - Martin Balsam, Red Buttons, Mike Connors, Angela Lansbury & Peter Lawford are seen in small photo insets to the left. Colors are red and blue on a white background.

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