ABA to provide low-cost e-commerce platform; a feminist bookstore opens in Montreal; a Providence store faces a forced move; and more.
ABA Adding Low-cost E-commerce Alternative: IndieLite is a new platform under development by the American Booksellers Association for bookstores just getting started with online sales or want a simple, low-maintenance option compared with ABA's signature IndieCommerce platform.
Feminist Bookstore Opens in Montreal: After a soft-launch in December, L’Euguélionne is now open for business. The non-profit bookstore is Canada's only feminist bookstore, after the closing of Northern Woman’s Bookstore in Thunder Bay, Ontario last year.
French Bookstore Has Instagram Hit with Hybrid Photos: The Instragram site of Librairie Mollat in Bordeaux, opened in 1896 and said to be the first independent bookstore in France, has gained nearly 20,000 followers in a few days after posting a series of photos blending real customers faces and bodies with book covers.
Providence Bookstore Paper Nautilus Must Move: The bookstore has been in the same location for 21 years, but will not have its lease renewed and must move by April 15. A Change.org petition has been launched to change the landlord's mind.
Detroit Bookseller Says Crime is Still Plaguing the City: John K. King, who lives in an apartment above his eponymous bookstore, says that crime continues to push people out of the city of Detroit and the answer is to bring more immigrants to live in the city.
