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Moonraker Books on Whidbey Island Turns 40 This Month
With no bookselling expertise but a love for the written word Josh Hauser opened Moonraker Books in 1972 and has kept going successfully for 40 years.
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Creekside to Become Book Café
Creekside Books & Coffee in Skaneateles, N.Y., is turning into a true bookstore café by moving its bestselling titles into the coffeehouse half in preparation for closing the bookstore side.
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Canadian Literary Nonprofit Tries to Restructure After Funding Cut
The Literary Press Group of Canada (LPG), which has been providing sales, marketing and distribution to 47 small literary publishers in Canada is suddenly struggling to restructure after a drastic cut in government funding.
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BEA 2012: Shifts Coming in BEA Schedule; ABA Upbeat
At yesterday afternoon’s ABA Town Hall Forum, BEA event director Steve Rosato announced upcoming changes to the show, including the fact that it will be on a single level next year when the construction is complete.
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Books & Books Westhampton to Launch Book Festival
Books & Books in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., is planning to launch an international book festival with the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center.
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BEA 2012: ABA Day of Education Goes Around the World
Panels on International Bookselling and Putting the "Sell" in Bookseller rounded out a day of panels focused on strengthening independents.
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Baker & Taylor Upgrades Ordering Platform
Baker & Taylor has launched a new ordering platform for its retail customers, the TS 360. With improved search capabilities and intuitive navigation, B&T says the new system will make it easier to find and purchase books, movies and music.
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Catching the Summer Book-Buying Wave
According to the calendar, it may not be summer for a few more weeks, but tell that to booksellers, who launched their summer selling season on Memorial Day. One week in and many independents are anticipating an up summer. A mild winter and a strong first quarter contributed to a number of booksellers’ sunny outlooks, along with strong sales for two trilogies: Fifty Shades of Grey, which Jackie Inman, owner of Bethany Beach Books in Bethany Beach, Del., projected will hold at least through July, and The Hunger Games, which got a significant boost from the film. “After several years of decline, [business has] turned the corner,” says Bill Reed, co-owner of Misty Valley Books in Chester, Vt. “We’re not back to where it was, but we’re okay.”
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Midtown Comics Opens in FAO Schwarz
Midtown Comics, which has been in Manhattan's central neighborhood since 1997, is opening a store inside FAO Schwarz's Fifth Avenue location. The retail spot will feature graphic novels, hardcovers, apparel, collectibles and other items.
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Indigo Revenues Down, But Kobo Sale Earns C$165 million
Revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31 were down by 2.3% for Indigo Books & Music, Canada’s largest book retailer, but buoyed by the C$165 million sale of its digital arm, Kobo, Indigo reported net earnings of C$93 million.
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Off and Running
Like their counterparts who have been in the book business for many years, today’s new bookstore owners are convinced of the value of bricks-and-mortar stores. Most new stores tend to be small, frequently 1,300 sq. ft. or less, and often fill a particular niche: Book Larder focuses on cookbooks; Curious Cup on children’s.
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Book Beat and Monkey See, Monkey Do Win Pannell Awards
This year’s winners of the Women’s National Book Association Pannell Awards are: Book Beat in Oak Park, Mich., and Monkey See, Monkey Do...Children’s Bookstore in Clarence, N.Y. The jury singled out Book Beat’s “passion and true understanding of children’s books and young readers.” They also cited its children’s and YA services, programs, and events, including its celebration of International Peace Day in local schools. Monkey See, Monkey Do was singled out for its innovative approaches to getting kids engaged with reading; its book clubs, reading, writing, and craft programs; and its summer camps serving 300 children.
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Canadian Booksellers Merge National Conference with Retail Council
The Canadian Booksellers Association's national conference coincides with BEA this year. That's bad timing, but CBA's senior manager says merging the event with the retail council's national gathering was the only way to save it.
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Bookstore Roundup: Openings, Awards, & Changing Hands
La Casa Azul celebrates its grand opening on June 1; Doylestown Bookshop has a new owner; and the Booksmith is honored during Small Business Week.
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National Retail Federation Begins Tax Fairness Campaign
In an effort to get congress to act on legislation that would make online retailers collect state sales tax, the National Retail Federation has launched a nationwide 60-day campaign to raise awareness about the issue among lawmakers and the public. “Our current sales tax system unfairly favors one set of retailers over another,” NRF president and CEO Matthew Shay said. “Congress is naming winners and losers by its failure to address this issue, and the brick-and-mortar retailers who create jobs across our country want action on this issue now.”
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Results Up at Books-A-Million
The addition of over 40 former Borders stores last fall helped to lift overall sales at Books-A-Million 10.5% in the first quarter ended April 28, to $113.1 million. Net loss from continuing operations in the period was cut to $1.9 million from $3.4 million. Comparable store sales fell 4.2% in the quarter.
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Kepler’s 2020 Launches Fundraising Campaign
Kepler’s 2020 project announced a fundraising goal of $250,000 by June 15 to keep the iconic Silicon Valley bookstore open and continue to reinvent it.
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B&N to Sell GPO e-Books
The U.S. Government Printing Office is extending the reach of its Federal e-books program through a partnership with Barnes & Noble to sell its books for the Nook eReader
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B&N Says New Concept Stores Are Not In Development
After a newspaper report surfaced about Barnes & Noble preparing to open a concept store in a former Borders in Bridgeport Village, Ore., a representative from the chain said the company is not developing new concept stores.
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