#booksellers

Are Co-Op Bookstores the Future of Bookselling?

What are co-op bookstores, how do they work, and how can they address the problems booksellers face today?

Barnes & Noble Closes 400+ Stores; Employees Question What Happens Next

Bookselling giant Barnes & Noble began laying off employees this week as over 400 stores closed due to COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders.

Powell’s and McNally Jackson Staff Laid Off Amidst COVID-19 Closures

The two major independent booksellers are laying off employees as they close their physical shops in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

100 Years of Women in the Book World Being Kickass

Meet the Women’s National Book Association, created in 1917!

What I Miss About Being a Bookseller

A former independent bookseller on what she misses most about the job.

What Do Booksellers Read? – August 2015

Booksellers from Skylight Books, Politics & Prose, and Octavia Books let us peek at what they're reading.

Let’s Avoid Defining Beach Reads

The problem with letting the market define your vacation reading

What Do Booksellers Read? Part 2

Booksellers from around the country let us peek at their personal reading lists and never-fail picks.

What Do Booksellers Read?

Who knows books better than a bookseller? Here, booksellers from a few fantastic bookshops let us know what they’re reading — and what you should read too.

Blurbs: What Are They Good For?

Margaret Atwood shall blurb no more forever, but what effect to blurbs have on readers purchasing habits in the first place, I wonder?