With the Paris Olympics just days away, there's heartening news for the Seine River Booksellers. As reported in April 2023, these iconic kiosks faced mounting pressure to dismantle ahead of the Olympic Games' opening ceremony, set to unfold not in a stadium but along the river. Organizers envisioned a spectacle where athletes would parade down the Seine in various … [Read more...] about Parisian Booksellers Win Olympic Standoff
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James Patterson Makes New Donation to Bookshops
Bestselling author James Patterson has run a number of programs that supply grant-type funding for bookstores, committing significant funds to helping independent retailers keep their doors open. Those grants have served for projects like building in video conferencing capabilities to have virtual author signings in the store, to renovations, to even just paying shop employees … [Read more...] about James Patterson Makes New Donation to Bookshops
AAP Says eBook Sales Increased by 3.8%, But Indies Ignored
The Association of American Publishers has released the results of a survey which polled more than 1,200 US publishers on sales data, a hot topic among self-published authors, lately. According to the survey, ebooks sales in the adult trade fiction category increased in 2013 over 2012, up 3.8% to a yearly total of $1.3 billion. The organization says that this is a far cry from … [Read more...] about AAP Says eBook Sales Increased by 3.8%, But Indies Ignored
BookNet Canada 2013 Report: Print Book Sales Declined
New data comes in each year about the viability of the print and ebook markets in different regions around the world, and BookNet Canada has now released its findings for the print market in 2013. While it's data is only on print sales (no digital editions) and does not incorporate the sales from online retailers either from within the country or abroad, it does still offer … [Read more...] about BookNet Canada 2013 Report: Print Book Sales Declined
Quebec Considers Move towards Uniform Book Prices
In what is sure to become a hotly contested issue, the government of Quebec is looking at legislation that would make book prices mandated by the publishers and nearly unchangeable by the retailers. In what was supposed to be a move to give the independent booksellers a leg up over major chain retailers, online retailers, AND ebook distributors, the publishers would set one … [Read more...] about Quebec Considers Move towards Uniform Book Prices