Independent Booksellers

An Open Letter From an Indie Author to America's Independent Booksellers

Hillary Rettig | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Independent Booksellers, Farhad Manjoo, Hillary Rettig, 7 Secrets of the Prolific, Barry Eisler, Salon, Amazon, Joe Konrath, Books News

Many indie authors, as it happens, are highly entrepreneurial and professional, and many of us are managing to sell our books on Amazon and elsewhere, so why shouldn't you be able to work with us and cash in?

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How Will We Read: On Main Street?

C. M. Rubin | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Ereaders, Independent Booksellers, The Real Alice in Wonderland Book, Google Ebooks, C. M. Rubin, Ebook Agency Model, Indiebound, Oren Teicher, ABA IndieCommerce, American Booksellers Association, Indie Bookstores, How Will We Read, Ebooks, The Future of Books, The ABA, Books News

Many independent book stores are already redefining their role for the future by finding new and compelling ways to differentiate themselves from online retailers.

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Technology and the Independent Bookstore (Part 2)

Christin Evans | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: American Booksellers Association, Independent Booksellers, Retail, Independent Bookstore, Ecommerce, Technology, Bookstores, Independent Bookstores, Books News

IndieCommerce is a clunky response to Amazon's efficient and elegant solution to selling books online. Independent bookstores need their own efficient and elegant solution.

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Independent Booksellers Choice Awards Announced: Join The Debate On Who Should Win!

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indie Bookstores, Independent Booksellers, Book Publishing, Melville House, Independent Publishers, Indie Publishing, Literary Prizes, Books News

Yesterday, Melville House, in addition to many other independent publishers, announced the first Independent Booksellers Choice Awards. They are doing...

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'The Tower, The Zoo, And The Tortoise': This Summer's Surprise Beach Read?

USA Today | Craig Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Independent Booksellers, Tower of London, Julia Stuart, The Tower the Zoo and the Tortoise, Zoo, Beach Reading, Summer Reading, Reading, Book Review, Books News

Can a quirky novel about a hapless Beefeater guard at the Tower of London and his 181-year-old pet tortoise, Mrs. Cook, be August's hot beach read?...

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Indie Bookstores Rising: New York Mag Gets Up Close And Personal With New York City's Independents

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Independent Bookstores, Jonathan Franzen, Jhumpa Lahiri, Bookstores, Books, Indie Bookstores, Independent Booksellers, New York, New York City, New York Magazine, Books News

New York Magazine has a great feature in its Books section today celebrating the independent bookstores of New York City. It consists of six different...

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Small Bookstore Survives Economy

Naperville Sun | David Sharos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Local Bookseller, Independent Booksellers, Small Business, Anderson's Bookshop, Barnes and Nobles, Books, Independent Bookstores, Reading, Bookstores, Books News

Some might call it "the little engine that could." Others might just see it as an iconic symbol of Naperville. Or maybe it proves that the mom and pop...

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Summer Reading: Indie Booksellers Pick 15 Great New Beach Reads (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, Independent Booksellers, Summer Reading, The Passage, Books, Beach Reads, Independent Bookstores, New Books, Indie Next, Indie Bookstores, Slidepollajax, Reading, Bookstores, Books News

Lists of the best summer beach reads abound at this time of year and independent booksellers are some of the most trustworthy sources when it comes to...

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Will Pajama Parties and Snail Races Save UK Indie Booksellers?

The Bookseller | Victoria Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Independent Booksellers, Publishing, Books, Independent Bookstores, Carol Ann Duffy, Bookselling, Books News

Snail racing, pyjama parties and cookie decorating are just some of the events taking place in bookshops across the country next week to celebrate Ind...

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Amazon Tries For Online Bookselling Monopoly In Europe

MobyLives | Dennis Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Independent Bookstores, Europe Bookstores, Bookstores, Amazon Monopoly, Bookselling, Books, Independent Booksellers, Monopoly, Amazon, Books News

The Independent Online Booksellers Association has issued a public letter to the EU and fair trade offices in Germany, the UK, France and elsewhere co...

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Summer Reading: Independent Booksellers Share Their Top Picks For Summer Reading

NPR | Sam Wasson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Beach Reads, Summer Reading, Independent Bookstores, Reading, The Lonely Polygamist, Books, Independent Booksellers, Books News

This summer's rays of literary sunshine come from 15 authors whose topics range from loaves of bread to small-town life in the Texas Hill Country. The...

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At BookExpo America, Anxiety Amid The Chatter

The New York Times | JULIE BOSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: BookExpo America, Book Publishing, Books, Bookexpo, Ebooks, Independent Booksellers, Bea, Booksellers, Books News

As the book industry gathered for its annual convention in New York this week, it had plenty to be nervous about: the threat of piracy, the decline of...

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Evolve or Die: Why Reinvent Independent Bookstores?

Praveen Madan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Business, Book Industry, Reinvention, Independent Booksellers, Booksmith, Charles Darwin, Independent Bookstores, Walmart, Target, Bookstores, Bookselling, San Francisco, Books, Books News

We believe that independent bookstores can have a great future and we are betting our careers on it.

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The Year's 9 Best Books From Small Publishers

Kevin Sampsell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Two Dollar Radio, Independent Booksellers, Book Publishing, Powell's, Small Press, Jello Horse, Publishing Genius, Bookstores, Small Publisher, Independents, Books News

I see a lot of cool stuff from authors before anyone else has even heard of them. 2009 was no exception. Here are the highlights from my own personal reading list.

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Fire Sale on Bestselling Books? Not Quite.

Geoffrey Jennings | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Independent Booksellers, Retail, Book Publishing, Booksellers, Book, Retail Sales, Books, Independent Bookstores, Bestsellers, Books News

For major online retailers the entire category of books is a loss leader. They want to sell you anything and everything; their lure is cheap books.

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The Publishers Run into Sharp Elbows

William Petrocelli | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crown Books, Walmart, Book Publishing, Future of Publishing, Bookselling, Publishing History, Bertelsmann, Independent Booksellers, Barnes and Noble, Target, Publishing, Anti-Trust Laws, Viacom, Borders, Books, Amazon, Costco, Books News

Many familiar independent booksellers are gone, and they've been replaced by big-box retailers with far sharper elbows. At the moment, they -- not the publishers -- appear to be controlling the book business.

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UK Supermarket Tesco Helps Struggling Independent Bookshop

The Guardian | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, Price Wars. Book Discounts, Independent Bookstores, Tesco, Bookstores, Bookselling, Grocery Stores, Supermarkets, Books, Independent Booksellers, Bestsellers, Amazon, Books News

It's no secret that, faced with cutthroat competition from the supermarkets and Amazon, independent booksellers are struggling to survive. But in a ch...

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I Sell Books. More Specifically, I Sell Time.

Geoffrey Jennings | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Selling Books, Bookselling, Independent Bookstores, Books, Independent Booksellers, Booksellers, Bookstores, Books News

The number of independent booksellers is growing, and the explanation is very simple. Independent booksellers sell books.

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Independent Bookstores Prospering As Chains Falter

Chi-Town Daily News | BRIAN ORTBAL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Myopic Books, Independent Booksellers, Independent Bookstores, Chicago Independent Bookstores, Ravenswood Used Books, Chicago News

There's little question the recession is hitting book sellers, with Borders announcing last week it would close its flagship Magnificent Mile store. ...

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How to Save Books from Extinction

Danny Groner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Independent Booksellers, Book Publishing, Publishing, Publishing Companies, Publishing Industry, Books, Publishers, Technology, Independent Media, Indie and Small Press Book Fair, Healthy Living News

Last week the publishing world was shaken by word of layoffs and reorganization inside some of the top publishing houses. While the written word is st...

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A Tale of Two Obama Books: Why Do Progressives Still Not Get It?

Jennifer Nix | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blogs, Independent Booksellers, Robert Kuttner, Publishing, Obama Nation, Margo Baldwin, Glenn Greenwald, George Lakoff, Chelsea Green, Progressive Media, Jerome Corsi, Obama's Challenge, Technology, Barack Obama, Barnes and Noble, Media News

Obama Nation is a pathetic excuse for a book and is just one more example of how the right effectively moves their lies into the national discourse while the left fails to do so with progressive ideas.

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