An idea has taken root in certain quarters that publishers aren't necessary any more. And for that matter, who needs bookstores? It's a seductive idea, but it gnores the fundamental realities of the book business.

Real-world bookstores are suffering. We all know why. However, they are far from gone from our lives, and the iconic San Francisco bookstore Keple...

When I say, "local bookstore," odds are good the first thing that comes to mind is not a book you've bought, but a person, a sense of place, even just a vague cozy feeling.

It's Independent Booksellers Week in the UK, but given that we're the ones who came up with Independence Day, we thought we'd celebrate by asking you ...

Last night, Ann Patchett appeared on "The Colbert Report" to defend physical bookstores everywhere. Colbert introduced her by praising the amount ...

What accounts for an upsurge in confidence among independent booksellers? In part, it's because of an increase in sales in many of these stores within the last quarter.

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

My husband gave me a Kindle for my birthday. At first I protested. As a writer, avid reader, and patron of indie bookstores with cats curled on floral armchairs, what did I want with this devilish contraption?

Are we now seeing the power shift from publishers to authors? A kind of Occupy Publishers' Row by enterprising authors? Or perhaps an Author Spring?

The Daily Show last night featured a piece on the decline of the bookstore. Author and comedian John Hodgman asked Jon Stewart, "Did you know books us...

About 130 North Texans will lose their jobs after bookstore megachain Borders recently announced it would fold. A total of 17,000 Borders employees ac...

Baldface Books is celebrating a milestone....

A green charity offering books for free aims to open an outlet in every town in the UK, and has called on publishers to donate titles....

Independence Day 2011--it's approaching next week, and we wanted to celebrate the spirit of independence in books. In a difficult economy and a landsc...

Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group has named the best indie books of 2011....

There's a theory that independent bookstores can't survive in the age of digital tomes. ...

I'm on book tour with The Four Ms. Bradwells. That's the good news and the bad.

Question: What is BookEnds, and how long has it been in business? Answer: BookEnds is a used, new and rare bookstore that also sells bookends, book...

In a clean sweep for the heartland, Anderson’s Books, which includes Anderson’s Bookshops in Naperville and Downer’s Grove, Ill., ABCFairs, and ...

DONNA BOOKMAN, the appropriately named manager of Emerson and Cook Book Co. in Old Saybrook, has been having some dispiriting conversations with her o...

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

The list of 200 Borders bookstores was obtained from court records. I located the alternative bookstores using a variety of online sources (Indiebound...

Increasingly, consumers are ordering print books online and reading e-books delivered instantly to mobile devices and e-readers such as Amazon's Kindl...

With Borders Books in trouble but Barnes and Noble doing well, and with indie bookstores getting so much positive attention, it seems like so many wac...