NY bookstores are adding reading material to children's lunchboxes

Posted on 07/30/2020 at 04:21 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit all of us in some way, and has been particularly brutal on certain segments of...

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Tagged As: Bookstore, coronavirus / COVID-19, Reading

Publishers Weekly: Bolton's book isn't flying off all bookshelves

Posted on 06/24/2020 at 11:13 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Whether you were among those eagerly anticipating the book or those criticizing its author, you weren’t surprised to learn that...

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Tagged As: Bookstore, Memoir, Politics, Publishers Weekly

Harry Hoffman, president of Waldenbooks for 12 years, has died

Posted on 06/08/2020 at 03:19 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The man responsible for our fondest mall memories has passed away. The New York Times reports that Harry Hoffman, who...

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Tagged As: Bookstore, Obituary, The New York Times

Trade group criticizes Amazon's donation to bookstore charity

Posted on 04/27/2020 at 01:03 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Maybe there was a reason Amazon didn’t seek public acknowledgment of its donation to a bookstore charity. A day after...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Bookstore, Charity, The Bookseller

Bookstore charity identifies big donor as Amazon

Posted on 04/24/2020 at 11:47 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No country’s bookstores have been immune to the financial pressures of the coronavirus outbreak. So Britain’s shops weren’t alone in...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Bookstore, Charity, coronavirus / COVID-19, The Bookseller

City Lights Bookstore blows past GoFundMe campaign goal

Posted on 04/14/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Even the most famous and beloved bookstores are struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. But fortunately, City Lights Bookstore’s supporters rose...

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Tagged As: Bookstore, Charity

Ann Patchett on the paradox of owning a bookstore during a pandemic

Posted on 04/13/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No one is exactly finding themselves in charted territory these days. But life seems especially weird for bookstore owners, who...

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Tagged As: Bookstore, coronavirus / COVID-19, The Guardian, Women in literature

James Patterson donates $500,000 to indie bookstores

Posted on 04/02/2020 at 11:59 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The more things change, the more they don’t: bestselling author James Patterson is continuing to use his fortune to help...

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Tagged As: Bestsellers, Bookstore, Charity

How coronavirus is affecting the literary world

Posted on 03/17/2020 at 10:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We recognize that for many people, coronavirus coverage can greatly increase anxiety, and we don’t want to add any extra...

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Tagged As: Book lists, Bookstore, coronavirus / COVID-19

Thieves break into bookstore ... and its liquor stash

Posted on 02/15/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Forget a security system — what bookstores apparently need to catch burglars is a bottle (or two) of booze. The...

Tagged As: Bookstore, Just for fun, The Guardian