#Bookselling

Source: Sunny Skyz When owners of a bookstore faced an emergency, workers from five other bookstores jumped in to help them stay in business. Jennifer and Seth / Credit: Sara Butler Jennifer Powell and her husband Seth Marko own The Book Catapult in San Diego, California. Last month, Marko had

Author: David Streitfeld / Source: New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — A worldwide strike by antiquarian booksellers against an Amazon subsidiary proved successful after two days, with the retailer apologizing and saying it would cancel the actions that prompted the protest. It was a rare concerted

Author: David Streitfeld / Source: New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — More than 250 antiquarian book dealers in 24 countries say they are pulling over a million books off an Amazon-owned site for a week, an impromptu protest after the site abruptly moved to ban sellers from several nations. The

Source: Good News Network When a desperate independent bookseller tweeted about experiencing the “worst day ever” in sales, the community responded in full force. 28-year-old Georgia Duffy took to social media earlier this week saying that her book store, Imagined Things in Harrogate, England,

Author: Eric Grundhauser / Source: Atlas Obscura Saturday, April 28 is Independent Bookstore Day, the day each year when we celebrate the importance of small book shops around the world. To mark the occasion, we asked Atlas Obscura readers to tell us about their favorite local book sellers, and