independent bookstores

1 min read 2022-04-15 02:23:00

Get Ready for Independent Bookstore Day!

Independent Bookstore Day takes place this Saturday, April 30, and is a nationwide event celebrated by independent bookstore owners, their patrons,

2 min read 2022-03-04 21:00:00

Every day at The Overhead Wire, we collect news about cities and send the links to our email list. At the end of the week we take some of the most

1 min read 2021-12-21 22:00:29

Boston.com profiles this doctor who left the medical profession to open a bookstore. Booksellers gone wild: Amazon’s marketplace allows absurd

1 min read 2021-12-14 22:00:09

Independent Bookstore Day will be held on April 30. Check out the oldest gay bookstore in the country, located in Philadelphia. Yu and Me Bookstore,

1 min read 2021-11-09 22:00:34

Indie booksellers continue to imagine a place for themselves in the shadow of Amazon. The AV Club looks at how bookstores are preparing for the

1 min read 2021-10-24 18:23:29

A day with books. Is there any better kind of day? Before I lapse into poetry I want to put in one more plug for the Easton Book Festival.

6 min read 2021-03-26 13:08:40

Madison Duckworth and owner Susan Selfors at Liberty Bay Books, Bainbridge Island In spite of the challenges of Pandemic closures, children’s

6 min read 2021-02-03 14:00:20

Today, I am delighted to welcome Rajani Narasimhan LaRocca to Mixed-Up Files to talk about her experience writing RED, WHITE,

2 min read 2021-01-29 18:23:25

Work isn’t the best place to express yourself. Once a marketer asked for input from everyone concerning their favorite independent bookshop.

3 min read 2021-01-18 05:00:56

Our favourite bookstores in Hong Kong. Wether you’re hunting down a rare, first edition of William Shakespeare sonnets or hoping to be inspired by

9 min read 2020-12-14 14:00:43

Given the challenges of the pandemic, many independent bookstores have turned increasingly to online sales to survive. Deborah Day, founder and CEO

3 min read 2020-12-02 23:00:23

Looking for gifts you can feel good about? Going to an local, independent bookstore (or ordering from them online) is a one-two punch. You get to

9 min read 2020-12-02 13:30:28

It’s time to explore new book releases for the middle-grade readers in your life! I’m sitting at my desk, in my cozy office with a view of the

1 min read 2020-11-28 13:00:00

DEBORAH CROMBIE: So Thanksgiving is over and all of a sudden it's almost December and time to Christmas shop and--EEEK--I have not found a single

2 min read 2020-11-26 00:46:17

Here’s some inspiration for gift giving that offers a bit in the way of comfort and cozy, and that extends an invitation for getting out of your