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News on Bookstores, Bookshops, and Book Retail Issues

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The Lunar New Year: China’s Book Market in 2021

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonFebruary 1, 2022Leave a Comment

In China, 2021 was a ‘grim’ year for physical bookstores, and online book sales also leveled off, according to research from Beijing OpenBook.

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Interview: Andy Hunter on Bookshop.org’s Second Anniversary

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonJanuary 27, 20224 Comments

Developed in a hurry for the US and UK, online retailer Bookshop.org is gearing up for international expansion to support indie booksellers.

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Barcelona’s Swank Llibreria Finestres: A Cultural Enterprise

In News by Olivia SnaijeJanuary 7, 2022Leave a Comment

Opened in April, Barcelona’s new, upscale Llibreria Finestres is a bookstore, its staff says, ‘on a human level.’

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Croatian Publisher Fraktura and Its Bookshop: ‘To Present Quality Books’

In News by Olivia SnaijeDecember 13, 20211 Comment

Now in its second year, the publisher-owned Fraktura bookshop serves as a hub of literary events and trusted recommendations in Zagreb.

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Germany’s Börsenverein Cheers New EU Flexibility on VAT Rates for Books

In News by Porter AndersonDecember 8, 2021Leave a Comment

ECOFIN’S adoption of a new allowance for VAT reductions means EU member-states have an option to lower taxation on books and more.

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Börsenverein Welcomes Principles of the German Coalition’s Draft

In News by Porter AndersonNovember 30, 2021Leave a Comment

Urban revitalization efforts and funding opportunities for publishers are encouraged by the Börsenverein as the country’s political parties debate initiatives.

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Canadian English-Language Bookstores: 2020 Shipping Cost Increases

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonOctober 7, 2021

A 2020 BookNet Canada survey of English-language Canadian independent booksellers shows that many stores had set up e-commerce before the pandemic.

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France’s Rentrée Littéraire: Books About COVID? Not Interested

In News by Olivia SnaijeSeptember 27, 2021

‘Publishers tried, but it really didn’t work,’ says one Paris bookseller about the question of pandemic-related books this year.

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PRH Publisher Services to Distribute IDW Comics Internationally

In News by Porter AndersonSeptember 20, 2021

The IDW-Penguin Random House Publisher Services agreement sees comic books, trade collections, and graphic novels going to ‘direct market.’

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Aaliya’s Books Closes Amid Beirut’s Economic and Political Crisis

In News by Olivia SnaijeSeptember 2, 2021

Aaliya’s Books, a much-loved Beirut bookstore named for a character in a Rabih Alameddine novel, has lost the battle to stay open—for now.

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