Tucson’s Antigone Books is being sold to three of its employees
Last month, we wrote about developments at Cambridge, Massachusetts’s Porter Square Books, whose owners, Dina Mardell and David Sandberg, are passing it along to a group of senior staff members. Now, Patty Machelor writes… Read more »
Porter Square Books is being sold to its staff
It seems that things are changing pretty quickly in the world of brick-and-mortar bookselling. No one has managed to put out the tire fire at Barnes and Noble, not even by… Read more »
Misled youth have been stealing the same books for a long time
Porter Square Books—a Cambridge, Massachusetts indie bookseller and dear friend of Melville House—has a problem. It’s an ongoing problem, and one shared by many booksellers: a very specific set of books keep… Read more »
Transforming the art of the bookstore reading: An interview with Josh Cook
Josh Cook is a man of many talents. He’s a bookseller at the great Porter Square Books, in Somerville, Massachusetts; he’s the author of a brilliant and hilarious thriller, An… Read more »
Here’s what’s happening across the country on Indie Bookstore Day
You may have heard about Independent Bookstore Day, the inevitable and fantastic nationwide expansion of the previously Californian celebration of indie bookstores, booksellers, and all they represent. But do you know what’s… Read more »
Do indie bookstores “ban” books published by Amazon? Pt. 1: Josh Cook
Is Amazon censoring Hachette authors? Authors United seems to think so. And Ursula Le Guin agrees. When asked why she had joined Authors United, Le Guin told The New York Times “We’re… Read more »
Talking shop with an indie bookseller
This is an occasional series that asks some of our favorite independent booksellers a handful of simple questions. The questions are the same, but the answers (predictably) vary. If you’re… Read more »