Books for Africa, an organization that works to end the book famine in Africa, has been collecting and donating books to African students of all ages since its founding in… Read more »

A Room of One’s Own—an indie bookstore in Madison, WI that has been at it since the 70s—will be celebrating the long Fourth of July weekend by donating a portion… Read more »

A win for bookstores everywhere! In last week’s Publishers Weekly, Ed Nawotka reported on a local DC bookstore whose proposed tax break with local government is gaining momentum. Sankofa Video… Read more »

Since its debut, the ebook has come with a fair amount of philosophical baggage. Is it even a book? Is it the death of the book? Introduce the concepts of… Read more »

After weeks of reporting on how the Trump administration’s proposed tariffs on Chinese imports could affect publishing, Jim Milliot reports for Publishers Weekly that hearings began yesterday in Washington, D.C. with… Read more »

New York City has a new landmark—a bookstore. Break out the bubbly for The Strand, Manhattan’s legendary bookstore, just don’t expect to be cheered by the owners. Reporting for Publisher’s… Read more »

Early this week, we wrote that “Elliott Management, has purchased the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain for ‘roughly $683 million, including debt,’ according to Lauren Hirsch for CNBC.” Elliott Management, most notably, is… Read more »

According to Publishers Weekly, that is. In an article titled “Mixed Reviews for this Year’s Literary Fan Fest,” PW’s Claire Kirsh reports that BookCon, the YA fan festival that follows on the… Read more »

With the recent attention Jenny Odell’s How To Do Nothing is receiving, it’s no surprise readers are looking for more guidance and lifestyle books that blur the lines of psychology,… Read more »

The life of Chelsea Manning—an international caper that has had her called a traitor by some and a hero by others—could be described as operatic. (Indeed, there is literally an… Read more »