Posts Tagged ‘neighborhood bookstores’


Indie Bookstores: February 2012 News and Stories

John Kremer, Book Marketing Consultant

Tweet Some of the latest news and stories regarding independent bookstores, indie booksellers, and other booksellers. The Last Indies: Bookstores adapt to reader demands, technology – By Osayi Endolyn The lights went out for good at Outwrite Bookstore and Coffeehouse in January. But a trace of the distinct humor and spirit of Midtown’s LGBT literary [...]

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Top 700 BookstoresTop 700 Independent Bookstores Data Files — This list started out as 500, then 600, then 700, and now over 750 top general interest bookstores. It includes names of the book buyers and event coordinators, address, phone, fax, email, website, and other information about each bookstore.

You will be able to download six different formats (your choice of one or all) as well as an information sheet to let you know what is contained in the various data files. Data file download, $40.00. If you find any errors in any listing, we guarantee to hunt down the error and correct it for you immediately.


Independent Bookstores Have a Chance

Tweet Independent Bookstores Have a Chance – The closing of Borders, the building of communities, and the shop local movement give local booksellers a boost First there were the bookstore chains, then Amazon, then digital books, all seeming to threaten the very existence of the brick-and-mortar bookstore. Yet, in the wake of the recent closing [...]

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Indie Bookstores: Tourist Attractions

Tweet Guest post by Brian Feinblum This past summer I spent almost a week vacationing in Millerton, New York. It’s about 90 minutes from my Westchester life, but it seems much further than that when you consider how life is lived there. Things are scaled down in this town. It’s smaller, slower, less crowded, and [...]

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Skylight Books – Los Angeles, California

Tweet Skylight Books 1818 N Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, California 90027 Phone: 323-660-1175 Fax: 323-660-0232 Email: info@skylightbooks.com Web: http://www.skylightbooks.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/skylightbooks Events: events@skylightbooks.com Motto: Literature with an edge. Book Buyers: Emily Pullen and Charles Hauther Manager: Kerry Slattery Owners: 11 partners Specialties: literary fiction, film/theater, gay/lesbian, alternative ===== On day in October, 2011, Skylight Books [...]

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