The celebration of indie booksellers will be held on April 24 with the public-facing campaign launching Tuesday, April 6.
Print book sales up in games, education, and thrillers in 2020: BookNet report
The Canadian Book Market 2020 found that although the value of print-book sales was down 5.3 per cent from 2019, certain categories saw growth from the previous year.
Sales double for Saskatoon indie bookseller during pandemic
A Saskatoon independent bookseller credits the ongoing pandemic’s shakeup of retail habits with turning his business around in 2020.
Shop Local button connects readers to indie bookstores with a click
Bookmanager is formally launching the feature later this month.
Bestsellers: How mental-health bookstore Odin Books is helping people cope during COVID-19
Odin Books is one of the only bookstores in Canada focused on normalizing conversations around mental health.
Sales boomed for indie bookstores in December
Book sales in December 2020 soared by 33 per cent over the previous year.
U.K. fashion retailer Peter Ruis named president of Indigo
Indigo, Atlantic publisher partnership delivers holiday sales bump
The success is a win for Indigo’s new local-experience strategy.
Toronto’s Parentbooks, closing after nearly 35 years, was an international destination and community touchstone
The store closes after nearly 35 years in operation at the end of January.
CIBA: Canadian indie booksellers blame Amazon for forcing PRH/S&S mega-merger
The Canadian Independent Booksellers Association has released a statement expressing concern over the proposed sale of Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House’s parent company Bertelsmann.
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