Barnes & Noble announced it will open two new replacement stores on August 31. The first, in Tanasbourne Town Center in Hillsboro, OR outside of Portland, replaces a nearby location that closed last year. The second, in Stony Creek Market Place in Noblesville, IN, is “literally next door” to a store that closed in January.
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Barnes & Noble Stocking Policy Sparks Controversy Online
Last week, multiple middle grade and young adult authors, agents, and booksellers posted on Twitter about Barnes & Noble’s stocking policies, causing alarm online. A number of authors were finding out for the first time that their new hardcover releases will not be stocked at the chain, including Kelly Yang, Kalynn Bayron and Newbery winner Meg Medina. PL reached out to Barnes & Noble and publishers for clarity. The chain has been telling publishers for some time that middle grade hardcovers, as well as to a certain extent YA and adult fiction hardcovers, are not selling through well, and new title […]
Bookselling: Rockefeller Center to Add McNally Jackson
Rockefeller Center developer Tishman Speyer announced that McNally Jackson will open a 7,000-square-foot bookstore at 1 Rockefeller Plaza, expect to open in winter 2022.
Gardners to Wholesale UK Books From Florida Warehouse
The Little Group, parent of UK wholesaling business Gardners, is opening a warehouse in Hialeah, FL. They offer US bookstores “access to over 200,000 British books with efficient domestic shipping options,” for delivery within three to five days. Little Group’s All Media Supply already provides import CD, vinyl, DVD & Blu-ray and other products from the area.
Bookselling: Books Are Magic to Open Second Location
Five years after launching their first store, Books Are Magic owners Emma Straub and Michael Fusco-Straub will open a second location in Brooklyn, Time Out New York reports. The second store will be at 122 Montague St. in Brooklyn Heights and is expected to open in late October.
ABA Discusses Free Speech, E-Commerce Updates at Annual Meeting
The American Booksellers Association Annual Meeting and Town Hall was presented via Zoom yesterday, with board members and ceo Allison Hill sharing updates on the organization and fielding questions. In her president’s letter, Word bookstores owner Christine Onorati said, “Running our own businesses seems to get harder every single day,” she said. “And yet we are all committed to continuing the momentum for change that has begun and to make this a model that being guided by values and striving for success in business are not mutually exclusive concepts. We can do both. And we are trying to do exactly […]