Timothy Armoo is an entrepreneur, the founder of Fanbytes, which he sold at the age of 26 for an eight-figure sum. That was the businessman’s second company he launched and sold on, after first doing the trick at 17. Now, at a little more than 30, he can add another accomplishment to his CV: number one in the Independent Bookshop Top 20.
As well as all the normal enjoyment of seeing your book on a shop shelf, I’m also slightly amazed when I stop to think that it was only 12 months ago that Iberia was in the same notepad I’m yet to fill.
The m.d. of the Booksellers Association pays tribute to its members and the shop-floor staff who have ensured bookshops remain central to high streets.
It might seem odd for a magazine called The Bookseller to have a dedicated issue for “booksellers”, but this week’s issue is a dedicated one for, well, booksellers.
The New Futures Initiative - launched at the end of September and announced in The Bookseller - is a scheme to reach out to individuals from underrepresented groups and encourage them - through mentoring and tangible support - to open a bricks and mortar bookshop.
The pandemic altered where readers bought books and the types of titles they purchased—and it’s time publishers used their profits to help bookshops out.
In the sequel to the author’s beloved bestseller, the titular house starts to behave erratically, and plucky heroine Marinka must travel through magical realms to find out why.
Alice Feeney may have just missed out on taking the number one slot in the Original Fiction Top 20, but her latest thriller My Husband’s Wife (Macmillan) has swept to the top of the Independent Bookshop Top 20.
The commentary around the tax hikes introduced by the chancellor at the last budget, which will impact pubs and retailers, risks minimising the cultural impact of bookshops.
Bookshops are ill-served by half-measures
The case for changing genres