News: retail

New indie bookshop to open in Dartmoor

A new independent bookshop will open in the Dartmoor town of Okehampton this weekend, with Tolkien illustrator Alan Lee and children’s author Philip Reeve on hand to... Read more

Booker Prize stresses 2019 winner remains undecided after bookshop error

The Booker Prize has reassured readers the £50,000 literary award has “not yet been decided” – after a bookshop mistakenly branded copies of Margaret Atwood’s The... Read more

No-deal Brexit could put indies out of business, says Galley Beggar

Indie press Galley Beggar has warned of the impact a no-deal Brexit could have on publishing after learning of "crazy" government requirements on distribution, saying... Read more

Indie bookshop Pages launches writing course for men 'focused on works by womxn'

Indie bookshop Pages will run a men-only writing course on womxn’s writing with a view to diversifying literature. Read more

BA launches final round of £50k diversity fund grants for booksellers

The Booksellers Association (BA) has launched the last of three rounds of Diversity & Inclusiveness Grants for its members. Read more

Indie booksellers split on stocking David Cameron memoir

Indie booksellers are split on the issue of David Cameron's upcoming memoir, with some not stocking the book, with others only ordering in a very... Read more

Hachette UK and BA launch Sceptre Bookshop Award

Hachette UK and the Booksellers Association have launched a new £5,000 Sceptre Bookshop Award for stores that make an outstanding contribution to their community. ... Read more

Amazon apologises for 'technical error' following early US release of The Testaments

Amazon has apologised for the “technical error” which saw Margaret Atwood’s highly anticipated The Testaments distributed to some pre-order customers almost a week ahead of the publication... Read more

Fire-struck Walthamstow Waterstones reopens

Walthamstow Waterstones has reopened almost six weeks after sustaining a "minimal amount of damage" in a huge blaze across an east London shopping centre.... Read more

Summers departs Emerald for The Paperback Shop

Caroline Summers is leaving her role as head of book sales for academic publisher Emerald and taking up a new post as sales director at... Read more

Amazon US delivers pre-order copies of The Testaments a week early

Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments has been sent out to some readers a week before publication due to “retailer error”.... Read more

Pullman, Cowell and Phillips join Bookshop Day 2019 line-up

Philip Pullman, Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell and MP Jess Phillips are among the authors lined up to take part in this year's Bookshop Day with a bumper... Read more