Bookish Intelligence Report: Booksellers

21 Mar

With news of Borders new round of closings around the country, we’re focusing a special Bookish Intelligence Report on book sellers, the good and the bad news of the once thriving industry.

  • Working class Rochester, NY still pushes forward with traditional booksellers in the face of the changing industry (via Democrat and Chronicle)
  • In India, even the opening of one new bookseller is a triumph (via Deccan Herald)
  • New Zealanders are watching box-store booksellers tumble as well (via Stuff NZ)
  • Intimacy and the personal touch, things that indie sellers in Colorado excel at (via Daily Camera)
  • In Borders backyard, an indie book store survives (via Kansas City Star)
  • Heading to Leicester, UK then a local has some booksellers you should visit (via Wells People)
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  1. B3 Week in Review « Boston Book Bums - March 26, 2011

    [...] Monday: A pair of Bookish Intelligence Reports start the week, with general book news and one about booksellers. And ahead of tomorrow’s review of The Peach Keeper, we interview author Sarah Addison [...]

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