#BookStores

Bookseller and author Kim van Alkemade recommends three books set in bookstores that get the book business right.

Translated Japanese fiction is obsessed with quiet stories taking place in bookshops and cafes, but life and work in Japan is not as idyllic as it seems.

THE NEW YORK TIMES picks the best books of the year so far, a hopeful update on bookstores, a new BookTok bestseller list, and more

We have about 70% more bookstores than we did in 2000, according to one indie bookstore champion, how to sign up for BOOK IT!, and more.

"There are about 70% more bookstores now than there were six years ago in the United States," says Andy Hunter, the founder/CEO of Bookshop.org.…

Independent bookstores are beacons of hope, offering intangible commodities such as connection, empathy, and knowledge, in addition to physical books. The convenience and discounts of Amazon have long threatened their very existence.…

As a blizzard blasted the East Coast in late February, a thousand booksellers from independent bookstores across the U.S. packed their winter gear, changed flights and braved snow to get […]

Three booksellers, a museum director, and a writer share five titles that provide an introduction to the small island nation.

With Main Streets lined with bookstores, bars with author-inspired cocktails, and even Airbnbs where you can cosplay as a bookshop owner, these destinations should be on every bibliophile's bucket list.

Baltimore was dubbed “The City That Reads” in 1988, when newly elected Mayor Kurt Schmoke declared his intention to boost literacy in his inaugural address. The slogan was plastered on benches in t…