#bookshops — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bookshops, aggregated by home.social.
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This might sound crazy, but is there anyone in New England (particularly the southeastern MA/RI area) who'd be interested in a used book shop excursion some time?
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Bradford council recently sold the Wool Exchange (£770,000 it went for at auction), which prompted me to dig this old piece out of my archives...
https://markcantrellauthor.substack.com/p/bradfords-wool-exchange-offers-quite
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Bricks and mortar bookshops making a comeback in the United States
Andy Hunter, CEO and founder of indie bookseller Bookshop.org, talking recently with Shannon Cudd of Fast Company: "People are really galvanizing around bookstores as a force for good in our culture," he says. "You see that in the fact that there are about 70% more bookstores now than there were six years ago in the United States. After 20 years of declining numbers, they're coming roaring back." This can only be a good thing.https://disassociated.com/bricks-mortar-bookshops-comeback-united-states/
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Today's recuperation walk took me to Thorne Records , chat with the guys, pick out some #vinyl therapy, then across to my bookshop.
Hugs & nice catch up with chums, even recommended & sold a few books to people. Felt good, even just for a hour.
#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon #Bruntsfield
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Today's recuperation walk took me to Thorne Records , chat with the guys, pick out some #vinyl therapy, then across to my bookshop.
Hugs & nice catch up with chums, even recommended & sold a few books to people. Felt good, even just for a hour.
#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon #Bruntsfield
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Today's recuperation walk took me to Thorne Records , chat with the guys, pick out some #vinyl therapy, then across to my bookshop.
Hugs & nice catch up with chums, even recommended & sold a few books to people. Felt good, even just for a hour.
#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon #Bruntsfield
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Today's recuperation walk took me to Thorne Records , chat with the guys, pick out some #vinyl therapy, then across to my bookshop.
Hugs & nice catch up with chums, even recommended & sold a few books to people. Felt good, even just for a hour.
#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon #Bruntsfield
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Today's recuperation walk took me to Thorne Records , chat with the guys, pick out some #vinyl therapy, then across to my bookshop.
Hugs & nice catch up with chums, even recommended & sold a few books to people. Felt good, even just for a hour.
#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon #Bruntsfield
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Spotify partners with Bookshop.org to sell paper books
Spotify members in the United States and United Kingdom will soon be able to buy paper, or physical books, through the music streaming app, by way of a partnership with Bookshop.org, supporters of local and indie bookstores. With just over seven-hundred-and-fifty million monthly active Spotify users, the partnership will surely be a shot in the arm for authors and book publishers. It would of course be ideal if the joint venture (I hesitate to say deal, the word seems a little overused at […]https://disassociated.com/spotify-partners-bookshop-org-sell-paper-books/
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"About 422 new indie bookshops opened in 2025, according to the American Booksellers Association, a 31% rise from 2024."
Nice!
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/19/independent-bookstores-comeback
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My local bookstore @prismaticpages will start publishing books under the name Prismatic Press 📚
If you want to join the launch party / signing for their first book, That Quiet Fog by Jay Samuel, follow the link:
🎈 https://shop.prismaticpages.com/products/book-launch-and-party-that-quiet-fog-by-jay-samuel
#books #bookstodon #oslo #allheimen #thatQuietFog #JaySamuel #bookshops #bookstores
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I’m coming back to #pontypridd - tickets here
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Storyville-Books/t-pllqpog
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Went to an event at a bookstore last night in St. Pete. I asked if they would carry my book and they said that unless I had a way to currently promote (such as Instagram) they wouldn’t carry it. I explained it came out in 2022 and there was a flurry of press & social media promo at the time, but now it’s a word-of-mouth thing. I get that #bookshops are struggling to survive but I do know that Shotgun is the kind of book ppl may become interested in simply by stumbling upon it.
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Delighted to see my chum and former colleague Caden win the Scottish Independent Bookshop of the Year award https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/03/newington-bookshop-wins-at-british-book-awards/
I know when they worked with us, setting up their own romance-themed bookshop was their dream. In a year and a half they & their team & supporters have really built it into a community space.
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon
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Delighted to see my chum and former colleague Caden win the Scottish Independent Bookshop of the Year award https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/03/newington-bookshop-wins-at-british-book-awards/
I know when they worked with us, setting up their own romance-themed bookshop was their dream. In a year and a half they & their team & supporters have really built it into a community space.
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon
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Delighted to see my chum and former colleague Caden win the Scottish Independent Bookshop of the Year award https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/03/newington-bookshop-wins-at-british-book-awards/
I know when they worked with us, setting up their own romance-themed bookshop was their dream. In a year and a half they & their team & supporters have really built it into a community space.
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon
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Delighted to see my chum and former colleague Caden win the Scottish Independent Bookshop of the Year award https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/03/newington-bookshop-wins-at-british-book-awards/
I know when they worked with us, setting up their own romance-themed bookshop was their dream. In a year and a half they & their team & supporters have really built it into a community space.
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon
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Delighted to see my chum and former colleague Caden win the Scottish Independent Bookshop of the Year award https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/03/newington-bookshop-wins-at-british-book-awards/
I know when they worked with us, setting up their own romance-themed bookshop was their dream. In a year and a half they & their team & supporters have really built it into a community space.
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/10/why-independent-bookshops-strike-fear-in-the-heart-of-germanys-culture-tsar. "This year, for the first time, three #bookshops disappeared from the jury’s list... The #ministry of #culture deleted them, due to ''information [from]... the #domestic #intelligence agency'... A quick look at the three bookshops is telling: they are #antifascist, they are proud of it & they are institutions in their #communities."
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I am starting another bookshop and library tour in late April - tour dates here and more being added - including Devon and Cornwall at end of June
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Best-loved Indie used/rare bookstores visited to date
Identified below are my favorite independent used bookstores that have been visited thus far. Not included are chains like Half-Price Books. Several of those listed are also sellers of rare and collectible books, as well. While many bookstores today sell some used/rare books, this list emphasizes those shops that primarily focus on used and/or rare books.
As more used/rare bookstores are visited both here and abroad, the treasured ones will be added to this list. Stay tuned!
Peace!
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Big Star Books & Music – Santa Fe, New Mexico – added 4/19/26
Big Star Books & MusicCurious Book Shop – East Lansing, Michigan
Defunct Books – Nashville (Five Points), Tennessee
Defunct BooksEast Nashville Books – Nashville, Tennessee – added 5/10/26
Grimey’s Preloved Music and Books – Nashville, Tennessee
Landmark Books – Traverse City, Michigan – books and vintage typewriters, oh my!
Open Door Bookshop – Roma (Trastevere), Italy – I love this store and my favorite outside the USA.
Open Door Bookshop Open Door BookshopLegatoria/Libraio Prampolini – Catania, Sicily, Italy – ‘literally’ an Italian institution
Quirky Used Books – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Second Story Books – Durango, Colorado – none better in the USA. Two floors of absolute perfection. So much charm and uniqueness, including books displayed in three old vaults. An absolute gem! – added 3/24/26
One of three vaults in Second Story Books View of the second floor at Second Story BooksUnder Charlie’s Covers – Albuquerque (Bernalillo), New Mexico – sadly closing in May 2026 due to a substantial rent increase.
#books #bookshops #booskstores #browsing #cities #culture #fun #geography #history #Italy #landUse #ThirdPlaces #tourism #travel #usedBooks -
Best-loved Indie used/rare bookstores visited to date
Identified below are my favorite independent used bookstores that have been visited thus far. Not included are chains like Half-Price Books. Several of those listed are also sellers of rare and collectible books, as well. While many bookstores today sell some used/rare books, this list emphasizes those shops that primarily focus on used and/or rare books.
As more used/rare bookstores are visited both here and abroad, the treasured ones will be added to this list. Stay tuned!
Peace!
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Big Star Books & Music – Santa Fe, New Mexico – added 4/19/26
Big Star Books & MusicCurious Book Shop – East Lansing, Michigan
Defunct Books – Nashville (Five Points), Tennessee
Defunct BooksEast Nashville Books – Nashville, Tennessee – added 5/10/26
Grimey’s Preloved Music and Books – Nashville, Tennessee
Landmark Books – Traverse City, Michigan – books and vintage typewriters, oh my!
Open Door Bookshop – Roma (Trastevere), Italy – I love this store and my favorite outside the USA.
Open Door Bookshop Open Door BookshopLegatoria/Libraio Prampolini – Catania, Sicily, Italy – ‘literally’ an Italian institution
Quirky Used Books – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Second Story Books – Durango, Colorado – none better in the USA. Two floors of absolute perfection. So much charm and uniqueness, including books displayed in three old vaults. An absolute gem! – added 3/24/26
One of three vaults in Second Story Books View of the second floor at Second Story BooksUnder Charlie’s Covers – Albuquerque (Bernalillo), New Mexico – sadly closing in May 2026 due to a substantial rent increase.
#books #bookshops #booskstores #browsing #cities #culture #fun #geography #history #Italy #landUse #ThirdPlaces #tourism #travel #usedBooks -
More to come but this is roughly how my tour for paperback of Normally Weird & Weirdly Normal looks which coincides with publication of new poetry book Let the Quiet Ones Rise #adhd #autism #neurodivergent #poetry #bookshops #reading
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Apparently tickets are slow for next week’s poetry show in READING - so time to plug
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Early morning in the bookshop, just waking the slumbering tomes before opening and Storytime.
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#Bruntsfield #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #bookshops #librairies #photography #photographie
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Early morning in the bookshop, just waking the slumbering tomes before opening and Storytime.
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#Bruntsfield #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #bookshops #librairies #photography #photographie
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Early morning in the bookshop, just waking the slumbering tomes before opening and Storytime.
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#Bruntsfield #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #bookshops #librairies #photography #photographie
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Early morning in the bookshop, just waking the slumbering tomes before opening and Storytime.
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#Bruntsfield #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #bookshops #librairies #photography #photographie
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Waterstones boss says he's willing to sell slop if there's profit in it for them.
He does at least say that it should be clearly labelled. And that "we as booksellers would certainly naturally and instinctively disdain it".
And, if you think about the quality of a lot of published content by "celebrity authors", would we ACTUALLY be able to tell the difference in some cases?
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>>The Barnes & Noble chain, also owned by Elliott and where Daunt is also the CEO, is benefiting in the US – where it is planning 60 new stores a year – from building on experience with Waterstones to open “much, much better bookshops” and training up and empowering its booksellers, he says.<<
Ha! When Tim Waterstone opened his first bookshop in London in 1982, he drew inspiration from US bookstores....including Barnes & Noble!
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/17/waterstones-strong-sales-younger-adults-book-buying
#Books #Bookshops #Bookstores #Waterstones #BarnesAndNoble #Retail
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Fab to catch up with one of my old #comics buddies yesterday, as Neill Cameron swung by @TheEdinburghBookshop to sign copies of his fab Donut Squad, a big hit with our younger readers, on his way to @edbookfest
#books #livres #Bookstodon #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #author #auteur #NeillCameron #DonutSquad #MegaRoboBros #GraphicNovels #BandeDessinee #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse #ComicsForKids #bookshops #librairies
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Fab to catch up with one of my old #comics buddies yesterday, as Neill Cameron swung by @TheEdinburghBookshop to sign copies of his fab Donut Squad, a big hit with our younger readers, on his way to @edbookfest
#books #livres #Bookstodon #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #author #auteur #NeillCameron #DonutSquad #MegaRoboBros #GraphicNovels #BandeDessinee #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse #ComicsForKids #bookshops #librairies
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Fab to catch up with one of my old #comics buddies yesterday, as Neill Cameron swung by @TheEdinburghBookshop to sign copies of his fab Donut Squad, a big hit with our younger readers, on his way to @edbookfest
#books #livres #Bookstodon #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #author #auteur #NeillCameron #DonutSquad #MegaRoboBros #GraphicNovels #BandeDessinee #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse #ComicsForKids #bookshops #librairies
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Fab to catch up with one of my old #comics buddies yesterday, as Neill Cameron swung by @TheEdinburghBookshop to sign copies of his fab Donut Squad, a big hit with our younger readers, on his way to @edbookfest
#books #livres #Bookstodon #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #author #auteur #NeillCameron #DonutSquad #MegaRoboBros #GraphicNovels #BandeDessinee #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse #ComicsForKids #bookshops #librairies
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3300 books on sale at @[email protected] are now listed at @[email protected]:
https://kirja.casa/user/mustankaninkolo/books/mkk-956It took us about 10 person-hours to scan barcodes on some 4000 books, yielding 3400 unique ISBNs. There were probably another 500-1000 books with ISBN but no barcode, and 2000 books without ISBN. These can be handled at a later stage.
Thanks @ileoo for writing the #Finna integration for #Bookwyrm! Without it, most books would not have been found.
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Broth makes it across the river, with a first appearance in #NorthLondon
Get your copy of Diana Evans's 'lean, quiet and shocking' short story at the Book Art Bookshop on Pitfield Street N1, or at https://www.fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans
#books #reading #writing #fiction #bookshops #publishing #bookstodon @bookstodon
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Taken this day, 2024, Hannah Kaner at the @TheEdinburghBookshop
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/53489418893/#author #books #livres #BookTwitter #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #fantasy #Godkiller #HannahKaner #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon
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Taken this day, 2024, Hannah Kaner at the @TheEdinburghBookshop
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/53489418893/#author #books #livres #BookTwitter #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #fantasy #Godkiller #HannahKaner #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon
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Taken this day, 2024, Hannah Kaner at the @TheEdinburghBookshop
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/53489418893/#author #books #livres #BookTwitter #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #fantasy #Godkiller #HannahKaner #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon
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Taken this day, 2024, Hannah Kaner at the @TheEdinburghBookshop
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/53489418893/#author #books #livres #BookTwitter #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #fantasy #Godkiller #HannahKaner #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon
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Taken this day, 2024, Hannah Kaner at the @TheEdinburghBookshop
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/53489418893/#author #books #livres #BookTwitter #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #fantasy #Godkiller #HannahKaner #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon
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From an evening of witches and poisons and women with attitude, Rosie Hewlett (Medea) & Cathryn Kemp (A Poisoner's Tale) with @TheEdinburghBookshop 's Stephanie, for a fascinating discussion https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/54117023608/in/dateposted/
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #photography #photographie #Bruntsfield #author #aueteur #bookshops #librairies #Medea #APoisonersTale #CathrynKemp #Stephanie #RosieHewlett #bookstodon
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Lot's of talk about the music industry this week just gone, Adobe announced its Firefly AI video module and Creative Australia put out AI principles.
https://eb.wtf/406uvtU
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We had our first visit in the new bookshop from one of our favourite four legged regulars, Sylvie, and her human, Alan.
Sylvie is the @canongatebooks office hound, and one of the huggiest doggos I know, she goes round each of us in turn for warm cuddles. She's one of the things that makes your day better.
Blurred pics as she never stops moving!
#dog #chien #dogs #chiens #sylvie #doggo #photography #photographie #bookshops #librairies
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Current reading. It dropped on my Kindle at midnight, tho I was asleep soon after. Now three chapters through, and enjoying it. It's book 5 in Deborah Harkness's "A Discovery of Witches" series of books. I also have a signed copy coming from Toppings. I'm not going to rush reading it and will savour it. #Books #Reading #Bookstodon #Fantasy #Romance #DeborahHarkness #DiscoveryOfWitches #BlackBirdOracle #TheBlackBirdOracle #SignedBooks #Bookshops #Topping #ToppingBooks #Kindle #ADiscoveryOfWitches
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#Edinburgh readers, a reminder that this very evening I will be in conversation with David Bishop as @TheEdinburghBookshop launches A Divine Fury from Macmillan , the fourth in the excellent Cesare Aldo series https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/d-v-bishop-a-divine-fury-book-launch
#Edimbourg #books #livres #Bruntsfield #DVBishop #DavidBishop #CesareAldo #ADivineFury #BookLaunch #bookshops #librairies #author #AuthorTalk #EdinburghBookshop #bookstodon
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Delighted to see my old chums, # creators Metaphrog in there too! Chatted for ages, I was recommended La Route by Manu Larcenet (adapting Cormac McCarthy), & Zoc by Jade Khoo, both pub Editions Dargaud, so added to my TBR pile (because a huge reading pile in English isn't enough, now I add French titles! Pourquoi non?)
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #comics #BandeDessinee #GraphicNovels #bookshops #librairies #Metaphrog #Dargaud #JadeKhoo #Zoc #LaRoute #ManuLarcenet #CormacMcCarthy
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Delighted to see my old chums, # creators Metaphrog in there too! Chatted for ages, I was recommended La Route by Manu Larcenet (adapting Cormac McCarthy), & Zoc by Jade Khoo, both pub Editions Dargaud, so added to my TBR pile (because a huge reading pile in English isn't enough, now I add French titles! Pourquoi non?)
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #comics #BandeDessinee #GraphicNovels #bookshops #librairies #Metaphrog #Dargaud #JadeKhoo #Zoc #LaRoute #ManuLarcenet #CormacMcCarthy