In the week since the killings at Charlie Hebdo in Paris, the phrase “Je suis Charlie” (“I am Charlie”) has become a rallying cry for free speech. CNN Money reported… Read more »

This spring, Chicago will get a food-themed bookstore, Claire Kirch reports for Publishers Weekly. Offering cookbooks as well as a wide range of other food-related titles, the new store is… Read more »

A longtime fixture at Grand Central Terminal, Posman Books is being forced out of its location there, Judith Rosen reports for Publishers Weekly. Due to ongoing real estate developments around… Read more »

In a move that might have dismayed the late J.D. Salinger, independent press the Deavault-Graves Agency has released a newly compiled book of stories by the author. Clare Swanson writes… Read more »

Back in May, we reported on the sad news of the closing of Giovanni’s Room—the oldest LGBT bookstore in America—and the frustrating revelation that it could have been saved. The… Read more »

Over the weekend, Chicago held its first Independent Bookstore Day throughout the city, after—as Claire Kirch describes it in Publishers Weekly—not much more than a month of planning. By all accounts,… Read more »

A New York judge made a ruling this week in a dispute between HarperCollins and digital publisher Open Road, over the e-book rights to Jean Craighead George’s Newbery Award-winning novel… Read more »

Less than a year ago, a combination bookstore & bar, fittingly named BookBar, opened its doors in Denver, and it’s already popular enough that it’s looking to expand. The store… Read more »

Last week, French novelist Gérard de Villiers—a writer frequently compared to Ian Fleming—passed away at the age of 83. De Villiers began writing his S.A.S. series of spy novels in… Read more »

Joining the ranks of places like BookBar in Denver, two of Baltimore’s best known independent bookstores have decided to expand beyond the usual refreshment offerings of scones and lattes. Atomic… Read more »