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Strand Bookstore to Take Over Last Shakespeare & Co. Location in NYC
Shakespeare & Co. will transfer ownership of its last New York storefront, located on the Upper West Side, to Strand Book Store on June 1, marking the end of an era for the beloved bookseller.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: May 19, 2025
Devney Perry, who made her name with small-town contemporary romances, soars to the top hardcover fiction list with the romantasy Shield of Sparrows. Plus Adam Silvera is back with a third Death-Cast novel, and Fredrik Backman returns with My Friends.
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Center for Fiction Employees Seek to Unionize
A supermajority of staff at Brooklyn’s Center for Fiction have filed with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and requested recognition from the nonprofit bookseller. A growing number of New York City bookstore employees have joined the RWDSU in recent years.
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MIBA Honors CJ Arthur as Bookseller of the Year
Arthur (l.), the owner of WordHaven BookHouse in Sheboygan, Wisc., is the Midwest Booksellers Association’s 2025 Bookseller of the Year. They were cited for supporting the local queer community and standing up against harassment.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: May 12, 2025
Ana Huang tops our trade paperback list and has the #1 book in the country with King of Envy, book five in her spicy Kings of Sin billionaire romance series. Plus Shelby Van Pelt’s Remarkably Bright Creatures, a handsell favorite, gets its paperback release, and Natasha Wing’s Night Before series goes to the virtual dentist.
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Book Club Picks for May 2025
Oprah picks Tina Knowles’s memoir, Barnes & Noble spotlights the latest novel from Fredrik Backman, Read with Jenna selects Florence Knapp’s domestic drama, and more.
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Indie Bookstore Day 2025 Celebrated Shopping Local
Intentional shoppers nationwide pushed back against Amazon and B&N’s late April sales by visiting their local independent bookstores.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: May 5, 2025
The Reese’s Book Club pick for May, Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry, is the #1 book in the country. Tina Knowles’s memoir, Matriarch, gets the Oprah nod and lands at #4 on our hardcover nonfiction list, and Between Two Kingdoms author Suleika Jaouad returns with The Book of Alchemy.
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Report Explores Customer Patterns at B&N, The Ripped Bodice
The romance bookstore draws far more visitors from long distances and on the weekend than the two closest outlets from its chain rival, suggesting it has established itself as a destination for romance fans to visit.
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Independent Bookstore Day 2025: In the Books
At the more than 1,600 indie bookstores that participated in Independent Bookstore Day 2025, five titles in particular—a mix of new releases and backlist, nonfiction and fiction—consistently flew off the shelves.
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