David Bowie often shopped at New York City’s The Strand, hidden in a disguise of ordinary.
#Bookstorecats has been trending on Instagram, featuring snaps of shops’ feline booksellers.
The daughter of one of the missing Hong Kong booksellers has dismissed Gui Minhai’s confession of a hit-and-run attack, saying he has been abducted. The five owners of Causeway Books began disappearing late last year. A mysterious new owner has been examining lists of customers.
Powell’s Books in Portland won the people’s choice awards, a prize run by the Oregonian, despite snubs from the paper’s editors in last week’s “best of” list.
Charis Books & More of Atlanta, one the oldest feminist bookstore in the country, is looking to sell its building.
Bookstore sales are up, with November 2015 up 7.5% over November 2014.
