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Tagung im September in Münster: "Bookselling as Resistance"
https://indico.uni-muenster.de/event/2823/
"Book historical work has been increasingly highlighting books – their publication, distribution and reception – in intersectional activist contexts, shining light on interconnections between community-building, politics and the book. In our conference […] we plan to hone in on #bookselling as a practice and consider the ways in which #resistance can be interpreted vis-à-vis bookselling and #bookstores."
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Bookselling as Resistance (BRN 2025)

CFP: Bookselling as Resistance September 10-12, 2025 Conference in Münster, Germany, combined with the annual meeting of the Bookselling Research Network (BRN) supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) Book historical work has been increasingly highlighting books - their publication, distribution and reception - in intersectional activist contexts, shining light on interconnections between community-building, politics and the book. In our conference, scheduled for September 2025 in...

Uni Münster Indico (Indico)

IndieAuthors.Social News Apr 23

A ‘Sustainable Story Award’ Opens in the United Kingdom

Announced on Earth Day, a new 'Sustainable Story Award' competition opens in the United Kingdom, with a summertime deadline.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/a-new-climate-themed-sustainable-story-award-opens-in-the-united-kingdom/

#Authors #BookPrize #Bookselling #Publishers #SDGPublishersCompact
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A New Climate-Themed 'Sustainable Story Award' Opens in the United Kingdom

Announced on Earth Day, a new 'Sustainable Story Award' competition opens in the United Kingdom, with a summertime deadline.

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IndieAuthors.Social News Apr 21

Circana’s Q1 US Print Report: Romance, Romantasy Lead Adult Fiction

The first quarter of 2025 has some softer numbers than the same period last year, partly because of a ‘late Easter’ on this year’s calendar. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Adult Fiction Leads US…
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/circanas-q1-us-print-report-romance-romantasy-lead-adult-fiction/

#AdultFiction #BookSales #Bookselling #ChildrensBooks #CircanaBookScan
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Circana's Q1 US Print Report: Romance, Romantasy Lead Adult Fiction - Publishing Perspectives

The first quarter of 2025 has some softer numbers than the same period last year, partly because of a ‘late Easter’ on this year’s calendar. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Adult Fiction Leads US Print Fiction Sales in Q1 drop of 1 percent in the United States’ market’s print book sales leads the report released today (April 21) by ...

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IndieAuthors.Social News Apr 10

Ingram’s Lightning Source Sharjah Partners With Saudi Arabia’s Rushd

The Sharjah SPC Free Zone-based Ingram Lightning Source installation opens a collaboration with Saudi Arabia's Rushd Bookstore program.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/ingrams-lightning-source-sharjah-partners-with-saudi-arabias-rushd/

#Arabic #ArabicLanguage #Bookselling #Bookstore #DavidTaylor
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Ingram's Lightning Source Sharjah Partners With Saudi Arabia's Rushd

The Sharjah SPC Free Zone-based Ingram Lightning Source installation opens a collaboration with Saudi Arabia's Rushd Bookstore program.

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IndieAuthors.Social News Apr 7

Bodour Al Qasimi: Booksellers ‘Strengthening Their Positions’

Bodour Al Qasimi highlights booksellers' 'strategic thinking, financial literacy, digital fluency, customer insight, community leadership.'…
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/bodour-al-qasimi-opens-sharjah-booksellers-conference/

#AhmedAlAmeri #BodourAlQasimi #Bookselling #Distribution #MansourAlHassani
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Bodour Al Qasimi: Booksellers 'Strengthening Their Positions'

Bodour Al Qasimi highlights booksellers' 'strategic thinking, financial literacy, digital fluency, customer insight, community leadership.'

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IndieAuthors.Social News Apr 6

Sharjah’s 2025 Booksellers Conference Opens Today

More than 661 booksellers, publishers, and distributors convene on Monday morning (April 7) at Sharjah Booksellers Conference.
The post Sharjah’s 2025 Booksellers Conference Opens Today appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/sharjahs-2025-booksellers-conference-opens-today/

#AhmedAlAmeri #BodourAlQasimi #Bookselling #Distribution #MansourAlHassani
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Sharjah's 2025 Booksellers Conference Opens Today

More than 661 booksellers, publishers, and distributors convene on Monday morning (April 7) at Sharjah Booksellers Conference.

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IndieAuthors.Social News Mar 25

Sharjah Announces Details of Its Fourth Annual Booksellers Conference

The Sharjah Booksellers Conference in its 2025 iteration is focused on trends and issues in international publishing.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/03/sharjah-announces-details-of-its-fourth-annual-booksellers-conference/

#AhmedAlQasimi #BodourAlQasimi #Bookselling #Distribution #MansourAlHassani
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Sharjah Announces Its Fourth Annual Booksellers Conference

The Sharjah Booksellers Conference in its 2025 iteration is focused on trends and issues in international publishing.

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Steven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️Feb 20

Trying to read the tea leaves, or maybe perform divination with entrails, to understand the mysteries of the Amazon book rank. https://stevendbrewer.com/inscrutable-amazon #books #bookselling

Inscrutable Amazon - Steven D. BREWER

I watch the Amazon rank of my books to get a measure of what's going on. Since I'm not the publisher of my books, I don't have access to the underlying raw data from all of the different places where my books are sold. But watching the Amazon rank gives me some indication of what's

Steven D. BREWER - Author of LGBTQIA+ speculative fiction and poetry in English and Esperanto. Teacher of scientific writing. Lover of natural history. SFWA Secretary. (he/him)