Bookstores

After a decade of downsizing, the beloved bookseller is seeing a resurgence thanks in part to TikTok's #BookTok and a rise in so-called third spaces.

A massive, multi-story building in the Washington, DC, neighborhood of Georgetown welcomed back a former occupant this month that had been gone for over a decade.

In a move that's perhaps more symbolic than business-minded, Barnes & Noble, America's largest retail bookseller, has reclaimed the flagship store it vacated in 2013.  Read more

Independent booksellers Topping & Company will open a new bookshop over multiple floors in central York in autumn 2025.

At just under 6,000 square feet, it is set to become "the largest independent bookshop in the country".

Large-scale, algorithmic bookselling will never outlive the necessity of local stores like ours

At the end of another successful Independent Bookshop week, indie author Mo Fanning questions how he can help booksellers sell more copies than the online giants