Tag: Book retail

Hungary: Writers, bookstores brace for ban on LGBT content

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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Some bookstores in Hungary placed notices at their entrances this week telling customers that they sell "non-traditional content.” The signs went...

Booksellers association apologizes for anti-trans mailing

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NEW YORK — The American Booksellers Association is apologizing for sending a publication widely criticized as anti-transgender, Abigail Shrier's "Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze...

Couric book tour this fall will be in-person, in theaters

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NEW YORK — For her tour this fall to promote her memoir “Going There,” Katie Couric is anticipating not only the interest of her...

Fed lawyers: Trump not liable for ‘crude’ remarks at accuser

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NEW YORK — Donald Trump cannot be held personally liable for “crude" and “disrespectful” remarks he made while president about a woman who accused...

Indie bookstores avoid the worst — so far — from pandemic

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NEW YORK — Through the first year of the pandemic, the country's independent booksellers have — so far — avoided disaster. ...

Biden tax returns: He paid 25.9% rate and earned $607,336

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has said the wealthy should pay more in taxes — and 25.9% of his income went to the federal...

TV’s growth is a boon for ‘diverse voices’ among novelists

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LOS ANGELES — Growing up an avid reader, Kwana Jackson knew where to look for romance novels with Black characters: Segregated in the “African...

‘Way of the dodo’: Campus bookstore’s end sparks firing feud

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Andre Brady loved his job as a sales manager at the Youngstown State University bookstore. Ordering retail books and study guides....

‘Captain Underpants’ book pulled for ‘passive racism’

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NEW YORK — A graphic novel for children from the wildly popular “Captain Underpants” series is being pulled from library and book store shelves...