Flexible hours, being your own boss, fresh air and views of Notre Dame — it’s a job with a lot going for it. Paris’ bouquinistes have been a fixture along the banks of the Seine for some 500 years and ...

The reason for the decline of the bookstore is well known: online shopping. With Amazon ’s rise in the mid-1990s, ABA membership steadily declined, falling from 7,000 in 1994 to 1,951 in 2019, as ...

Newer languages might soak up all the glory, but these die-hard languages have their place. Here are eight languages ...

The former Jayhawk Bookstore/McLain's Bakery building has been demolished to make way for KU's entrepreneurship hub. The ...

A zoo on Java island released photos of Indonesia's first locally-born giant panda cub, and said the male cub was showing ...

PBS Books is hitting the road and focusing on Alaska. Viewers can tune in at 4 p.m. Wednesday for an episode that explores Alaska’s rich storytelling tradition — from Indigenous oral histories to the ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. GOLETA, CA, November 13, 2025 – The Goleta and Santa Ynez Valley Libraries have received $15,840 in Zip Books Grant funds from ...

During the government shutdown, booksellers are collecting food for Americans who receive federal aid to buy groceries. By Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter With federal funding for food stamps ...

Once upon a time, new books were printed in limited copies without any translations. If the closest bookshop was sold out, you'd have to resort to desperate means to get ahold of a copy or wait until ...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — The Gwinnett Stripers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, launched Hooked on Books, the team’s first free reading program for elementary-aged students in Gwinnett ...

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