Two romance bookstores opened in Lawrenceville in early 2026. A psychologist explains why readers want community beyond their screens.
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Australia’s bookshops are in trouble, and that’s bad news for readers. But there are ideas we could borrow from Europe to help make our bookshops healthy again.
Australian romance readers are propping up a flatlining book market, say some. Romance sales have grown by 49% for 3 years. And romance bookstores are booming, too.
While most booksellers are driven by their love of books, Booktopia was a business opportunity. At its height, it sold a book every three seconds. How did it fail?
We interviewed booksellers about their experience of the pandemic and their customers.
Publishing houses face strain, and in some cases, closure, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Authors are looking for alternative ways to get their work to readers.
Jeff Bezos announced he’s stepping down as CEO, almost 27 years after he founded the company as an online bookstore.
The demands of gentrification in some neighbourhoods are proving deadly for some independent businesses, including local bookstores, often forcing them to close.
A bankruptcy filing always means there’s not enough money to go around, but the process ensures both debtors and creditors are protected.
Are the stacks of books in your library still alive? Why keep them if they are not? Why does our attachment to the printed word not waver in the face of its digital counterpart?
It’s easier to make the list than you might think.
Despite dire predictions, bookstores are doing well: they are curators of taste and community hubs. But their challenges are many – from the arrival of Amazon Down Under to a ‘post-truth’ climate that devalues knowledge.
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Professor of Publishing and Audience Studies, Edith Cowan University
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Research Fellow, Pathways to Teenage Reading, Deakin University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Kent State University
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Associate professor, Deakin University
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Sociologue, ingénieur de recherche au médialab de Sciences Po, Sciences Po
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Associate Professor of Law, Emory University
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Maître de Conférences en Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
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Coleman Chair Professor of Marketing and Director of Research, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor, French Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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PhD Candidate, Communications and Culture, York University, Canada
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Professeur des universités émérite en sociologie. Chercheur au Centre d'Etudes Européennes et de Politique Comparée, Sciences Po
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Professor of English, City University of New York
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Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
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Lecturer, Publishing, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Tutor in Publishing & Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne