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“Amazon doesn’t assist impartial bookstores. Interval.”

Books“Amazon doesn’t assist impartial bookstores. Interval."

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Welcome to Immediately in Books, our day by day round-up of literary headlines on the intersection of politics, tradition, media, and extra.

Amazon’s Conflict With Unbiased Bookstore Day May Repeat

The we-could-care-less vibes had been robust in Amazon’s response to Retail Brew when requested whether or not they would keep away from scheduling their large ebook sale week round Unbiased Bookstore Day. This 12 months, Amazon’s second annual Guide Sale ran from April 23–28 and Unbiased Bookstore Day, which has not shifted its schedule for the previous 12 years, was held on April 26. This didn’t go unnoticed and whereas Amazon, when requested by numerous media shops who picked up the story, has maintained that the overlap was unintentional, they didn’t supply Retail Brew a solution about whether or not they’d do it once more, even when requested explicitly. Indie bookstores are a beloved establishment and the optics are dangerous for Amazon, however I’d guess Amazon is relying on a ignorance or maybe even apathy from its cost-conscious, convenience-seeking consumer base–in the event that they deigned to consider this in any respect whereas planning their ebook sale. Whereas the query of whether or not Amazon inadvertently helped Unbiased Bookstore Day since these gross sales had been up 77% over the earlier 12 months got here up, the chief communications officer of the American Booksellers Affiliation wasn’t having it. “Amazon doesn’t help independent bookstores. Period,” mentioned Ray T. Daniels.

Performs Starring Celebs Rake within the Inexperienced

George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s play, Good Night time, and Good Luck, grossed $4 million in a single week. The play, primarily based on the movie of the identical title and written by the identical authors, broke information and is the highest-grossing manufacturing within the historical past of the Shubert Group on high of receiving 5 Tony Award nominations. Right here’s a quote about Good Night time, and Good Luck that you simply may respect, as I did: “The play chronicles a time in American history when truth and journalistic integrity stood up to fearmongering and disinformation—and won.” In the meantime, Othello, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, has grossed $3 million. Wanting on the positive aspects performs have made on this monied progress report from Deadline is staggering. Between Tony Award nominations and nice attendance, Broadway is getting butts in seats with celebrated and star-studded exhibits.

Break Out Your Finest Stevie Nicks Shawls

Fall 2026 will serve PSLs, wool matches, and witchery–Sensible Magic 2 is hitting screens subsequent 12 months. A number of folks hooked up to the unique 1998 movie, primarily based on Alice Hoffman’s Sensible Magic, will return for the second installment: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, and Akiva Goldsman who co-wrote the unique. Oscar award-winning filmmaker Susanne Bier, who labored with Bullock on the Hen Field adaptation, will direct. I’ve to imagine that the sequel might be primarily based on the concluding ebook within the sequence, The Guide of Magic, however that’s only a principle for now. I nonetheless hearken to the soundtrack from the OG movie and whereas I doubt Stevie Nicks will return for the sequel, a woman can dream. Can we additionally get aunties Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest again, whereas I’m asking?

Introducing: Studying and Resistance—And How Literature Has All the time Been Tied to American Freedom

We have now a brand new sequence you received’t need to miss, particularly if you happen to’re activist-minded. Hear it from Studying and Resistance captain, Erica Ezefeidi, and get your introduction:

That’s what this new sequence is: by wanting on the historical past of resistance by means of studying, we are able to change into fortified in our present combat. By way of articles, interviews, podcasts, and extra, we’ll each revisit the previous to see how folks made it by means of worse occasions, and spotlight what individuals are doing now. We are going to discover all of the ways in which not solely Black folks have resisted oppression by means of literacy, but additionally how non-Black, queer, Latine, and different teams have as effectively.

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