Jan 15 2020
Shelf Awareness reports on the state of independent bookstores in the UK, France and Germany:
In the U.K., the majority of respondents to The Bookseller's Indie Bookshop Christmas Trading Survey saw an increase in sales year on year, with gains between 7% and 30%.
French booksellers continued their upward trajectory in 2019, with turnover increasing by 7% year on year despite the disruptive impact of strikes.
In Germany, "taking into account all main retail channels, turnover rose by 1.4% compared to the previous year."
The Flower Sisters
by Michelle Collins Anderson
From the new Fannie Flagg of the Ozarks, a richly-woven story of family, forgiveness, and reinvention.
Daughters of Shandong
by Eve J. Chung
Eve J. Chung's debut novel recounts a family's flight to Taiwan during China's Communist revolution.
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