Mar 26 2020
In 10 days, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc) has raised more than $700,000 to help booksellers and bookstores in financial need. Demand is high for Binc's services: in five days it received more requests for help from booksellers than it did in all of 2019.
Sales at IndieCommerce and IndieLite websites rose 1,350% this past Monday, March 23, compared to the same day a year ago, Bookselling This Week reported. A big jump came after Ann Patchett, owner of Parnassus Books, Nashville, Tenn., promoted indie online channel on PBS NewsHour that evening.
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China.
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