Meanings of independent bookshops in English

Many independent bookshops vastly prefer brick-and-mortar traffic, and are distrustful of ecommerce partners.

And Jennifer O'Connell scouts out the best independent bookshops in every Irish county.

To me, the network of independent bookshops is more important than Dáil Éireann.

Please note that in the case of independent bookshops, successful does not mean highly profitable!

Bookshop Day is an opportunity for her to showcase what independent bookshops are all about.

When Amazon opened its Australian Kindle store last month, it was to feisty reaction from independent bookshops.

Booksellers' chief executive Lincoln Gould said independent bookshops were among the small businesses most impacted by the current loophole.

RNZ producer and former Unity Books Wellington bookseller Robert Kelly is here to sing the praises of independent bookshops!

Costs €20 from independent bookshops and online.

Jane Howe, owner of Broadway Bookshop, in east London, said: We really need the government to do something to protect independent bookshops.

Greene makes the point that Northern Ireland has very few independent bookshops; she says the emphasis has tended to be on secondhand books.

Photo: Supplied Booksellers NZ has launched an online campaign BookshopsWillBeBack to remind everyone about the importance of independent bookshops to the sector.

Happily, at the same time, the Unwin Charitable Trust (UCT) was looking to provide some form of help and support for independent bookshops.

Nor are all independent bookshops run by enlightened polymaths who appear by magic with an armchair and a cappuccino at the first sign of ennui.

Ward currently resides in Hawke's Bay, where he runs two independent bookshops, Wardini Books and Wardini Books Napier with his wife Louise and son Max.

Author James Patterson is donating €310,000 to help independent bookshops in Ireland and Britain, in an effort to encourage children to read.