Amazon’s new brick and mortar bookstore is wildly banal. The only thing it disrupts is foot traffic heading toward a Restoration Hardware. So why does it exist? Amazon Books—yes, Amazon named their bookstore Amazon Books—is across the street from a Tommy Bahama, at the entrance to an upscale outdoor shopping mall named University Village. (The mall resembles neither a university nor a village, though it does have very nice landscaping...

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It’s taken 20 years, but Amazon.com has discovered the benefits of brick-and-mortar bookstores.

For kids, a new 'Wimpy Kid' book; for grownups, Stephen King and Michael Connelly.

Tired of an unsatisfying telecomm career, this Tokyo resident stumbled on a simple idea that would turn his passion for books into a new lease on life.

Look for new books by Ellen DeGeneres, Drew Barrymore and Patricia Cornwell.

New books out this week

New books by Nicholas Sparks, Whoopi Goldberg and Elvis Costello.

New books coming in early October

Sure you can buy books on Amazon, but there’s something about going to a bookstore and picking the right title out by hand. Here are some unique bookstores that have almost as much charm as they have books.

New books by Grace Jones, James Patterson, Jojo Moyes and Ruth Reichl.

'Never Enough,' a new bio of Donald Trump, arrives on Sept. 22.

Look for new memoirs by singer Jewel and 'Big Bang Theory' star Kunal Nayyar.

Don’t cry for John Scioli. After 30 years running Cobble Hill’s beloved Community Bookstore, and 43 years in the bookselling business, the 69-year-old is closing his shop. But Scioli isn’t being priced out—he's just ready to sell his building and retire... By Cecilia D'Anastasio.

From Maastricht to Melbourne, these itineraries make bookish travelers look stylish. Bookstores seem to be dying faster than it takes to download the complete works of Shakespeare these days, so when one comes back from the grave it's a cause for celebration.

The San Francisco Chronicle has created a literary map of Paris' Left Bank.

Watch for new books from Kathy Reichs and David Rosenfelt.

An Adelaide bookshop owner is gently raided by police for selling copies of American Psycho that were not plastic-wrapped.

A few weeks ago, I found myself in what looked more like an Ikea showroom than the ragged used bookstore of my youth.

The US Authors Guild is demanding that publishers start paying 50% of the revenue an e-book generates to authors, instead of 25%. They are trying to get the big