Gardners takes over Bertrams assets The Little Group has confirmed that it has purchased the assets of Bertram Trading Limited, which includes the assets of Bertram Books, Bertrams Library Services, and Dawson Books. The Group has stressed that it has not purchased the trading company and will not be trading the business in Norwich as…
Clock stops for Bertrams as it goes into administration The drawn-out saga of the potential sale of the business, announced earlier in the spring, has come to an unhappy conclusion with the news that the business has gone into administration. Administrators TBA issued the announcement on Friday (19 June). The collapse affects more than 450…
Lockdown eases: independent bookshops on their reopening plans As non-essential businesses reopen, indie bookshops explain their plans for customer safety – and why some stores aren’t opening just yet Bookshops in England may reopen today (15 June), in line with the easing of lockdown rules to enable ‘non-essential’ businesses to resume trading on high streets.…
Independent bookshops prepare to reopen for 15 June Following Sunday’s announcement that non-essential retail businesses can open their doors again from 15 June, independent bookshops are starting to work out how exactly that can be done. Because of the layouts of a lot of indie bookstores, social distancing may be difficult for them – and…
BA launches fund to help booksellers reopen The Booksellers Association (BA) launched a £50,000 fund to help its independent members prepare to reopen their bookshops once lockdown restrictions have been lifted. A phased reopening of shops will begin on 1 June, but it is not known whether bookshops will be among them, and the BA…
Audible looks to end Captions copyright lawsuit in US Lawyers for Audible say the legal action against its Captions programme could soon be over after making a proposal that could “moot” the ongoing lawsuit brought against it by seven US publishers, in a letter to the court. US publishers, including Association of American Publishers (AAP) members Chronicle…