WICKER PARK — Quimby’s, an iconic Wicker Park bookstore known for selling zines, comics and graphic novels, has new owners for the first time in almost 30 years. Peter Miles Bergman and Cody Kasselman bought the business last month from longtime owner Eric …

CITYWIDE — Every spring, vinyl heads have Record Store Day and bookworms get Independent Bookstore Day to celebrate local businesses and add to their collections. This Saturday, comic book lovers nationwide have Free Comic Book Day to do the same.  Taking …

Piper van der Berg is a 17-year-old latter-day Rip Van Winkle—except when she awakens in 2021 after 25 years, she hasn’t aged a single day. Can she adjust to the strange world of 2021?   Will the desperate Russian spy posing as her Chemistry teacher get …

The official trailer for Tinker’s Tales by JT Warren is here—introducing a heartwarming world of courage and kindness. BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER, CANADA, May 1, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The newly released trailer for Tinker’s Tales by JT …

At the end of March 2025, Penguin Random House announced booming sales, with a year-on-year increase of 8.5%. Even better, their profits rose 11.3%. Reading this, you might think publishing is flourishing, but you will hear a very different story if you …

With a love of books and a desire to bring to the village something unique, mother-and-daughter team Michelle and Kaylee “Kat” Tomsich are all in. They are poised to open Sage & Honey on May 15 – and on one of the village’s most prominent corners at …

April 29, 2022, wasn't supposed to be a significant work day for former Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. Having already announced he would not seek a third term and would retire the following January, Singleton looked forward to, in his words, …

Helen Park Bigelow signs a copy of her book “Pat’s Cat” during an event at The Sequoias in Portola Valley on April 27, 2025. Photo by Angela Swartz.On April 27, writer Helen Park Bigelow celebrated her 92nd birthday in an unusual way: by hosting a book …

Allen Kurtz, a Sun City resident and first-time author and self-publisher, announces the release of “Grandpa’s Money: An Autobiographical Novel of Small-Town Life in a Big City World,” now available from Amazon. Originally from a small Illinois community …

Self-publishing gives local authors a direct path to readers without traditional publishers. You control everything from editing and formatting to marketing and distribution. This means you can tailor your approach to your specific audience and keep more …