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Two Minnesota Bookstores Announce Expansion Plans
Moon Palace in Minneapolis and Content Books in Northfield are moving into larger spaces to accommodate customer demand. The stores have both been in business less than five years.
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Two Booksellers Set Date for Inaugural Texas Bookstore Day
Managers at Austin's BookPeople bookstore and Brazos Bookstore in Houston are launching Texas Independent Bookstore Day. Slated for August 5, the event will highlight the role of independent bookstores in communities across the state.
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Bookstore News: April 18, 2017
Palabras Bookstore moves and rebrands; Charleston's indie gets some press love; China gets a new crowdfunded bookstore; and more.
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Bookstore Sales Fell Again in February
After declining 3.7% in January 2017 compared to January 2016, bookstore sales dropped 3.0% in February, resulting in a 3.6% decline in sales in the first two months of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016.
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An Easter Sales Bounce for Board Books: The Weekly Scorecard
It looks like board books will be popular gifts for Easter this year. Unit sales of the format soared 83% in the week ended Apr. 9, 2017 over the comparable week in 2016.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Expands Its Cookbook and Lifestyle Programs
With the culinary and lifestyle categories booming, HMH has created a new position to oversee an expansion of its publishing program in those areas.
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On the Tyranny of Keywords
Keywords are unruly, unpredictable, and—for now—necessary.
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This Week's Bestsellers: April 17, 2017
Five celeb bios and memoirs debut in Hardcover Nonfiction this week, among them ‘The Most Beautiful,’ Mayte Garcia’s account of life with Prince; ‘Nevertheless,’ Alec Baldwin’s memoir; and ‘Crazy Is My Superpower,’ by recently retired WWE champ A.J. Mendez Brooks.
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Bookstore News: April 13, 2017
Amazon sets date to open Lynnfield, Mass., store; new kids store lands in North Carolina; Delaware LGBTQ store to close; and more.
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Veteran Bookseller Plans D.C. Bookstore Around Diverse Staff
Former Politics and Prose manager Angela Maria Spring plans to open a bookstore “owned, operated, and managed by a majority of people of color” in the nation’s capital.
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Bookstore News: April 10, 2017
Michigan used bookstore to close after 39 years; future of Kansas bookstore uncertain after fire; Alaskan glacier bookstore gets new management; and more.
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Young Writers Call for Diverse Books at Children's Institute
Jason Reynolds, Marley Dias, and Rachel Ignotofsky called on booksellers, many from a new generation themselves, to carry diverse books.
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Book Sales Get an Easter Bump: The Weekly Scorecard
With Easter approaching, sales of juvenile fiction and nonfiction are shooting up.
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This Week's Bestsellers: April 10, 2017
YouTube personality Lilly Singh has the #10 book in the country. Plus novelist Jessica Shattuck has her best debut week by far with ‘The Women in the Castle,’ and Tom Verducci’s book on the Cubs sells well in the city of—do we even have to tell you?
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PW Online and On Air: Week of April 10, 2017
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Children’s Institute Talks Diversity and Numbers
ABA launched its premier conference for children's booksellers with a keynote on diversity.
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Amazon Opening Second NYC Bookstore
Amazon has confirmed that it will open a bricks and mortar location at 7 West 34th Street this summer. The new outlet will be the second New York City store for the company, its 11th nationwide.
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Bookstore News: April 4, 2017
Politics and Prose considers expansion to Bethesda; working at the country's only romance bookstore; Kramerbooks hires ex-White House staffer; and more.
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Wild Rumpus Named 2017 PW Bookstore of the Year; DeCourcey Rep
For the first time in the PW awards' nearly 25-year history, a children's bookstore has won the honor. Wild Rumpus, in the Twin Cities, is celebrating its first quarter century this year.
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This Week's Bestsellers: April 3, 2017
Four crime novels hit our Hardcover Fiction list, including the #1 book in the country, ‘Mississippi Blood.’ Plus ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ and ’13 Reasons Why’ sell well ahead of their big and small-screen debuts.