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With No Easter Sales, Juvenile Book Sales Tumble: The Weekly Scorecard
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by NPD Bookscan.
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Bookstore News: March 31, 2017
A new bookstore will replace closed Booksellers at Laurelwood in Memphis; Dallas's Deep Vellum looking for second storefront; Casa Norberto Libros to open soon in Puerto Rico; and more.
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With Purchase of Souq.com, Amazon Moves Into Middle East
The acquisition of Souq.com, a Dubai-based online retailer that is the dominant one in the Middle East, comes one month after Souq announced plans to open a "global bookstore."
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Bookstore News: March 28, 2017
Anchorage indie gets a new owner; Third Place Books hires new events manager; Salt Lake City's Marissa's Books to re-open; and more.
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NEIBA Considers Funding Author Tours
At a March 24 gathering of the New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA), booksellers discussed ways for the organization to support author readings in underserved areas.
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Monthly StatShot, October 2016
Sales of adult trade books fell 13.1% in October 2016 compared to the same month in 2015, while sales in the children’s/young adult segment rose 1.9%, according to figures released by the AAP as part of its StatShot program.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending March 19, 2017
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by NPD Bookscan.
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Every Amazon Books Location, Mapped
The pace of openings for Amazon's physical bookstores has ramped up. Here's a map of every existing and announced location.
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 27, 2017
Michael Finkel’s ‘The Stranger in the Woods,’ a profile of a hermit in Central Maine, is the top-selling book in the Northeast. Plus sales pile up for a year-old picture book, and lauded essayist Elif Batuman publishes her first novel.
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Bookstore News: March 24, 2017
New England Mobile Book Fair to downsize; Foyles touts second profitable year, Pennsylvania's Quadrant Book Mart reopens; and more.
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Bookstore News: March 21, 2017
Rockport's Toad Hall celebrates 45 years; new Brooklyn store to open May 1; Hartford store moves; London store for Afro-Caribbean authors may close; and more.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending March 12, 2017
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 20, 2017
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new book debuts, while a couple of her older titles enjoy a boost. Plus Mohsin Hamid examines the refugee crisis through a fictional lens, and four inspirational books land on our lists.
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Bookstore News: March 17, 2017
Buffalo's Talking Leaves to Close One Location; WORD KIDS bookstore to open in Brooklyn, Wild Detectives Facebook clickbait depicts classic novels; and more.
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January Bookstore Sales Fell 3.7%
After rising 2.5% in 2016, bookstore sales fell 3.7% in January, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Bookstore News: March 13, 2017
Memorial for Minneapolis bookseller set; Tucson, a thriving book town; Bangor children's bookseller moves on; and more.
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 13, 2017
'The Hate U Give,’ a debut YA novel inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, lands at #7 in children’s front list fiction. Plus ‘Portraits of Courage’ by George W. Bush is tops in Texas, and the movie ‘The Shack’ puts the book it’s based on all over our lists.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending March 5, 2017
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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National College Store Association Gears Up to Fight for Independent Campus Bookstores
As the number of independent campus stores dwindles precipitously, NACS is making the preservation of indies its top priority.
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Bookstores Get Political
From educational programming to town halls to outright protest, bookstores across the country are becoming hotbeds of political activism.