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  • Amazon Books Opening in Manhattan, Second Store Slated for Boston

    The mega-retailer is picking up the pace of its bookstore openings, with a new store slated for NYC and a second for the Boston area before its first one even opens.

  • Bookstore News: January 4, 2017

    An iconic Tennessee bookstore prepares to close its doors; a New York and an Indiana bookstore mark major milestones; and more.

  • Bookstore News: January 3, 2017

    A new bookstore opens in North Carolina; a Connecticut bookstore adds podcasts; one of the country’s smallest bookstores goes on the market; and more.

  • Deep Vellum Books to Run Pop-up Store at Teachers Summit

    This coming weekend, Deep Vellum Books of Dallas, Tx., will host a pop-up bookshop as part of the Extra Yard for Teachers Summit hosted by the NCAA College Football Playoff Foundation.

  • The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending December 25, 2016

    PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.

  • Monthly StatShot, July 2016

    The release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child helped lift sales in the children’s/YA category 31.1% in July over the same month in 2015, according to figures released by the Association of American Publishers as part of its StatShot program.

  • What’s Ahead for Bookselling in 2017

    Improving online sales and the in-store experience are among booksellers’ goals for the new year.

  • This Week's Bestsellers: January 2, 2017

    We look at the books that ruled the last week of the holiday shopping season, including Bruce Springsteen’s memoir, a novel that expands the ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ universe, and a raft of coloring books.

  • Books Get Christmas Week Bounce

    After sales of print books were down almost 6% between Thanksgiving week and the week ended December 18, 2016 compared to the same period in 2015, units jumped 21% in the week leading up to Christmas, according to figures from Nielsen BookScan.

  • Bookstore News: December 21, 2016

    A bookstore opens in a country store in Massachusetts; an indie returns to Missouri; new stores prep for opening in New Jersey and Oklahoma early next year; and more.

  • Bookstore News: December 19, 2016

    Houston gets a Latino bookstore; a Canadian bookseller chooses an unlikely spot for expansion; a Brooklyn bookseller gets ready to party at its newly opened second store; and more.

  • The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending December 11, 2016

    PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.

  • This Week's Bestsellers: December 19, 2016

    Holiday magic makes temporary room for Hollywood magic, as three movie tie-ins hit our lists. Plus we look at some of the week’s other big releases and the latest titles to get a seasonal boost.

  • Bookstore News: December 16, 2016

    A New York bookstore opens its second stationery store; a Connecticut bookstore looks for new members via GoFundMe; B&N closes a Florida store; and more

  • October Bookstore Sales Slipped 1%

    Bookstore sales for October were $774 million, down from $782 million in October 2015.

  • Gramercy Books Opens in Columbus

    Yesterday afternoon marked the soft opening of Gramercy Books, which was founded by writer Linda Kass, author of 'Tasa’s Song' and is co-owned with long-time bookseller John Gaylord, who has opened 24 stores.

  • Shakespeare & Co. Parent Raises Nearly $8M to Grow

    Just over a year after Dane Neller, cofounder of the maker of the Espresso Book Machine and a group of backers purchased the New York City bookstore, they have begun raising money to turn it into a national chain.

  • Bookstore News: December 12, 2016

    A downtown bookstore opens in New York; a bookstore reopens in Canada; booksellers turning to bookselling as a second career help revitalize the business; and more.

  • The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending December 4, 2016

    PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.

  • This Week's Bestsellers: December 12, 2016

    The author otherwise known as Lorelei Gilmore has the #8 book in the country with ‘Talking as Fast as I Can.’ Plus ‘The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook’ and other titles heat up after Cyber Monday, an unauthorized book of Pokémon Go fan fiction debuts in trade paper, and much more.

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