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This Week's Bestsellers: February 15, 2016
The massively popular ‘Me Before You’ movie trailer boosts Jojo Moyes’s book to #13 in the country. Plus Samantha Hunt’s 'Mr. Splitfoot' lands on our fiction list a month after publication thanks in part to some book club love, e-book queen Audrey Carlan charts for the first time in print, and much more.
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Bookstore Sales Had First Gain in Eight Years in 2015
Bookstores sales rose 2.5% in 2015, marking the first time since 2007 that sales in the sector were up over the previous year.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending February 12, 2016
New bookstores are opening within the next two months in Gainesville, Fl., and Chicago. And one hightly curated shop, which displays only ten titles, is thriving north of the border in Toronto, Canada.
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With Last-Minute Reprieve, St. Mark’s Stays Open
The troubled New York City bookstore that was threatened with closure yesterday, got a one-week reprieve for an impending auction of its remaining inventory.
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St. Mark’s Bookshop Could Close on Wednesday
A default judgment in a case filed by Baker & Taylor against the troubled East Village New York bookstore could force an auction of everything in the store. It has already put a restraining order on the store's checking account.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending January 31, 2016
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Publishing Industry Speculates About Expansion Plans for Amazon Books
Opinions were mixed about what Amazon's rumored plans to open more physical bookstores could mean for the publishing industry.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending February 5, 2016
Is it finally the end for NYC’s St. Mark’s Bookshop? Inside the new Prescott, Ariz., bookstore, the Purple Cat. And more details about the new stores coming to Milwaukee and Washington, D.C.
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Is Amazon Opening More Bookstores? It's Hiring Booksellers.
While the mall operator who said on Tuesday that Amazon intends to open up to 400 bookstores is backtracking, the tech giant has posted job openings for several bookstore positions in the San Diego/La Jolla area.
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Amazon Rumored to Be Opening 400 Bookstores
In discussing fourth quarter results, the CEO of one of the country's largest mall operators said it is his understanding that Amazon's goal is to open 300 to 400 bookstores.
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Indigo Reports Strong Q3
Revenue at Indigo Books & Music rose 12.9% in the third quarter ended December 26, 2015 compared to the third period a year ago. Net earnings in the quarter jumped 60%, to C$52.8 million.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending January 24, 2016
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Monthly StatShot, September 2015
Sales of adult trade books rose 2.9% in the first nine months of 2015, compared to the first nine month of 2014, according to figures released by the Association of American Publishers through its StatShot program.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 1, 2016
‘The Power of Broke’ by FUBU founder and ‘Shark Tank’ costar debuts at #4 in Hardcover Nonfiction. Plus this year’s Newbery winner makes its picture book list debut, the movie tie-in edition of ‘The Choice’ nabs two of the overall top 10 spots, coloring books talk dirty, and more.
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Inside 2015’s Category Bestsellers
Hollywood, perennial bestsellers, and publishing powerhouses were the engines behind the 2015 bestsellers in many categories on the adult fiction and nonfiction sides, with several of PW’s category bestseller lists looking a lot like greatest-hits compilations.
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Booksellers Pick Their Top Early 2016 Books
What will independent booksellers be handselling this season? We spoke with 12 booksellers throughout North America who are looking forward to pushing everything from buzzed-about debuts and under-the-radar experimental novels.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending January 29, 2016
A children’s bookstore in Bluffton, S.C., changes hands; stores in Newport Beach, Calif., and Springfield, Oh., expand; and a bookstore in Portland, Ore., reopens.
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Winter Institute 11: Small Presses Take the Spotlight on Day Three
On the final day of the show, small and university presses promoted their offerings to booksellers at a luncheon and closing reception.



