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  • This Week's Bestsellers: November 2, 2015

    Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.

  • Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending October 30, 2015

    Among other notable happenings this week are two Halloween openings, for Liberty Bay Books in Bremerton, Wash., and Nantucket Bookworks, which is holding its grand reopening after being closed nearly a year for renovations.

  • New York City Indie Bluestockings Nears Funding Goal

    With 18 days left on its $50,000 fall fix-up Indiegogo fundraiser, feminist bookstore Bluestockings has raised $37,800.

  • ABA Tests ‘Buy Now’ Button to Up Sales Through IndieBound

    The effort is aimed at improving the shopping experience offered by the organization's online retail platform, IndieBound.

  • The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending October 18, 2015

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

  • Pew Survey Shows Adult Reading in Decline

    Adult readership is down 4% from 2013, with 72% of American adults having read a book in the past year according to a new Pew survey. Young adults, meanwhile, were revealed as the nation's most avid readers.

  • This Week's Bestsellers: October 26, 2015

    A pair of YouTube vloggers have the #4 book in the country, with ‘The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire.’ Plus Brandon Stanton tells more Humans of New York stories, Nobel and Booker Prize–winning authors get a sales boost, and much more.

  • Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending October 23, 2015

    A new bookstore and coffee shop, Books & Brews, will open in Hurricane, W.V., while Long Beach, Calif., readies its first book bar, the Brass Lamp with books from Open Bookstore.

  • What's Selling at One More Page Books

    Chocoholics, oenophiles, and literature lovers are treated to one-stop shopping at One More Page Books in Arlington, Va., where Lelia Nebeker focuses on the store's offerings for readers. The book buyer talked up some of her favorite handsells of the fall season.

  • The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending October 11, 2015

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

  • This Week's Bestsellers: October 19, 2015

    It’s a big week for old favorites, especially among children’s authors: Rick Riordan has the #1 book in the country, Harry Potter is back with a new look, and ‘Twilight'’s Bella and Edward are back with new genders. Plus two books delved into Kennedy Clan history, Patti Smith follows up ‘Just Kids,’ and much more.

  • Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending October 16, 2015

    Fall book festivals continue to abound around the country with ones in Las Vegas, Houston, and the Twin Cities slated to take place this weekend. The Boston Book Festival kicks off on October 23.

  • Bookstore Sales Fell 4.0% in August

    Bookstore sales declined to $1.55 billion in August, a 4.0% drop from $1.62 billion in August 2014.

  • MPIBA 2015 Shows High Energy

    Strong sales and new store owners, including Tattered Cover's Len Vlahos and Kristen Gilligan, contributed to an upbeat mood at this year's regional trade show in Denver. Attendance increased 5%.

  • Sherman’s to Buy Maine Coast Book Shop

    Sherman’s Books, with five stores in Maine, is about to add one more in Damariscotta. With the purchase, the mini-regional chain will also take a new name and become Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops.

  • This Week's Bestsellers: October 12, 2015

    A trio of cookbooks from brand-name authors make their list debuts. Plus a new Tumblr-to-book invites readers to ogle forest abodes, James Patterson is #1—again, and much more.

  • The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending October 4, 2015

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

  • The Book Truck Hits the San Diego Streets

    Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE), based in Mexico City, is one of the largest publishers in Latin America and has had an office in San Diego since 1990.

  • Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending October 9, 2015

    Two romance fans are moving forward with plans for a romance-only bookstore, the Ripped Bodice: Purveyors of Fine Smut, to open in Los Angeles in spring 2016. Their Kickstarter campaign launches within the next two weeks.

  • What's Selling at Loganberry Books

    Located in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights, Loganberry Books offers a diverse selection of books, spanning new, used, and collectible volumes. Bookseller Lorraine Angus talked about a crop of titles, recently published and backlist, selling well this fall.

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