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Authors, Booksellers & Agents Call for DoJ to Investigate Amazon
Days before Amazon celebrates its 20th anniversary, Authors United is asking authors to sign a letter to the DoJ for an investigation of Amazon, and ABA submitted a similar request on Monday.
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FCS Creditors to Decide Fate of Chain by August 7
Family Christian Stores creditors will vote on the fate of the beleaguered chain by August 7.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending July 5, 2015
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: July 13, 2015
Coloring books continue draw attention on the PW Bestsellers list. Plus books by Daniel Silva, Ted Cruz, and other authors make their list debuts.
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‘Mockingbird’s’ Trip from Popular Library To Grand Central
The anticipation of the publication of "Go Set a Watchman" has led to increased interest in Harper Lee’s other book, "To Kill a Mockingbird."
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Biographies, Home & Garden Hot Categories in 2015
The biography/autobiography/memoir and house & home/gardening categories were the two hottest book segments in the first half of 2015, based on unit sales of print books.
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The Changing Landscape: Landlords Helping Indies
Not all landlords want a bookstore so much that they’ll forego market rates, but there are a growing number who do.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending July 10, 2015
Among this week's openings are the Tiger’s Den bookstore/bar in St. Joseph, Mo. And, in other news, Lancaster, Pa., bookstore Aaron's Books is celebrating its tenth anniversary.
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The Bestselling Books of 2015 (So Far)
Paula Hawkins’s debut thriller, 'The Girl on the Train,' was the top-selling title on the print and Kindle bestseller lists for the first half of 2015.
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Unit Sales Inched Up in First Half of 2015
Sales of print books for the first six months of 2015 were running just about even with the same period in 2014 at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan. Units inched up 0.3% in the period, to more than 286 million.
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This Week's Bestsellers: July 6, 2015
A former Playboy bunny hops onto this week’s PW Bestsellers lists. Plus other reality TV stars make their list debuts, and a Disney prequel has its best week yet.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending July 2, 2015
Both the Book House in Maplewood, Mo., and Acorn Books in Dover, Del., will remain open. The former had a successful Indiegogo campaign to pay off old debt, while Acorn found new digs in nearby Smyrna.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending June 21, 2015
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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B&N Cuts Its Way to Profitability
If there were any doubts that the future of Barnes & Noble lay mainly in the sale of physical products, they were erased with the release of the company’s results for the fiscal year ended May 2, 2015.
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Tracking Facebook’s Book Challenge
Six months in, how has Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Year of Books fared for readers and publishers?
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 29, 2015
The new Fifty Shades book dominates this week's PW Bestseller lists. Plus big weeks for Aziz Ansari, Judd Apatow, and other guys in comedy.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending June 26, 2015
New stores could be opening soon in Novato, Calif., and Dayton, Oh., as two indie chains get ready to expand.
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Despite Sales Drop, B&N Had Fiscal 2015 Profit
Barnes & Noble posted net income of $36.6 million in the fiscal year ended May 2, 2015 compared to a loss of $47.3 million in fiscal 2014. The profit improvement came despite a 4.9% decline in total revenue.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending June 14, 2015
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.



