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James Patterson Makes Holiday Donation to Indies
Eighty-one booksellers got a special gift just in time for the holidays. The bestselling author sent out $473,000 in grants for the third round of his million-dollar campaign to invest in indies.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending December 7, 2014
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen's Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: December 15, 2014
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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Anderson's Bookshops to Add Third Location
Anderson’s Bookshops, PW's 2011 bookstore of the year, is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a bookstore in its original location by expanding into another Chicagoland suburb. The mini chain will open its newest store in La Grange, in April.
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'Invention of Wings' Amazon's Top Seller in 2014
Sue Monk Kidd’s 'The Invention of Wings' was Amazon’s top-selling title in 2014, the e-tailer said Friday morning. 'Gray Mountain' by John Grisham came in second.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending December 12, 2014
As the year draws to a close, new indies continue to open, most recently Classic Lines Bookstore in Pittsburgh, and established stores are thriving.
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Bookstore Sales Dipped in October
Bookstore sales fell slightly in October, dropping 0.5%, to $728 million, compared to October 2013, according to statistics released Thursday morning by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Capstone Tests Bundled Kids' E-books at Indies
Ten stores ranging from University Book Store in Seattle, Wash., to Park Road Books in Charlotte, N.C., will begin offering book and interactive e-book bundles starting later this week.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending November 30, 2014
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen's Bookscan.
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Barnes & Noble Heads Back to the Future
Last week Barnes & Noble severed its ties with Microsoft, taking another step toward becoming, in the words of CEO Mike Huseby, a “client- and content-focused” company.
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Indie Optimism High for the Holidays
Despite an abbreviated selling season of only 27 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas (2012 had a 32-day season, the longest possible), most booksellers contacted by PW were buoyed by good sales so far this year and anticipate a strong finish to 2014.
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Douglas Preston on Amazon, Authors United, and What’s Next
Throughout the months-long dispute between Amazon and Hachette over e-book sales terms, Douglas Preston was one of the most outspoken authors on the matter.
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This Week's Bestsellers: December 8, 2014
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending December 5, 2014
This weekend bookstores around the country, and a few abroad, will be taking part in the fifth annual Take Your Child To a Bookstore Day.
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Publicity Campaign Calls on Booksellers to End Novel
Booksellers are usually tasked with selling books but, in a twist this holiday season, they’ve been invited to write the ending to one.
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B&N Reworks Microsoft Deal Making Nook Split Likely
A little more than two years after Barnes & Noble reached an agreement with Microsoft that created Nook Media, the two companies have terminated the original deal.
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Harper’s Invests in Book Culture
John “Rick” MacArthur is the minority partner in the third Book Culture to open in New York City at 450 Columbia Avenue, the former site of Endicott Booksellers.
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Thanksgiving Spending Drops
According to a National Retail Federation survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, the average shopper spent $380.95 last weekend, down 6.4% from $407.02 in 2013.
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Shopping for Books with the Obamas
PW was there when President Barack Obama and his daughters picked up 17 books at Washington, D.C.'s Politics & Prose bookstore on Small Business Saturday.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending November 23, 2014
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen's Bookscan.



