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This Week's Bestsellers: February 18, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
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Murphy Sells The Learned Owl Book Shop
Liz Murphy, the owner of the Learned Owl Bookshop, a fixture in downtown Hudson, Ohio for the past 45 years, has sold the bookstore to Kate Schlademan, 37, the store’s manager.
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Debut Author Makes Her 'Way' Through a Blizzard to Her Launch Party
Despite the 28 inches of snow that fell in Cambridge, Mass., over the weekend, some three dozen fans turned out for the launch party celebrating Nicole Griffin's debut YA novel, The Whole Stupid Way We Are.
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TOC 2013: Teicher Says State of Indie Bookselling is Strong
American Bookseller Association CEO Oren Teicher used a Thursday morning ToC session to offer a sort of State-of-the-Union for the independent bookselling trade—and, he told attendees, the state of the indie union is, counter to the prevailing wisdom, strong.
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Could This Be the Year for Online Sales Tax?
With the start of the new Congress, a bipartisan coalition showed the love to brick-and-mortar retailers on Valentine’s Day with the reintroduction of a modified e-sales tax fairness law.
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Longfellow Reopens for Valentine’s Day Benefit
Longfellow Books in Portland, Maine, which has been closed since it suffered severe water damage when a frozen water line burst on Saturday, will reopen for a Pussy Riot benefit.
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Bookstore Sales Slipped in 2012
According to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, bookstore sales for 2012 were $15.21 billion, down from $15.28 billion in 2011. For December, bookstore sales increased 2.9% over December 2011, hitting $1.69 billion.
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Children's Authors and Events at Winter Institute: The Complete Guide
At this year's Winter Institute 8 in Kansas City, picture book, middle grade, and YA writers an important part of the Authors Reception as well as other programming on toys, book fairs, and nonfiction is specifically geared to children's bookselling.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending February 3, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 11, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
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Indie Reps: Changing with the Times
The fate of the independent sales representative may be inextricably linked to that of the independent bookstore.
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Granada Books Becomes First New Santa Barbara Indie in Decades
Santa Barbara will have its first new indie bookstore in twenty years when Granada Books opens this June in the city's downtown arts section on State Street.
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What's Selling at Bear Pond Books
Jane Knight, children's book buyer at Bear Pond Books in Montpelier, Vt., sends word of several books that she's especially pleased to be selling this season.
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Amazon Poised to Sell Used E-books
A U.S. patent that Amazon Technologies in Reno, Nev., received last week indicates that the mega-retailer has its sights on digital resale, including used e-books.
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Saturday Could Be Biggest Sales Day for a Spanish-Language Book in the U.S.—and for an Indie
McNally Jackson in New York City has already presold 65,000 copies of Nada Que Perder by controversial Universal Church of the Kingdom of God leader Edir Macedo in advance of a signing Saturday morning with Bishop Romualdo Panceiro.
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Indigo Revenue Down 4.9% in Third Quarter
Canadian retail chain Indigo reported a 4.9% drop in third quarter revenues.
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Bookish Goes Live
After three CEOs and a number of delays, Bookish launched at 9 p.m. Monday with approximately 2 million ISBNs from 19 publishers and a search recommendation function that its founders hope will make it easier for consumers to discover books.



