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Self-Publishing Rules the EBM at Indies

By Claire Kirch | 10/26/2012 @ 07:00PM

When On Demand Books introduced its Espresso Book Machine to the U.S. book trade in 2008 by installing a beta model at Northshire Books in Manchester Center, Vt., the company promoted it as a tool for printing backlist titles and books in the public domain, as well as for authors who wanted to self-publish.
This Week's Bestsellers: October 29, 2012

| 10/26/2012 @ 12:00AM

Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers lists.
Penguin Offers New Partnership Program for Indies

| 10/26/2012 @ 12:00AM

Penguin will launch a program for independent booksellers, which was developed in response to ABA CEO Teicher's call for new business models.
Strong Sales of Kids' Books and Other Titles Energizes NEIBA Show

By Judith Rosen | 10/25/2012 @ 03:00PM

The New England Booksellers Association’s 39th annual fall conference, held Oct. 3–5 at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, opened with high energy, which it largely sustained throughout the three-day show.
B&N Customers Suffer Identity Theft Scheme

| 10/24/2012 @ 12:00AM

Barnes & Noble has been hacked. The retailer said that there was "tampering with PIN pad devices" in 63 of its stores, all related to "one compromised PIN pad" in each location.
Children's Authors and Booksellers Get Noticed at NAIBA

By Judith Rosen | 10/23/2012 @ 03:00PM

The theme of this year's New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Fall Conference, held in Arlington, Va., was Get Noticed. For many booksellers, tips on how to get noticed by publishers proved a big draw.
Books of Wonder Looks to indiegogo for Help

By Judith Rosen | 10/23/2012 @ 10:00AM

New York City's oldest children's-only bookstore, Books of Wonder, launches a campaign to raise $100,000 on indiegogo.
The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Print Book Sales for the Week Ending October 14, 2012

| 10/22/2012 @ 12:00AM

PW's weekly look at sales of trade print books based on numbers from Nielsen BookScan.
This Week's Bestsellers: October 22, 2012

| 10/22/2012 @ 12:00AM

Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
Canadian Booksellers Association Votes on Retail Council Merger

By Leigh Anne Williams | 10/19/2012 @ 12:00AM

Canadian Booksellers Association voted yesterday to "explore becoming a division" of the Retail Council of Canada.
Random House Once Again Offers Holiday Shipping Special

| 10/19/2012 @ 12:00AM

Random House announced Thursday afternoon that beginning November 1 it will once again implement its two-day transit program for this year’s holiday season for all books across all imprints.
Optimism at Pacific Northwest

By Judith Rosen | 10/16/2012 @ 12:00AM

Despite financial concerns, PNBA's three-day tradeshow in Tacoma, which ended yesterday, drew new booksellers and got high marks from vendors.
Bookstore Sales Dipped in August

| 10/16/2012 @ 12:00AM

Bookstore sales dipped less than 1% in August, falling to $2.38 billion from $2.40 billion in August 2011, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Print Book Sales for the Week Ending October 7, 2012

| 10/15/2012 @ 12:00AM

PW's weekly look at print book sales based on numbers from Nielsen BookScan.
This Week's Bestsellers: October 15, 2012

| 10/15/2012 @ 12:00AM

Analysis and commentary on this week's PW Bestsellers lists.
An Energized Heartland Forum

By Claire Kirch | 10/12/2012 @ 07:00PM

According to Deb Leonard, the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association’s executive director, the secret to the first Heartland Fall Forum’s success was that she and Carrie Obry, her counterpart at the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association, “took the best of both shows and created something unique.” Judging by the smiles on the faces of the show’s 770 attendees—364 of them booksellers doing business in 13 Midwestern states—mixing together GLIBA’s strengths in education and MIBA’s creativity with author events exceeded all expectations. The Heartland forum indeed turned out to be much greater than the sum of its many parts. If there was one word both exhibitors and booksellers used over and over in discussing the show with PW, it was “energy.”
Amazon Starts Author Ranking Feature

by Dan Snow | 10/11/2012 @ 12:00AM

Amazon has launched a new “Author Rank” feature on its site. The new ranking is based on cumulative sales of all books by each author.
Nook Tablet Pre-Orders Sky High, Lynch Tells Investors

| 10/10/2012 @ 12:00AM

At a Wednesday afternoon Liberty Media investor conference Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch said that pre-orders for the new Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablets were running 240% higher than previous Nook launches.
Nook Tablet Pre-Orders Sky High, Lynch Tells Investors

by Jim Milliot | 10/10/2012 @ 12:00AM

At a Wednesday afternoon Liberty Media investor conference Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch said that pre-orders for the new Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablets were running 240% higher than previous Nook launches.
MIBA Appoints New President to Replace Haradon

By Claire Kirch | 10/10/2012 @ 12:00AM

The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association has appointed a new president to head its board: Tripp Ryder, general trade manager at Carleton College Bookstore in Northfield, Minn., will assume the duties immediately.

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