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  • This Week's Bestsellers: April 10, 2023

    Novelist and 'The Glass Castle' memoirist Jeannette Walls returns with 'Hang the Moon,' #4 on our hardcover fiction list. Plus Alka Joshi completes her Jaipur trilogy with 'The Perfumist of Paris,' and post–Twitter storm, Alison Roman fans find the cookbook author to be just 'Sweet Enough.'

  • Print Book Sales Rose 2.7% Last Week, Driven by Early Easter, New Dog Man Title

    An early Easter and sales of more than 225,000 copies of the newest edition in Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man series combined to increase unit sales of print books by 2.7% last week over the comparable week in 2022.

  • Print Sales Inch up in Late March

    Big gains in adult fiction drove a 1.6% increase in overall print unit sales in the week ended March 25, compared to the similar week last year.

  • This Week's Bestsellers: April 3, 2023

    Manga has a massive week, Pulitzer Prize winner Matthew Desmond's latest hits #2 in adult nonfiction, a graphic novel reintreprets 'Beowulf' and hits the adult fiction list, and more.

  • Print Books Keep Up a Winning Sales Streak

    A big rise in sales of adult fiction and smaller gains in the young adult category resulted in a 1.6% increase in unit sales of print books last week, making it the third consecutive week print sales increased over 2022.

  • Print Sales Up 2.9% in Mid-March

    With gains in all major categories but adult nonfiction, overall unit sales of print books rose 2.9% in the week ended Mar. 18, 2023, compared to the similar week in 2022, at outlets that report to Circana BookScan.

  • This Week's Bestsellers: March 27, 2023

    Oprah's Book Club's latest pick, 'Hello Beautiful,' has a big first week. Plus, Paris Hilton's memoir is a hit, and 'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse: The Animated Story' gets an Oscar bump.

  • Print Book Sales Rose 2.9% Last Week

    With sales of print books in all categories but adult nonfiction increasing last week, unit sales rose 2.9% over the week ended March 19, 2022, at outlets that report to Circana BookScan. It was the second consecutive week sales rose over last year.

  • EIBF Bookselling Conference Showcases Innovation, Inspiration

    The second day of the inaugural RISE bookselling conference, organized by the European & International Book Federation, in Prague offered an idea exchange with booksellers and authors on best practices for the industry, ranging from how to deal with curation in an age of disinformation to handselling as a form of bibliotherapy.

  • Int'l Booksellers Discuss Sustainability, Representation in Prague

    The inaugural RISE bookselling conference, organized by the European & International Book Federation, was held in Prague this past weekend. The first day focused on how bookselling can lessen its impact on the environment and become more inclusive.

  • Print Sales Rose 4.2% in Early March

    With young adult fiction the only major category posting a decline, unit sales of print books increased 4.2% in the week ended Mar. 11, 2023, over the comparable week in 2022, at outlets that report to Circana BookScan.

  • John Steinbeck’s House May Become a Writers Retreat

    John Steinbeck’s Sag Harbor home on Long Island may soon secure its place in literary history, thanks to an impassioned coalition of readers, writers, and booksellers.

  • The Culture Wars Are Energizing Feminist Bookstores

    As book banning efforts, assaults upon women’s autonomy, and more intensify, feminist bookstores of all schools are drawing customers seeking safe spaces and solace in books.

  • This Week's Bestsellers: March 20, 2023

    Taylor Jenkins Reid climbs the charts with 'Daisy Jones & the Six,' now streaming as a limited series. Plus fantasy author Hannah Whitten makes her hardcover debut with 'The Foxglove King,' and the GMA Book Club makes a stop on 'Pineapple Street.'

  • Print Book Sales Increased 4.2% Last Week

    Despite no new blockbuster title, unit sales of print books rose 4.2% last week, driven by a 9.8% increase in sales of adult fiction.

  • Bookstore Sales Start 2023 with Big Gains

    Bookstore sales posted surprisingly strong gains in January, jumping 15.9% over 2022. Sales in January 2023 were $997 million.

  • McNally Jackson Books Moving NoLita Store to Larger Location

    The independent bookseller announced that its new building will be "larger" and "sturdier."

  • Greenlight Bookstore to Shutter Location in Flatbush, Brooklyn

    After more than six years in business, owner Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo announced that the location will permanently close on May 14.

  • CALIBA’s Poetry Series Introduces California Poets

    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance has released 'This Wandering State: Poems from Alta,' the first volume in a series of poetry collections, which will be focused on regions of the vast state.

  • Print Sales Dipped in Early March

    Unit sales of print books fell 0.9% in the week ended March 4 compared to the similar week last year, despite strong showings by several new titles.

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