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Book Club Picks for April 2023
The latest novels by Curtis Sittenfeld, Jeannette Walls, and Colleen Oakley are among this month's selections by the nation's most influential book clubs.
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MPIBA Booksellers Talk Shop, Book Bans in Texas
About 150 publishing professionals were in attendance at the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association SpringCon last week. In addition to networking and professional development opportunities, the attendees discussed a new bill in the Texas legislature, which would place more restrictions on how books can be sold.
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First-Quarter Bestsellers
Prince Harry’s memoir has sold more than a million copies since its January release, making it the #1 book in 2023 so far. But the year is still young, and Colleen Hoover and Dav Pilkey are hot on Harry’s heels.
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Print Books Held Steady in the First Quarter
Unit sales of print books dipped only by 0.3% in the first three months of the year.
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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.'
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.'
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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.
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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.
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