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Book Club Picks for October 2022
Reese Witherspoon and 'Good Housekeeping' pick Celeste Ng's latest, Jenna Bush Hager spotlights Joanna Quinn's debut, and more.
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Print Book Sales Are Slipping
The decline in unit sales slowed in the third quarter as adult fiction sales soared, but sales are still down for the year so far.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 10, 2022
Kerri Maniscalco and Naomi Novik bring their popular, well-reviewed fantasies to a close. Plus Kate Atkinson and Chloe Gong respectively bring historical London and Shanghai to vivid life, and new cooking books from Jacques Pépin and others feed readers' appetites.
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Print Book Sales Fell 9% at End of September
Deep declines in adult nonfiction and juvenile categories and only a small gain in adult fiction resulted in a 9.6% drop in print sales last week compared to a year ago.
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Alex George Named 2022 Midwest Bookseller of the Year
Author Alex George, the owner of Skylark Bookshop in Columbia, Mo., was named Midwest Bookseller of the Year by the Midwest Indie Booksellers Association.
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Bookselling Spotlight: Third Eye Books
We talk with Michelle Lewis and Charles Hannah, who own and operate Third Eye Books, a store in Portland, Ore., focused on anti-racism and social justice titles.
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Print Unit Sales Fell 4.2% in Late September
A 17.3% increase in adult fiction print unit sales was not enough to prevent print unit sales overall from falling 4.2% in the week ended Sept. 24, 2022, from the comparable week in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 3, 2022
Richard Osman hits our hardcover fiction list at #3 with 'The Bullet That Missed,' his new Thursday Murder Club mystery. Plus Elizabeth Strout and Andrew Sean Greer revisit favorite protagonists, and Colleen Hoover has a new(-ish) book.
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Print Sales Fell 4% Last Week
Unit sales of print books declined 4.2% last week, as good debuts in adult fiction were not enough to offset declines in adult nonfiction and children's fiction.
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Denver's BookBar to Close in January
Nicole Sullivan, the owner of Denver's BookBar, a bookstore and wine bar that she founded in 2013, announced that she will close the store on January 31 to focus more on her other business, the Bookies.
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Print Unit Sales Fell 2.3% in Mid-September
Unit sales of print books dropped 2.3% in the week ended Sept. 17, 2022, from the comparable week in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Indie Presses and Bookstores Discuss Strategies for Success at PNBA
New marketing approaches and sustainable publishing were two of the main topics on the final day of the PNBA fall meeting.
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Print Book Sales Fell 2.3% Last Week
Soft sales in the adult nonfiction and juvenile categories offset a 12.1% increase in sales of adult fiction, leading to a 2.3% drop in unit sales of print books last week compared to the week ended September 18, 2021.
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PNBA Readies for a 'Beyond Dynamic' Season as the Fall Show Opens
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association fall trade show began Sunday in Tacoma, Wash., with an estimated 200 registered booksellers, 91 exhibitors, and 80 authors convening at the Hotel Murano.
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Print Sales Dipped 1.6% in Early September
Unit sales of print books declined 1.6% in the week ended Sept. 10, 2022, from the comparable week in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: September 19, 2022
Mo Willems has the #10 book in the country with 'The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster.' Plus 'The Marriage Portrait' by Maggie O'Farrell debuts at #6 on our hardcover fiction list, and Javier Zamora's 'Solito,' September's Read with Jenna pick, lands at #9 on our hardcover nonfiction list.
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Canada's Indigo Books & Music Names New CEO
Indigo Books & Music has named current company president Peter Ruis its new CEO. Heather Reisman, founder and former CEO, will assume the role of executive chairman.
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Bookstore Sales Fell for Second Consecutive Month in July
Bookstore sales fell 3.4% in July compared to July 2021, dropping to $646 million. July was the second straight month sales dropped after a long string of increases.
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Print Book Sales Dipped 1.6% Last Week
A 16% sales increase in the adult fiction category was not enough to stop unit sales of print books from falling 1.6% last week from the comparable week in 2021.
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Dragonfly Books Establishes Literary Foundation
Dragonfly Books in Decorah, Iowa, has established a literary foundation to support author visits to the Oneota River Valley area in northeastern Iowa, as well as to support the literary endeavors of regional writers.
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