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At CALIBA, Booksellers and Publishers Discuss Reps, Distribution, and Co-op
Along with author presentations and networking opportunities. the recently concluded CALIBA offered lots of practical advice for booksellers.
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CALIBA Meets in the Capital City
Bookstore visits and author addresses were among the primary events for booksellers attending the California Independent Booksellers Alliance's conference this year.
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CALIBA Regroups in Sacramento
Over the weekend, California booksellers met with publishers, reps, and authors in the first in-person fall meeting of the California Independent Booksellers Alliance since the organization was formed by the merger of NCIBA and SCIBA in March 2020.
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This Week's Bestsellers: September 12, 2022
Taylor Jenkins Reid's 'Carrie Soto Is Back' has a ball in its first week, Halloween books hit the children's and YA bestseller lists in earnest, and more.
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In 2022, a New Urgency for Banned Books Week
Forty years after Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 to raise awareness about censorship, the issue has taken on new importance for booksellers across the country, who increasingly find themselves on the front lines, alongside librarians, in defending people’s freedom to read.
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A Community Rises to Support Alice Wong’s Memoir
Examining disability activist and writer Alice Wong’s work, it becomes clear that almost all of her life and career is oriented toward community—a community that has thrown itself wholeheartedly behind her new memoir, 'Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life.'
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Unit Sales Begin September with 2.4% Dip
Increases in adult fiction and young adult were not enough to offset declines in the adult nonfiction and juvenile categories, resulting in a 2.4% decline in unit sales of print books for the week ended Sept. 3, 2022.
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Southern Booksellers Reconnect in New Orleans
The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance convened for its first in-person meeting since 2019 the past Wednesday and Thursday, with 67 booksellers from 37 stores attending the event in New Orleans.
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Print Book Sales Slipped Again Last Week
Increases in adult fiction and young adult were not enough to offset declines in the adult nonfiction and juvenile categories, resulting in a 2.4% decline in unit sales of print books last week compared to 2021.
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Book Club Picks for September 2022
Reese Witherspoon and 'Good Housekeeping' pick Margaret Wilkerson Sexton's latest novel, TikTok spotlights Bolu Babalola's 'Honey and Spice,' and more.
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Print Unit Sales Flat in Late August
Unit sales of print books for the week ended Aug. 27, 2022, were flat compared to the similar week in 2021 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: September 5, 2022
STEMinist romance author Ali Hazelwood has the #3 book in the country with 'Love on the Brain.' Plus TikTok buzz propels Alex Aster's 'Lightlark' to the #10 spot in the country, and 'Creepy Crayon!' by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown tops the picture book list.
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Print Book Sales Were Flat Last Week
Unit sales of print books pulled off a rare feat last week: sales were flat with the week ended August 28, 2021. The achievement was due to another week of solid sales increases in adult and young adult fiction and only a small decrease in sales of adult nonfiction.
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Bookstore Consultant First to Complete Professional Booksellers School Curriculum
The Professional Booksellers School affiliated with the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association announced that Kit Little is the first to complete the curriculum to be a Certified Professional Bookseller.
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This Week's Bestsellers: August 29, 2022
'All Good People Here,' the debut psychological thriller by 'Crime Junkie' podcaster Ashley Flowers, is the #5 book in the country. Plus roving grammarian Ellen Jovin is a 'Rebel With a Clause,' and move over, adult coloring books: 'Definitive Word Search, Vol. 1' sold 14K print copies in its first week.
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Bookstore Spotlight: White Whale Bookstore
We talked with Jill and Adlai Yeomans, owners of White Whale Bookstore in Pittsburgh, Pa., which focuses on literary fiction.
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Print Sales Fell 3.7% in Mid-August
Overall unit sales of print books declined 3.7% in the week ended Aug. 20, 2022, from the comparable week in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan, even as adult fiction sales rose 17%.
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Booksellers Find Ways to Connect
In the absence of in-person regional trade shows and conferences the past few years, two Midwestern booksellers who craved connection began organizing in-person bookseller gatherings on their own.
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Booksellers on the Future of the Regionals
Booksellers talk about why meeting with book people each fall matters.
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Unique Holiday Sidelines
Sidelines are an important part of most bookstores’ inventory, particularly for the holidays.
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