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Print Book Sales Show Improvement, But Still Fell Last Week
Unit sales of print books had one of their best weeks of the year last week, but it wasn’t quite enough to top sales from a year ago. As a result, unit sales fell 4.1%, marking one of the smallest declines this fall.
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Bookstore Sales Slipped in October
Bookstore sales fell 2.9% in October compared to 2021, falling to $636 million from $655 million last year, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Amazon to End Print Textbook Rentals, Overhaul Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions
Amazon is discontinuing its print textbook rental program, and will phase out print and digital magazine and newspaper subscriptions as well, though some magazines and newspapers will remain available through Kindle Unlimited.
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Holiday Book Sales Trail 2021
Unit sales or print books fell 17.3% in the week ended December 3, 2022, from the week ended December 4, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. The sales total represented an increase over the previous week in 2021, but it is becoming clear that the holidays will not give a significant boost over seasonal sales in 2021. Unit sales through the week ended December 3, 2022, were down 6.6% compared to a year ago, but up 12% from 2019.
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This Week's Bestsellers: December 12, 2022
The week's big debuts include Dav Pilkey's fourth Cat Kid Comic Club book and Louise Penny's 18th Chief Insp. Gamache novel. Plus A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series author Holly Jackson writes her first standalone YA thriller.
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Bookends & Beginnings Launches Fundraising Campaign
Bookends & Beginnings in Evanston, Ill., which announced several weeks ago that it was forced to move to another space after its landlord raised the rent 125%, launched a GoFundMe campaign to finance the move.
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Early Holiday Cheer for Booksellers
The weekend after Thanksgiving, indie bookstores across the country were filled with crowds of eager shoppers and the merry sounds of cash registers ringing up sales in spite of concerns about rising prices.
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This Week's Bestsellers: December 5, 2022
Colleen Hoover's 'It Starts with Us' reclaims the #1 spot overall, while Michelle Obama's 'The Light We Carry,' #2 in the country, tops the charts on the coasts. Plus Nora Roberts closes out her Dragon Heart Legacy trilogy, and romance novelist Ashley Herring Blake returns to Bright Falls.
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Thanksgiving Week Print Book Sales Fell 10%
While Thanksgiving week provided a solid sales boost over the week ended November 19, 2022, the increase was not enough to lift unit sales of print books over the week ended November 27, 2021, with total unit sales falling 10.3% from Thanksgiving 2021.
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'Intermittent' Distribution Issues Continue at Waterstones
The U.K. bookseller's distribution center, known as the Hub, is now "largely stable" despite ongoing concerns, and the chain remains confident about the coming holiday sales period.
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Soft Weekly Sales Continue
New books from Michelle Obama and Mike Pence couldn't prevent print book sales from falling 16.7% in the week ended November 19, 2022 from the comparable week in 2021.
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U.S. Booksellers Embrace Books in Spanish
Driven by the spread of language-immersion schools, bilingual families, and other factors, many stores are expanding their
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Tech Innovators See Promise in Palm Springs Bookstore
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Paul Bradley Carr and Sarah Lacy plan to open The Best Bookstore in Palm Springs in time for Black Friday.
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Bookselling Spotlight: Redbery Books
We talk with Maureen Palmer, owner of Redbery Books in Cable, Wis., population 825.
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This Week's Bestsellers: November 21, 2022
Tracy Wolff lands at #3 on our children’s fiction list with 'Charm,' her latest YA vampire romance. Plus Lysa TerKeurst sets 'Good Boundaries and Goodbyes,' and BookTok anoints a new bestseller.
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Amazon Makes Cuts to Its Book Group
As part of a companywide effort to reduce costs, Amazon has eliminated an unspecified number of jobs in its Books business. Word of the reductions came in a letter sent yesterday to employees from CEO Andy Jassy describing “role eliminations” in the company's Books and Devices units.
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Another Bad Week for Print Book Sales
Unit sales of print books fell 17.1% last week compared to the week ended November 13, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. It was the third consecutive week that sales fell by double digits compared to 2021.
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Bookstore Sales Edge Closer to 2019 Levels
Bookstore sales were up 8.5% over last year, reaching $6.45 billion, in the first nine months of 2022. The steady improvement in the year leaves bookstore sales 0.8% below pre-pandemic nine-month sales.
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Evanston's Bookends & Beginnings Moving After Rent Hike
Faced with a huge increase in rent from a new landlord, Bookends & Beginnings in Evanston, Ill., is moving to a slightly larger space on a main street two blocks away from its current location.
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Unnamed Press and Rare Bird Now Double as Indie Booksellers
The two Los Angeles–based independent publishers opened North Figueroa Bookshop earlier this month.
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