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25 Years of Bestselling Authors and Books
James Patterson and the Harry Potter series were two of the most dominant forces in books over the past 25 years, as our analysis of the bestseller list from 2004–2021 shows.
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Book Sales in the U.S. Are Stronger Than Ever
The book business is working faster and smarter than ever before. One indicator of that: the surprising strength of book sales.
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The Book Wholesaling World Is Consolidating Too
The world of trade book wholesaling is shrinking, if not disappearing, writes ’PW’ veteran Judith Rosen.
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The Changing World of Bookselling
Despite strife and losses in the bookselling landscape, innovation prevails, writes longtime ‘PW’ bookselling editor Judith Rosen.
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Getting the Word Out: 25 Years of Changes to Book Publicity
Book promotion and publicity, once confined mostly to staid book reviewing, has no limits in the internet era, writes ‘PW’ associate news editor Sophia Stewart.
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Oldest Children’s Bookstore in Boston Area to Close
On April 30, the Children’s Book Shop in Brookline Village, Mass., will close its doors after 45 years; it is the area’s oldest independent children’s bookstore.
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Bookselling Spotlight: Montana Book Co.
We talk with Chelsia Rice and Charlie Crawford, co-owners of the Montana Book Co. in Helena.
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Unit Sales of Print Books Rose 10% in Early April
The shift in Easter book buying this year favored the publishing industry in the week ended Apr. 9, 2022 (Easter was April 4 last year, compared to April 17 this year), resulting in a 10.2% increase in unit sales of print books over the comparable week in 2021 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: April 18, 2022
Emily St. John Mandel's 'Sea of Tranquility' sails onto our hardcover fiction list at #2. Plus Ocean Vuong's 'Time Is a Mother' lands at #4 on our hardcover nonfiction list, and Jennifer Egan 'The Candy House' revisits the Goon Squad.
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Bookstore Sales Rose 27% in February
Bookstore sales were $583 million in February up from $459 million a year ago, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Easter Bump Lifted Print Book Sales by 10% Last Week
With Easter getting closer, the children's category had a big jump in sales last week over a year ago, leading to an overall 10.2% increase in print unit sales for the week.
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Book Club Picks for April 2022
Annie Hartnett's 'Unlikely Animals' lands on two lists, mythological retellings make a splash, and more in April's book club picks.
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This Week's Bestsellers: April 11, 2022
Bridgerton is back, and so are several trade paper editions of Julia Quinn's Regency romances. Plus Tieghan Gerard takes the #1 spot with 'Half Baked Harvest Every Day,' and Jimmy Fallon loves his 'Nana.'
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The Book Sales Boom Dies Down
Sales of print books dipped 8.9% in the first quarter of 2022, putting an end to a long sales surge.
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This Week's Bestsellers: April 4, 2022
After the release of the film trailer for 'Where the Crawdads Sing,' the year-old trade paper edition soars to #1 in the country. Plus Janet Evanovich introduces a new globetrotting heroine, and Ibram X. Kendi's 'Antiracist Baby' gets a boost from an unlikely corner.
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Print Book Sales Plummeted by Nearly 20% Last Week
The release of a new Dav Pilkey title and the approach of Easter last year combined to sink unit sales of print books 19.8% last week compared to the week ended March 27, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Bookselling, Publishing Unions Make Progress
The employees at Greenlight Bookstores and Yours Truly stationery stores in Brooklyn unanimously ratified their first union contract after joining the RWDSU. Earlier this month, the NLRB rejected Duke University's challenge to the union formed by members of Duke University Press last year.
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 28, 2022
'Lessons from the Edge' by Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, debuts at #6 on our hardcover nonfiction list. Plus a pair of science fiction titles land on our hardcover fiction list, and comedian Seth Meyers makes his picture book debut.
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Print Book Sales Declined 12.8% Last Week
The impact of an earlier Easter and a kerfuffle surrounding Dr. Seuss titles that sold many books last year proved impossible to overcome last week, when unit sales of print books were down 12.8% compared to the week ended March 20, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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