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Print Book Sales Get a Bad Start in 2022
Facing tough comparisons to 2021, when sales got off to a strong start compared to 2020, unit sales of print books fell 13.9% last week from the first week in 2021 at outlets that report to BookScan.
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Winter Institute Morphs Into Snow Days
After cancelling its in-person Winter Institute over Covid-19 concerns, the American Booksellers Association has announced that it will expand its virtual Snow Days event from two days to three. Originally set for March 8-9, the event will now run March 8-10.
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Fully Booked: Book Club Picks for January 2022
Barnes & Noble sings praises for 'Anthem,' 'Good Morning America' brings on 'The Maid,' and more in this month's book club picks.
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Dav Pilkey Dominated the 2021 Bestseller List
The 2019 PW Person of the Year, Dav Pilkey, continued his yearslong remarkable sales performance in 2021 with three of the year's top-selling titles.
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This Week's Bestsellers: January 10, 2022
The #1 book in the country is 'The Brightest Night,' the graphic novel adaptation of the fifth entry in Tui T. Sutherland's Wings of Fire series. Plus 'The Year of Magical Thinking' and other works by Joan Didion, who died December 23, see renewed interest.
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Unnameable Books Moves Down the Street
Brooklyn's Unnameable Books, which was once featured in 2008 on a 'New Yorker' cover illustrating the obstacles indies face against Amazon, is moving down the street from its current location.
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Politics & Prose Owners Recognize Employee Union
Politics & Prose owners Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine have reached an agreement with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400 for the union to represent about 50% of the indie bookstore's 100+ employees.
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The Raven Book Store Owner Sells Large Stake in Store to Seven Employees
Danny Caine, the owner of the Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kans., has sold a 49% stake in the 35-year-old bookstore to a group of seven employees.
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Print Unit Sales Dipped 2% in Mid-December
Unit sales of print books fell 2% in the week ended Dec. 18, 2021, from the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Unit Sales Rose 15.4% Last Week
Print book sales finished the last week before Christmas with a rush as sales increased 15.4% over the comparable week in 2020 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. The gain put an end to a two-week streak of declining sales.
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ABA Cancels 2022 Winter Institute
Citing the alarming rise in recent infections from the Covid-19 coronavirus, the American Booksellers Association has canceled the 2022 Winter Institute scheduled for February 13-16 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Refunds will be issued in January.
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Print Book Sales Dip During the Week Before Christmas
For the second consecutive week, unit sales of print books last week fell compared to 2020. Sales dropped 2% compared to the week ended December 19, 2020, after declining 12.2% in the prior week at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Harvard Book Store Wins Investment from Red Sox Owner
The Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Mass., has announced that John W. Henry, principal owner of the 'Boston Globe' and Fenway Sports Group—which includes the Boston Red Sox—is investing in the store and taking an ownership stake.
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Print Unit Sales Fell 12.2% in Early December
With only the adult fiction category posting an increase, unit sales of print books fell 12.2% in the week ended Dec. 11, 2021, from the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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A Sweet First Year for Sweet Pickle Books
Leigh Altshuler is one of a number of booksellers to open up shop during the pandemic, though her store on Manhattan's Lower East Side, to put it mildly, is unique: it's also a pickle shop.
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This Week's Bestsellers: December 20, 2021
Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman has the #1 book in the country with her first collection of verse, 'Call Us What We Carry.' Plus Jimmy Chin, the Oscar-winning codirector of 2018’s 'Free Solo,' takes readers 'There and Back,' and Reese's Book Club makes a 'Lucky' pick with Marissa Stapley's latest.
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Print Unit Sales Fell 12.2% Last Week
With only the adult fiction segment posting an increase, unit sales of print books fell 12.2% last week compared to the week ended December 12, 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Bookstore Sales Jumped 53.4% in October
Bookstore sales increases picked up the pace in October, with sales jumping 53.4% over 2020, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Hudson’s Book Business Takes Flight
The airport bookseller welcomes the return of travel in book sales.
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This Week's Bestsellers: December 13, 2021
Brené Brown has the #1 book in the country with 'Atlas of the Heart,' a look at emotional intelligence. Plus James S.A. Corey's Expanse series finishes strong with 'Leviathan Falls,' and Hervé Le Tellier's 'The Anomaly' lands on our list in its second week on sale.
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