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Bookselling Profile: Children’s Book Cellar
When Ellen Richmond looks out the front window of the Children’s Book Cellar in Waterville, Maine, she sees a main street torn up by equipment but she also sees what it will be like when the work is finished.
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Print Sales Dip in Early September
Unit sales of print books fell 5.2% in the week ended Sept. 4, 2021, from the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: September 13, 2021
'Washington Post' investigative reporter Craig Whitlock has the #6 book in the country with 'The Afghanistan Papers.' Plus a cookbook and party guide inspired by 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' also lands in our top 10, and contemporary romance author Helen Hoang makes her first appearance on our lists.
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Adult Fiction Couldn't Save Last Week's Print Book Sales
With all categories except adult fiction having declines, unit sales of print books fell 5.2% in the week ended September 4, 2021 from the comparable week in 2020 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Print Unit Sales Fell 2.3% at End of August
Increases in fiction sales were not enough to offset another round of declines in nonfiction, leading to a 2.3% drop in unit sales of print books in the week ended Aug. 28, 2021,
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How TikTok Makes Backlist Books into Bestsellers
Books like Colleen Hoover's 2016 novel 'It Ends with Us' are blowing up with BookTok influencers—and seeing huge sales spikes that often send titles to the top of the bestseller lists.
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BIPOC Bookstores Form Community
The Mosaic Community was born in California and is recruiting members nationwide.
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Sales Surge at Tourist Town Indie Bookstores
Covid-19 and heat waves are drawing crowds of readers to bookstores in tourist towns near the Great Lakes and in the Rocky Mountains.
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Booksellers Hit the Books
A newly launched professional bookseller certification program aims to boost indie bookselling skills.
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This Week's Bestsellers: September 6, 2021
History podcaster Mike Duncan has the #8 book in the country with his Marquis de Lafayette bio, 'Hero of Two Worlds.' Plus a pair of tennis books score in time for the U.S. Open, and Oprah makes her latest book club pick.
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Children's Institute 9: Indie Bookselling in a Post-Pandemic World
Booksellers focused on the nuts-and-bolts of indie bookselling in a post-pandemic world, with Wednesday roundtables on gift bundles and boxes and hosting virtual events especially well attended by Ci9 booksellers.
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Children's Institute 9: Sales and Moods Up as Conference Draws to a Close
The ninth annual American Booksellers Association Children’s Institute came to a close on September 1, marking the second year that the indie bookseller gathering was held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Nonfiction Declines Led to 2.3% Drop in Print Book Sales Last Week
Unit sales of adult fiction print titles rose 18.7% last week, but that wasn't enough to offset more declines in nonfiction.
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This Week's Bestsellers: August 30, 2021
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child have the #2 book in the country with 'Bloodless.' Plus Christian Robinson's Target collaboration drops, sending sales of 'You Matter' soaring, and 'Sensor' shows why Junji Ito is the manga king of body horror.
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Print Unit Sales Rose 1.6% in Mid-August
Unit sales of print books rose 1.6% in the week ended Aug. 21, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Gorman Book's Price Hike Startles Booksellers
Penguin Random House surprised booksellers with the announcement that Amanda Gorman's forthcoming volume 'Call Us What We Carry' would be double the anticipated length, and that the price will be raised by $5.
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Print Book Sales Skid Ends After Four Weeks
Unit sales of print books increased 1.6% last week over 2020, ending four weeks of declines. Adult fiction sales led the rebound, with sales up 26.3%.
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B&N Rides a Wave of Positive Trends
Helped by a wave of positive trends, sales of the country’s largest physical bookstore retailer are higher than two years ago.
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Print Unit Sales Dip in Mid-August
Unit sales of print books declined 1.3% in the week ended Aug. 14, 2021, from the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Bookselling Profile: The King’s English Bookshop
Calvin Crosby quit his job as executive director of the California Independent Booksellers Alliance earlier this year and returned to Utah, where he joined Anne Holman and Betsy Burton as co-owner of Salt Lake City literary icon The King's English. Here's what's in store for the store.
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