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Major Indie Bookseller Initiative Poised to 'Reimagine' Bookstores
On October 18, nearly 600 indie booksellers and publishing industry professionals gathered online from 49 states and 12 countries for the start of a two-day intensive brainstorming session called Reimagining Bookstores.
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Print Unit Sales Up 2% in Early October
Unit sales of print books rose 2% in the week ended Oct. 9, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Another Pandemic Surprise: A Mini Indie Bookstore Boom
Though Covid-19 isn't going anywhere and challenges remain, new independent bookstores are opening up and doing well.
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Denver's Beloved Bookstore, Tattered Cover, Broadens Its Reach
The store has long had multiple locations, but the recent announcement of a new outlet in Colorado Springs early next year shows that the mini-chain's new owners hope to transform Tattered Cover into a real regional presence.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 18, 2021
Amor Towles's 'The Lincoln Highway' hits #1 overall in its first week on sale, and grunge god Dave Grohl, the Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman, has the #2 book in the country this week with 'The Storyteller.'
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Bookstore Sales Continued to Rebound in August
Bookstore sales continued their 2021 rebound in August, jumping 60.1% over 2020, as schools and colleges began to reopen. Sales were $1.23 billion, up from $770 million a year ago.
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Fiction Drove Small Gain in Print Book Sales Last Week
Gains of 26% in both the adult fiction and young adult fiction categories combined to increase total unit sales of print books by 2% last week over the comparable week in 2020.
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Former Congressman Steve Israel to Open Indie Bookstore
Retired eight-term congressman Steve Israel has announced plans to open Theodore's, an independent bookstore, in Oyster Bay, N.Y., in the next month.
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Bookselling Spotlight: The Dog Eared Book
The Dog Eared Book hosts few author events and has no local school partnerships or large initiatives underway. But as it approaches its seventh anniversary, the Palmyra, N.Y., store represents something rare in American bookselling today: it is simply a bookstore, and a highly successful one at that.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 11, 2021
Anthony Doerr snags a spot in the National Book Award for Fiction as a finalist for 'Cloud Cuckoo Land,' which charted overall as the #3 book in the country, while Stevie van Zandt's 'Unrequited Infatuations' lands at #7.
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Mountains & Plains Booksellers Celebrate In-Person Show, Return to Denver
The Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association's annual trade show, its first in-person gathering since 2019, was a celebration of a community's resilience, as new booksellers were welcomed to the gathering.
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ABA Invests $3M In IndieCommerce, Updates Policies
In a letter to members of the American Booksellers Association, Bradley Graham, president of the ABA board, explained several updates the organization has made to its Ends Policies, announced a $3 million investment in IndieCommerce, and outlined other priorities.
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Return of Live PNBA Delights Pacific Booksellers, Publishers
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association convened the first in-person fall regional conference to take place since the start of the pandemic in Portland, Ore., this week, attracting 180 booksellers, 150 publishers and 50 authors.
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Unit Sales Up 3.2% in Mid-September
Helped by a number of hot new releases, unit sales of print books rose 3.2% in the week ended Sept. 25, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 4, 2021
The #2 book in the country is 'Change Sings,' written by inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and illustrated by 'Otis' creator Loren Long. Plus Richard Powers has the #8 book in the country with 'Bewilderment,' and TJ Klune's latest fantasy, 'Under the Whispering Door,' has a great first week.
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At New Voices New Rooms Conference, Booksellers Find Solidarity and Confidence
Advice on how to cope with possible holiday supply disruptions and author presentations on forthcoming book, made for a fruitful New Voices New Rooms gathering of the New Atlantic and Southern Independent Booksellers associations.
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Regional Bookseller Associations Join Forces for Second Fall Conference
The New Atlantic and Southern Independent Booksellers Associations kicked off a combined virtual fall conference on September 27, marking the second year in a row that the two organizations have joined forces.
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Print Sales Down Again in Mid-September
Unit sales of print books fell 3.6% in the week ended Sept. 18, 2021, from the comparable week in 2020, according to NPD BookScan.
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Bookselling Profile: Source Booksellers
Source Booksellers has been transformed from a small business serving its Detroit community to an indie with a global customer base.
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This Week's Bestsellers: September 27, 2021
'An Unapologetic Cookbook' by Joshua Weissman is the #1 book in the country while Liane Moriarty continues to rise with 'Apples Never Fall' gripping the #2 spot in competition with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Colson Whitehead's 'Harlem Shuffle.'
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