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Bookselling Spotlight: Cavalier House Books
We talk with John Cavalier, co-owner of Cavalier House Books in Denham Springs, La. He and his wife grew the store out of a shed in his parents’ backyard.
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Dr. Seuss Books Ruled Last Week's Bestseller List
Fueled by huge gains for a host of Dr. Seuss titles as well as solid results for several new books, unit sales of print books soared 34.2% last week over the week ended March 8, 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Green Apple Books to Downsize at Flagship Location
San Francisco’s Green Apple Books will consolidate space at its flagship Clement Street location by September, reducing the store’s overall size back to its original 1996 footprint.
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Moe's Booksellers Unionize
Employees at Moe’s Bookstore in Berkeley, Calif., announced that they have formed a union and joined the International Workers of the World.
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Book Club Picks for March 2021
Among this month's book club picks, Vox Book Club taps 'The Power' and B&N selects 'We Begin at the End.'
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 8, 2021
Charlie Mackesy’s 2019 fable, ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,’ is the #1 book in the country, and ‘Believe It’ by It Cosmetics founder Jamie Kern Lima is #3. Plus a pair of buzzword-heavy diet books debut this week.
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Print Unit Sales Finish February with 26% Gain
With the help of strong backlist sales, unit sales of print books rose 26% in the week ended Feb. 27, 2021, over the similar week last year, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Backlist Drives Print Book Unit Gains Higher Through February
Driven by strong backlist sales, unit sales of print books rose 26% last week over the week ended February 29, 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. It was the largest week-over-week gain compared to 2020 so far this year, helping unit sales finish the first two months of 2021 with a 21.2% increase over the first two months of 2020.
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Union Booksellers Protest at NYC's Strand
Union booksellers held a rally outside the Strand Book Store's flagship location in New York City on Monday afternoon, protesting the store’s labor practices. Negotiations for a new contract are set to begin this summer after a number of years of a tense relationship between the union and management.
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 1, 2021
Sarah J. Maas has the #1 book in the country with ‘A Court of Silver Flames,’ fifth in the series she began with ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses.’ Plus ‘The Sum of Us’ by Heather McGhee, which PW called an “astute and persuasive debut,” is #6 in the country, and ‘Priestdaddy’ memoirist Patricia Lockwood lands at #20 in hardcover fiction with her first novel, ‘No One Is Talking About This.’
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Print Units Rose 10.9% in Mid-February
Unit sales of print books rose 10.9% in the week ended Feb. 20, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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At WI16, Booksellers Were 'Very Engaged'
The American Booksellers Association’s virtual Winter Institute attracted 1,971 participants last month, up from the 1,500 people who attended last year’s live meeting in Baltimore.
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Baby Got Backlist: Backlist Backbones 2021
Children’s booksellers say they tend to reach for beloved older titles to start kids on the path to becoming lifelong readers.
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Print Book Sales Rose Nearly 11% Last Week
Unit sales of print books cooled somewhat last week, but still managed to increase 10.9% over the week ended February 22, 2020.
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Congressman and Others Vow to Fight Amazon, Monopolies
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance hosted a seminar on the topic of "Reining in Monopoly Power," where Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI) and others vowed to level the playing field for small businesses competing against Amazon and other dominant tech companies.
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WI16: Booksellers Told to Prepare for Constant Disruption
Author Brené Brown offered the keynote talk on the final day of the ABA's Winter Institute and urged booksellers to improve their communication skills and not to anticipate a return to normalcy, but to prepare for a future of constant disruption.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 22, 2021
“Life, Interrupted” columnist Suleika Jaouad debuts at #15 on our hardcover fiction list with ‘Between Two Kingdoms.’ Plus a revamped edition of Sonya Renee Taylor’s ‘The Body Is Not an Apology’ lands at #7 on our trade paperback list, and Adam Grant’s latest, ‘Think Again,’ is the #8 book in the country.
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Print Unit Sales Up 21.3% in Mid-February
For the week ended Feb. 13, 2021, unit sales of print books increased 21.3% over the week ended Feb. 15, 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Bookselling Spotlight: Talk Story Bookstore
Talk Story Bookstore in Hanapepe, Hawaii, is the talk of the town for a reason.
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WI16: Booksellers Plan for the Worst, Hope for the Best
The second day of this year’s virtual Winter Institute was true to the conference’s founding spirit with a streamlined series of sessions aimed to address indie booksellers' core business needs, particularly finances.
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