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Workman Launches Campaign to Support Indie Bookstores
Workman Publishing has launched a campaign to encourage readers to buy books from their local independent bookstore this holiday season, under the slogan. "Shop Local NOW, So You Can Shop Local FOREVER."
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Store at Center of George Floyd Protests Wins MIBA Award
The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association named Moon Palace owners Jamie and Angela Schwesnedl booksellers of the year, lauding the couple for their response to the civil unrest in Minneapolis this past spring.
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Rollout of Boxed Out Campaign Questioned at GLIBA Meeting
Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association members raised concerns during its annual membership meeting about the strategy behind the rollout to the ABA's Boxed Out marketing campaign.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 19, 2020
‘Humans of New York’ photographer Brandon Stanton expands his scope, and has the #3 book in the country, with ‘Humans.’ Plus Rumaan Alam’s ‘Leave the World Behind,’ a newly named NBA finalist, debuts at #4 in hardcover fiction, and podcasters Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt reveal ‘The 99% Invisible City.’
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August Bookstore Sales Dropped 30.7%
Bookstore sales tumbled 30.7% in August compared to August 2019, putting an end to a brief rally that saw the rate of sales declines slowing compared to 2019.
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B&N Systems Hacked
In an email to customers, Barnes & Noble said that on October 10 it learned of "a cybersecurity attack" that resulted in unauthorized access to certain B&N corporate systems. The hack attacked systems that contain some customer information and also impacted some store operations, which are now said to be "up and running."
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ABA Kicks Off New Marketing Campaign
As Amazon's yearly two-day sales initiative, Prime Day, winds down on Wednesday, the ABA is launching a new marketing campaign, Boxed Out, that features provocative installations in front of six independent bookstores urging readers to avoid Amazon and shop local.
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Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Ride Out the Pandemic
The Mountains & Plains Indie Booksellers Association held its annual membership meeting virtually during its online regional trade show and learned that, despite the pandemic, the organization remains on solid ground.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 12, 2020
Jim Butcher has the #5 book in the country with ‘Battle Ground,’ 17th in his Dresden Files urban fantasy series. Plus ‘The Meaning of Mariah Carey,’ the Songbird Supreme’s autobiography, lands at #6 overall, and ‘Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass,’ a book of poetry by singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, debuts at #9.
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A Surprisingly Strong Year of Book Sales Continues
In spite of historic challenges, unit sales of print books were up 6.4% in the first nine months of 2020.
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Mountains & Plains Booksellers Conference Kicks Off with Children's Authors
The Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association's virtual trade show, FallCon, showcased a group of children's and YA authors demonstrating the magic that storytelling holds.
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Weekly Unit Sales Slip Again
Despite seven new titles appearing among the top 10 bestsellers last week, unit sales of print books fell 1.2% compared to the week ended September 26. The decline followed a 5.5% unit sales decline in the last full week of September.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 5, 2020
‘Hyperbole and a Half’ cartoonist Allie Brosh has the #3 book in the country with ‘Solutions and Other Problems.’ Plus ‘My Own Words,’ a 2016 collection of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s writings, is the #7 book in the county, and a trio of new recipe collections speak to time-strapped home cooks.
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Print Units Post Double-Digit Gains at the End of September
With the juvenile and YA nonfiction categories both posting better than 32% gains, unit sales of print books rose 10.3% in the week ended Sept. 26, 2020, over the comparable week in 2019, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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A Bookstore as Tough as New York City Itself
Book Club, an indie on Manhattan's Lower East Side, was only open for a few months before the pandemic hit. Since then, its owners have gotten creative, and are raising the store’s profile. Here's how.
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Print Unit Sales Fell 5.5% Last Week
With no new big book hitting shelves last week, unit sales of print books fell 5.5% compared to the week ended September 19 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan, but were up 10.3% over the week ended September 28, 2019.
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Despite Difficult Year, PNBA in Good Financial Shape
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association gathered on Zoom for its annual membership meeting this week. Despite a difficult year, attendance was good and leadership said the organization is in strong financial shape.
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With Challenges Ahead, New England Booksellers Stress Resilience
In an annual meeting and town hall last week, NEIBA members took up a message of resilience and looked ahead to 2021 with good spirits in spite of many challenges.
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