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Riots Continue to Affect Twin Cities Shops and Bookstores
A second night of rioting in Minneapolis/St. Paul continues to affect booksellers located in the areas that have become scenes of violence.
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2020 Pannell Award Winners Announced
The awards, presented by the Women’s National Book Association, have been given to BookPeople in Austin, Tex., and Little Shop of Stories in Decatur, Ga.
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Minneapolis Indie Bookstores Weather Riots
Two Minneapolis indie bookstores on the city blocks most torn apart by the protests on Wednesday evening that continued into the early morning hours on Thursday have so far escaped unscathed.
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Two Indie Booksellers Associations Join Forces for Fall Conference
In lieu of in-person gatherings, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association will host a combined virtual conference from September 21-25.
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WORD Bookstore and Authors Team Up for Charity
All this week WORD Bookstores in Brooklyn and New Jersey will donate 10% of the purchase prices of books by a rotating group of authors to a different charity each day.
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Denver's BookBar Switches Up Business Model
Denver's BookBar bookstore is marking its seventh anniversary by changing its business model to provide services beyond retail, such as a literary imprint, BookBar Press, and a writers-in-residence program.
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This Week's Bestsellers: May 25, 2020
‘The Henna Artist,’ Alka Joshi’s debut novel and the Reese’s Book Club pick for May, debuts at #16 in hardcover fiction. Plus a pair of backlist titles offering advice on coping with adversity have seen renewed interest since Covid-19 took hold in the U.S., and Scott Turow returns for ‘The Last Trial.’
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Print Units Up 7.7% in Mid-May
Unit sales of print books rose 7.7% in the week ended May 16, 2020, over the comparable period in 2019, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Commission Reps See Challenges Ahead—As Well As Opportunities
As stores slowly reopen, commission reps see a host of issues they will need to navigate to have a successful second half of 2020.
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As Canadian Bookstores Reopen, Challenges Await
Indigo has reopened less than 10% of its bookstores across Canada and will close 15 outlets permanently this summer. In Winnipeg, McNally Robinson says customers are returning, but sales are still down 60% from last year.
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Print Unit Sales Fell 7.8% Last Week
After two weeks of consecutive double-digit growth, unit sales of print books fell last week compared to the week ended May 9, 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: May 18, 2020
‘All Adults Here’ by Emma Straub, the May Read with Jenna pick, debuts at #5 in hardcover fiction. Plus Mary Kay Andrews and Jennifer Weiner release their summer reads, and Katherine Applegate returns with ‘The One and Only Bob.’
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Print Unit Sales Up 9.9% In Early May
Led by big gains in the juvenile categories, unit sales of print books rose 9.9% in the week ended May 9, 2020, over the comparable period in 2019, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Photo Essay: Bookstores Are Opening, Cautiously, Across the Country
After two months of nationwide lockdowns due to Covid-19, many bookstores are slowly and cautiously reopening as states loosen restrictions.
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Bookstore Sales Plunged 33.4% in March
With many stores closing in March, bookstore sales tumbled 33.4% in the month compared to March 2019, according to preliminary estimates reported by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Print Unit Sales Post Another Double Digit Gain
Last week, unit sales of print books had their second consecutive week of double-digit growth over the previous week at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. For the week ended May 9, 2020, print units were up 10.5% over the prior week.
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B&N Slowly Reopening Stores to Customers
By the end of the week, Barnes & Noble will have 51 bookstores open for in-store shopping. In addition, 500 stores are now offering curbside pickup.
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Booksellers Look to Curbsides and Online Sales, Not In-Store Customers
As states establish reopening timelines and Covid-19 infection rates continue to rise in various parts of the country, bookstores are not reopening in any conventional sense—nor do many owners intend to.
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Print Unit Sales Rise Nearly 5% at the End of April
Solid gains in the adult fiction and juvenile nonfiction categories lifted print unit sales up 4.7% in the week ended May 2, 2020, over the comparable week in 2019, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: May 11, 2020
Amid a global pandemic, thousands of people are reading... ‘The End of October,’ about a fictional pandemic. Plus ‘Good Morning America’ book club pick ‘Oona Out of Order’ cracks the fiction list, and the Hulu adaptation of ‘Normal People’ boosts paperback sales.
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