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This Week’s Bestsellers: October 7, 2024
‘Counting Miracles’ by Nicholas Sparks is the #1 book in the country. Plus online education stars Sharon Says So and Ms. Rachel debut at #3 and #4 respectively, and Sally Rooney’s ‘Intermezzo’ goes from must-have ARC to the #6 spot in the country.
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Book Biz Steps Up to Help Stores Hit by Hurricane Helene
While the Book Industry Charitable Foundation continues to raise funding to help Southeastern booksellers at need, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance, booksellers, and publishers across the South are rallying to assist.
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PNBA Builds Back to Pre-Pandemic Attendance
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association wrapped up its annual trade show on October 1 in Portland, Ore. The show, executive director Brian Juenemann said, saw its best attendance since 2019.
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PNBA Brings Its People to Portland
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association members convened in Portland, Ore., September 29–October 1, with about 240 booksellers representing 86 stores visiting the Columbia Riverfront Holiday Inn.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: September 30, 2024
‘The Wild Robot’ by Peter Brown is the #10 book in the country just as the big-screen adaptation hits theaters. Plus Richard Osman, author of the Thursday Murder Club mysteries, launches a new series with ‘We Solve Murders,’ and stars of song, screen, and social media light up list with their new cookbooks.
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Women & Children First Named Inaugural Great Lakes Bookstore of the Year
The feminist bookstore, founded in 1979, has been named the Great Lakes Bookstore of the Year by the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. It is the inaugural recipient of the award.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: September 23, 2024
‘Somewhere Beyond the Sea,’ TJ Klune’s sequel to ‘The House in the Cerulean Sea,’ is the #2 book in the country. Plus new books from Liane Moriarty and Elizabeth Strout nab starred PW reviews, book club nods, and top 10 positions on our list.
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CALIBA Booksellers Discuss Marketing and Inventory Management
At the September 17–18 California Independent Booksellers Alliance meeting in Pasadena, members looked for effective ways to capture sales, promote their stores online and in person, and communicate with publishers and distributors.
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California Booksellers Join Forces in Pasadena
Booksellers gathered at the home of the Rose Bowl for the California Independent Booksellers Alliance’s Fall Fest 2024, which took place September 17–18. Of 177 bookseller members from across the Golden State, 83 were first-time attendees; 46 exhibitor organizations and 36 authors also came to the regional trade show.
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NEIBA's Fall Conference Attracts 600 People to Boston
This year's New England Independent Booksellers Association conference, held September 11–13, brought together booksellers, publishers, and authors and highlighted such industry trends as the rising price of books and strong sales of horror and fantasy titles.
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How Booksellers Are Taking On Book Banners
Alongside educators and librarians, indie booksellers across the country are rising up to defend the freedom to read.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: September 16, 2024
Debut YA author Tigest Girma’s tale of Black vampires, ‘Immortal Dark,’ lands at #1 on our children’s fiction list. Plus Laurie Gilmore’s small-town romance ‘The Cinnamon Bun Book Store’ sweetens her Dream Harbor series, and new books by Matt Haig and Rachel Kushner nab starred reviews and bestseller list spots.
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Surveying the Fall Season: Children's Booksellers Share Trends and Their Must-Have Titles
We asked children's booksellers and buyers their predictions for the fall titles they'll be selling well this season.
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Book Club Picks for September 2024
Reese Witherspoon spotlights her former high school English teacher's new book, Danzy Senna's latest novel gets love from Barnes & Noble and 'Good Morning America,' and more.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: September 9, 2024
Hannah Grace scores the #1 book in the country with ‘Daydream,’ book three in her Maple Hills college hockey romance series. Plus ‘Amari and the Despicable Wonders’ continues B.B. Alston’s popular middle grade fantasy series, and, just in time for back to school, ‘Feeding Littles Lunches’ offers relief and a wealth of ideas to busy caregivers.
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Jenn Risko Steps Down at 'Shelf Awareness,' John Mutter Assumes Full Ownership
Risko, the cofounder and publisher of 'Shelf', will leave the bookselling trade newsletter on September 6, leaving Mutter, its editor-in-chief, full owner of the company. As a result, Matt Baldacci is being promoted to publisher, and Neil Strandberg to CEO.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: September 2, 2024
Jodi Picoult has the #3 book in the country with ‘By Any Another Name,’ a fictional exploration of the theory that poet Emilia Bassano ghostwrote Shakespeare’s works. Plus Adalyn Grace wraps her Belladonna YA romantasy trilogy, and William Kent Krueger makes a ‘Spirit Crossing’ onto our list.
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T*Rex Remainder Show Returns to Texas This September
Approximately 35 exhibitors and 150 buyers are expected to attend the next Texas Remainder Expo, to be held in Carrollton, Tex., September 24–26.
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The American Booksellers Association Is Publishing a Handbook for Fighting Book Bans
The 'ABA Right to Read Handbook: Fighting Book Bans and Why It Matters' is scheduled for a September 16 release. All profits will support the efforts of the American Booksellers for Free Expression against book bans.
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The Book World Takes on the 2024 Democratic National Convention
Chicago booksellers and other literary-minded organizations are responding to the crowds in town for the Democratic National Convention by selling books, promoting causes, and, in the case of one publication, reporting on the proceedings from a literary perspective.
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