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This Week's Bestsellers: February 18, 2019
‘On the Come Up,’ Angie Thomas’s follow up to ‘The Hate U Give,’ debuts at #2 in children’s frontlist fiction. Plus ‘Black Leopard, Red Wolf’ by Marlon James lands at #3 in hardcover fiction, and new nonfiction titles merge self-help and success.
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November Bookstore Sales See Big Gain
Bookstore sales in November jumped to $729 million, up from $663 million a year ago. The jump marks an increase of 9.9%, and is culled from preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 11, 2019
New books with real or hopeful ties to the White House debut this week, including the #2 book in the country, ‘From the Ground Up’ by Howard Schultz. Plus Pam Jenoff’s ‘The Lost Girl of Paris’ is #9 in the country.
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Slow Start for Print Units in 2019
Lack of a political bestseller and ramifications from printing issues have units down 5.9%.
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San Diego Bookseller Undergoes Surgery, Other Booksellers Keep His Store Open
After San Diego bookseller Seth Marko, the co-owner of the Book Catapult, underwent emergency heart surgery last week, other indie booksellers in San Diego and beyond stepped forward to keep the store open while he convalesces.
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Words Bookstore to Open In New Special Needs Center
Words Bookstore will open a second location this April in a 53,000 sq. ft. center in Livingston, N.J., designed entirely for people with special needs.
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Indigo's Q3 Earnings Hit by Postal Strike
A strike at Canada Post late last year caused headaches at Indigo Books & Music, resulting in a dip in sales of 1.7% for the company's third quarter and a steep drop in earnings for the period.
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Another Soft Week for Unit Sales in January
Sales of print units are off to a slow start in 2019, falling 8.6% in the week ended Jan. 26, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 4, 2019
Alan Bradley debuts at #6 in hardcover fiction with his 10th Flavia de Luce novel, ‘Golden Tresses of the Dead.’ Plus YA author Maureen Johnson’s Truly Devious mystery series hits our children’s fiction list for the first time with its second installment, ‘The Vanishing Stair,’ and Caroline Kepnes’s ‘You’ gets new life on Netflix.
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Polar Vortex Slams Midwestern Booksellers This Past Week
While much of the U.S. experienced cold weather this past week, Midwestern booksellers were especially affected by the Polar Vortex, causing days of subzero temperatures that kept customers out of stores.
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ABA Past Presidents Reflect on a Changing Industry
Five past presidents of the American Booksellers Association met at Winter Institute in Albuquerque, N.M., last week to talk about where the industry is now and where it's headed.
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The Big Books of Winter Institute 14
One of the main attractions of Winter Institute is the chance for booksellers to get their hands on forthcoming titles. Here, attendees share some of the titles that got them talking...and excited.
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With No ‘Fire,’ Print Units Fell 5% in Mid-January
Unit sales of print books fell 5% in the week ended Jan. 19, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: January 28, 2019
What were D.C. residents reading during the government shutdown? A book popular with job-seekers, a memoir by a Muslim-American Olympic fencer, and a cookbook–turned–Netflix series.
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Finalists Named for 2019 PW Bookstore of the Year
At Winter Institute 14 in Albuquerque, N.M., PW announced its slate of five finalists for indie bookstore of the year. Many are responsible for the current rise in independent bookselling.
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WI14: Booksellers Talk Numbers, Pre-orders
The conversations at Winter Institute 14 in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday focused on commerce, covering sales data, and the best ways to capture pre-order sales.
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This Week's Bestsellers: January 21, 2019
Katherine Arden concludes her Winternight Trilogy with ‘Winter of the Witch.’ Plus Ruta Sepetys’s lauded 'Between Shades of Gray’ heads to the big screen with a new title, and Kamala Harris debuts with two titles, a memoir and a picture book.
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Breaking Down the Bestsellers of 2018
In spite of the fire and fury, last year’s big political titles didn’t have long runs on our adult bestseller lists.
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Indies See 2018 Sales Jump 5% with ABA Adding 95 Stores
ABA executive director Oren Teicher said sales at independent bookstores rose 5% in 2018 over 2017, helped by the addition of 95 new stores.
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Arcadia Goes Local at Winter Institute
Arcadia Publishing, which has a backlist of 14,000 local and regional titles, will present personalized catalogs to booksellers at Winter Institute, touting 16 store-specific titles the location's employees can handsell.
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