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  • MahoganyBooks to Open in Washington D.C.

    Washington D.C.’s Southeast Anacostia neighborhood is poised to get its first bookstore in over twenty years with the opening of MahoganyBooks later this month.

  • The Mass Merchandiser Channel Helps Lift Unit Sales 1%

    At outlets that report to NPD BookScan, unit sales of print books were 1% higher in the week ended Nov. 5, 2017, than in the comparable week in 2016.

  • This Week's Bestsellers: November 13, 2017

    ‘Twin Peaks' co-creator Mark Frost lands at #4 in hardcover fiction with damn fine sales for ‘Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier. Plus a B&N promotion boost sales of Katy Hudson’s new picture book, and ‘Dilbert’ cartoonist Scott Adams puts the ‘politics’ in ‘office politics.’

  • NAIBA Comes Out Against Direct Sales

    The board of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association has issued a two-part statement to publishers saying the practice of direct sales to consumers, both individuals and institutions, is undermining booksellers.

  • Bookstore News: November 9, 2017

    New stores open in Illinois, New York and Kentucky; North Carolina bookstore sold to long-time employees; Paris's bookstore on a barge; and more.

  • Bookstore News: November 8, 2017

    Kinokuniya expands to Austin; B&N opens a restaurant; New York's last Yiddish bookstore; the Seattle store that inspired a backpack empire; and more.

  • B&N Unveils New Apps and New Holiday Sales Strategy

    Barnes & Noble's holiday sales strategies rest on new interactive apps, a new Nook model, special edition titles, and a streamlined approach to toys and gifts.

  • Bookstore News: November 6, 2017

    Dallas celeb discusses new bookstore; South Dakota indie store for sale; Shanghai pop-up to host author events in sixty days; Amazon leaving Stony Brook University; and more.

  • This Week's Bestsellers: November 6, 2017

    News and commentary on this week's PW bestseller lists.

  • Nonfiction Categories Drive 3% Unit Gain

    At outlets that report to NPD BookScan, unit sales of print books were 3% higher in the week ended Oct. 29, 2017, than in the comparable week in 2016.

  • Does Anybody Know What a Bestseller Is?

    There are more bestseller lists than ever—and the consequences for publishing remain unclear.

  • The Pros and Cons of Bookseller Crowdsourcing

    What was once an unusual and innovative approach to raising capital has become a mainstream method for financing creative projects—but it has its upsides and downsides.

  • Canada's Indigo Confirms Plans to Enter the U.S. Market

    Indigo Books and Music is opening a new bookstore in New Jersey in 2018, its first in the United States and one of several the company plans to open as it tests the market.

  • Bookstore News: November 3, 2017

    LGBTQ store opens in Mississippi; Politics & Prose to expand; a Virginia bookstore gets a facelift; and more.

  • B&T, Ingram Offer Holiday Support for Retailers

    Both firms are kicking off programs offering rebates, extra discounts, and free shipping for eligible indie bookstores to make it easier to order and reorder during the high-volume holiday shopping season.

  • The Fate of Bookstores After the Hurricanes

    Booksellers in Florida and Houston reported various kinds of impacts from Irma and Harvey. One bookseller reported increased sales, while another said she it not sure if she will be able to rebuild her store that was completely demolished.

  • Book World to Close All 45 Stores Across the Midwest

    Book World Inc, announced on Tuesday that it is closing all 45 of its bookstores due to a drop in sales due to the consumer shift away from shopping malls, where many Book World stores are located.

  • Monthly StatShot, June 2017

    Sales of adult trade book were 3.1% higher in the first six months of 2017 than in the comparable period in 2016, according to figures released by the AAP as part of its StatShot program.

  • Adult Nonfiction Drives Unit Gains

    The string of weekly sales gains this fall continued in the week ended Oct. 22, 2017. At outlets that report to NPD BookScan, unit sales of print books were 4% higher than in the comparable week in 2016.

  • Bookwitty, the Globalized Niche Bookseller

    The Paris-based company, which offers about 27 million print titles in four languages—all with free worldwide shipping—is quietly positioning itself to become a possible global competitor to Amazon in online bookselling.

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