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Bookstore News: April 10, 2017
Michigan used bookstore to close after 39 years; future of Kansas bookstore uncertain after fire; Alaskan glacier bookstore gets new management; and more.
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Young Writers Call for Diverse Books at Children's Institute
Jason Reynolds, Marley Dias, and Rachel Ignotofsky called on booksellers, many from a new generation themselves, to carry diverse books.
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Book Sales Get an Easter Bump: The Weekly Scorecard
With Easter approaching, sales of juvenile fiction and nonfiction are shooting up.
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This Week's Bestsellers: April 10, 2017
YouTube personality Lilly Singh has the #10 book in the country. Plus novelist Jessica Shattuck has her best debut week by far with ‘The Women in the Castle,’ and Tom Verducci’s book on the Cubs sells well in the city of—do we even have to tell you?
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PW Online and On Air: Week of April 10, 2017
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Children’s Institute Talks Diversity and Numbers
ABA launched its premier conference for children's booksellers with a keynote on diversity.
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Amazon Opening Second NYC Bookstore
Amazon has confirmed that it will open a bricks and mortar location at 7 West 34th Street this summer. The new outlet will be the second New York City store for the company, its 11th nationwide.
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Bookstore News: April 4, 2017
Politics and Prose considers expansion to Bethesda; working at the country's only romance bookstore; Kramerbooks hires ex-White House staffer; and more.
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Wild Rumpus Named 2017 PW Bookstore of the Year; DeCourcey Rep
For the first time in the PW awards' nearly 25-year history, a children's bookstore has won the honor. Wild Rumpus, in the Twin Cities, is celebrating its first quarter century this year.
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This Week's Bestsellers: April 3, 2017
Four crime novels hit our Hardcover Fiction list, including the #1 book in the country, ‘Mississippi Blood.’ Plus ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ and ’13 Reasons Why’ sell well ahead of their big and small-screen debuts.
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With No Easter Sales, Juvenile Book Sales Tumble: The Weekly Scorecard
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by NPD Bookscan.
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Bookstore News: March 31, 2017
A new bookstore will replace closed Booksellers at Laurelwood in Memphis; Dallas's Deep Vellum looking for second storefront; Casa Norberto Libros to open soon in Puerto Rico; and more.
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With Purchase of Souq.com, Amazon Moves Into Middle East
The acquisition of Souq.com, a Dubai-based online retailer that is the dominant one in the Middle East, comes one month after Souq announced plans to open a "global bookstore."
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Bookstore News: March 28, 2017
Anchorage indie gets a new owner; Third Place Books hires new events manager; Salt Lake City's Marissa's Books to re-open; and more.
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NEIBA Considers Funding Author Tours
At a March 24 gathering of the New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA), booksellers discussed ways for the organization to support author readings in underserved areas.
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Monthly StatShot, October 2016
Sales of adult trade books fell 13.1% in October 2016 compared to the same month in 2015, while sales in the children’s/young adult segment rose 1.9%, according to figures released by the AAP as part of its StatShot program.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending March 19, 2017
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by NPD Bookscan.
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Every Amazon Books Location, Mapped
The pace of openings for Amazon's physical bookstores has ramped up. Here's a map of every existing and announced location.
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 27, 2017
Michael Finkel’s ‘The Stranger in the Woods,’ a profile of a hermit in Central Maine, is the top-selling book in the Northeast. Plus sales pile up for a year-old picture book, and lauded essayist Elif Batuman publishes her first novel.
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Bookstore News: March 24, 2017
New England Mobile Book Fair to downsize; Foyles touts second profitable year, Pennsylvania's Quadrant Book Mart reopens; and more.