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More Independent Booksellers Are Getting Into the Publishing Business
Looking to boost their bottom lines, some indies are forgoing things like cafes and coffee bars to become full-fledged publishers.
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This Week's Bestsellers: November 21, 2016
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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Bookstores of Every Kind
A revival of the independent bookstore sector has been taking place over the past few years. That resurgence can been seen in the Pacific Northwest, which even before the indie rebound was already a veritable bookstore mecca.
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Bookstore News: November 17, 2016
A Washington, D.C. store preps for a holiday expansion; a Texas bookstore owner makes a comeback; Canadian stores get the okay to sell books and booze; and more.
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Bookstore News: November 16, 2016
An iconic New York City store gets a new lease on bookselling and a closing store will return; a Pennsylvania bookstore gets geeky; and more.
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September Bookstore Sales Up 1.7%
Bookstore sales in September were $1.16 billion, up from $1.14 billion one year ago.
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B&N Concept Store to Open Nov. 22
After several changes on when its new concept store in Eastchester, N.Y. will open, Barnes & Noble has now set November 22 as the new date.
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Bookstore News: November 14, 2016
A Massachusetts bookstore turns publisher; a Wyoming store bans wi-fi; a New Hampshire store celebrates its first quarter century; and more.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending November 6, 2016
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Post-Election Reading: Bookseller Picks
Booksellers from across the country on what they are recommending to their customers, from escapist fiction to insightful nonfiction to help understand, well, what just happened.
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Book Publishers See Third-Quarter Bounce
Results in the July-September period improve after a disappointing start to 2016.
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This Week's Bestsellers: November 14, 2016
Jeff Kinney has the #1 book in the country with the latest Wimpy Kid title, despite a sales drop-off from previous entries in the series. Plus, new books from former One Direction member Zayn Malik, Michael Connelly, and more.
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Bookstore News: November 11, 2016
A California bookseller tries to buy the store where he works; Barnes & Noble to open on Fifth Avenue--in Youngstown; a bookstore pops-up in the Bronx; and more.
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What's Selling at Eagle Harbor Book Co.
On Bainbridge Island, located in Puget Sound just a short ferry ride from Seattle, Alison Webb is gearing up for the holiday season at Eagle Harbor Book Co., where she is children's book buyer and gift buyer.
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Bookstore News: November 8, 2016
Amazon's campus pick-up program comes to New York; a Spanish-language bookstore arrives in Phoenix; an Oklahoma indie preps for its opening; and more.
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One of the Country’s Oldest Bookstores to Stay in the Family
With no serious buyers in sight after nearly a year on the market, the 175-year-old Otto Bookstore in Williamsport, Pa., is likely being passed from 82-year-old Betsy Rider to her son, Tom.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending October 30, 2016
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: November 7, 2016
Paul Beatty’s ‘The Sellout’ gets a Booker boost and debuts on our Trade Paperback list. Plus Ina Garten and Anthony Bourdain lead the pack of new cookbook releases, adult coloring books stage a comeback, and much more.
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B&N Is Leaving the Bronx. Locals Are Trying, Again, to Make Chain Stay.
Barnes & Noble announced for the second time in two years that it will close its Bronx location. But local officials have gotten the chain, which provides the borough's only bookstore, to commit to reopening a store in the community.
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Bookstore News: November 3, 2016
New stores prep to open in Washington and Massachusetts; a political display gets protection in New York; Barnes & Noble continues to close locations; and more.