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BookTok Helped Book Sales Soar. How Long Will That Last?
In July, for the first month ever, sales from the roughly 180 BookTok authors BookScan follows fell from the prior year.
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This Week's Bestsellers: August 21, 2023
Hanya Yanagihara’s 2015 novel, 'A Little Life,' is having a very good 2023, thanks in part to a little BookTok love. Plus James McBride stocks up at 'The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,' and Dav Pilkey's 11th Dog Man title gets a boost after #12 is announced.
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ShopQueer.co Is Fighting Bigotry with Book Sales
Online bookstore ShopQueer.co aims to empower queer authors by sharing profits.
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Print Book Sales Fell in All Categories Last Week
Unit sales of print books struggled again last week, falling 7.6% compared to the week ended August 13, 2022. The decline in adult fiction continued, with sales off 9.6%.
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Bookstore Sales Rose Nearly 7% in First Half of 2023
Despite a dip in June, sales increased 6.9% at bookstores during the first six months of 2023 over last year, rising to $3.86 billion.
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This Week's Bestsellers: August 14, 2023
Pulitzer finalist and Parnassus Books owner Ann Patchett has the #2 book in the country with 'Tom Lake.' Plus 'Unreasonable Hospitality' by Will Guidara gets a boost from its cameo on 'The Bear,' and Rachel Griffin’s 'Bring Me Your Midnight' brings romantasy to our children’s fiction list.
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Print Book Sales Dropped 8.3% Last Week
In another week in which sales in all categories fell, print book sales declined 8.3% at outlets that report to BookScan, with adult fiction sales dropping 11.4%.
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This Week's Bestsellers: August 7, 2023
'Baking Yesteryear' by TikTok personality B. Dylan Hollis is the #1 book in the country. Plus the buzz around the movie 'Oppenheimer' reignites interest in the Pulitzer-winning source material, and Karen M. McManus sends off her One of Us Is Lying trilogy in high style.
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The Sales Numbers on Books by Supreme Court Justices
A recent 'New York Times' article put a spotlight on the book deals made by sitting justices on the U.S. Supreme Court. But how have books written by Supreme Court justices sold?
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With Adult Fiction Cooling, Print Book Sales Fell 5.4% Last Week
The string of weeks in which unit sales of print books were down in all major categories reached three last week, leading to a 5.4% sales decline from the comparable week in 2022. Sales of adult fiction fell 7.2%.
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New Voices New Rooms Kicks Off Fall Shows
After a virtual debut, an inaugural in-person version of the trade show will launch August 7–10 in Arlington, Va.
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This Week's Bestsellers: July 31, 2023
Serena Valentino lands at #2 on our children’s fiction list with 'Fire and Fate,' the 10th volume in her Villains series for Disney. Plus erotica writer Chuck Tingle makes his traditional publishing debut, and YA author Chloe Gong steps into the adult world.
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With No Crawdads Singing, Print Books Take a Tumble
Unit sales of print books fell 6.1% last week. All six major categories had declines. In the year's strongest segment, adult fiction, sales couldn't keep pace with last year, when 'Where the Crawdads Sing' sold more than 123,000 copies.
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Multiple Efforts Assist Flooded Vermont Stores
Sixteen Vermont bookstores and one local publisher are running a one-day fundraiser tomorrow, July 29, to help rebuild two bookstores that flooded earlier this month. In addition, New York City's Books of Wonder is selling its used fixtures to Vermont's Bear Pond Books at a steep discount.
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Washington, D.C.'s Solid State Books Unionizes
Workers at Solid State Books have unanimously voted to ratify its first union contract during a virtual meeting attended by 100% of the store's staff, according to United Food & Commercial Workers Local 400, which represents workers at the store.
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Binc Launches Business Incubator for BIPOC Booksellers
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation has announced BincTank, a new business incubator offering mentorship and support for BIPOC booksellers. The program will run for three years.
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This Week's Bestsellers: July 24, 2023
The long-awaited first book by BTS rockets to the top of the list like an album by the South Korean boy band on the pop charts, #SmutTok gives Ana Huang a handful of bestsellers, and more.
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Children's Author Becomes a 'Loudmouth' for Banned Books
Author Leah Johnson isn't simply speaking up against censorship—she's putting banned books into people's hands, and will open Loudmouth Books in Indianapolis in late September.
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Print Book Sales Dropped 3.8% Last Week
With declines in every segment, unit sales of print books fell 3.8% last week compared to the week ended July 16, 2023.
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Publishers, Ingram Prepare for Possible UPS Strike
Publishers are encouraging bookstores to order early and are exploring alternative delivery options should UPS workers walk out on August 1. In some cases, publishers are extending payment terms.
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