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May Bookstore Sales Rose 3.1%
Bookstore sales cooled slightly in May, but spending still rose for the fifth straight month this year.
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Bookstore News: July 14, 2016
Two bookstores--a mobile one and a bricks-and-mortar--prep to open in Kansas; a Pennsylvania store partners up; an Iowa shop goes on the block; and more.
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B&N, Adaptive Studios Ink Exclusive Retail Deal
Under the agreement, the retailer will get a six-month period of exclusivity for all new Adaptive titles beginning this month with two teen novels.
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New Pokémon Game Takes Bookstores By Storm
The sudden popularity of the smartphone video game Pokémon Go is sending people into bookstores and, in some cases, driving up sales at those stores.
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Bookstore News: July 12, 2016
B&N College finds the beauty in bookselling; Amazon primes a new pickup location at University of Illinois; the world’s oldest LGBT bookstore looks for funding; and more.
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NYC’s Posman Books Heads to Atlanta
With stores at Chelsea Market and Rockefeller Center, the long-time New York City bookseller is testing points South with a 2,000 sq. ft. store at Ponce City Market.
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Inkshares Publishes First Indie Bookstore Title
One year after Inkshares, which uses crowdfunding to determine what to publish, began courting indies, it is publishing its first bookstore-generated title, an anthology from Boston's Papercuts J.P.
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R.J. Julia Offers Prime Day Alternative
To combat Amazon's "global shopping day" on July 12, Connecticut bookseller R.J. Julia is encouraging customers to shop local with a dueling event through which it will donate 10% of its sales to the community.
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Bookstore News: July 11, 2016
BAM launches a fundraiser for West Virginia libraries; a break-in sets back an Asheville bookstore; a San Francisco institution turns 40; and more.
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The Revival of Print Books Continues
So far in 2016, sales of print books are up 6% over last year, despite the lack of a single runaway bestseller.
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The Bestselling Books of 2016 (So Far)
Different editions of Jojo Moyes's 'Me Before You' take three spots among the top 20 bestselling books for the first half of the year.
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This Week's Bestsellers: July 11, 2016
The #1 book in the country is ‘Crisis of Character’ by former uniformed Secret Service officer Gary J. Byrne, one of three politically charged books debuting on our Hardcover Nonfiction list this week. Plus ‘Battlefield Earth’ finds sales success in a new edition, Chuck Palahniuk’s ‘Fight Club’ goes for a graphic round two, and more.
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Europa Creates Indie Bookseller Scholarship for Frankfurt
To celebrate the publication of two new books by bestselling Italian author Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions is launching a scholarship program for U.S. booksellers to attend overseas book fairs.
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Bookstore News: July 7, 2016
A Maine store with a Richard Russo connection preps for a September opening; a beloved North Carolina institution readies a new permanent home; B&N cuts back in IT; and more.
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Hoboken's Little City Books to Add Kids’ Store
One year after opening, the New Jersey indie is prepping for expansion by adding a children's bookstore around the corner.
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Architecture Pub Opens Bookstore in Upstate NY
Princeton Architectural Press' Paper + Goods Storefront is located next door to the publisher's new offices in Hudson, N.Y.
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The Book Discount Beat Goes on at Amazon
Amazon may be eliminating lists prices on some of its products as a 'New York Times' article reported, but deep discounts still prevail on the retailer's top-selling book titles.
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Bookstore News: July 5, 2016
Amazon takes Manhattan; Ohioans get a bookstore; Morris Book Shop in Kentucky for sale; and more.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending June 26, 2016
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Monthly StatShot, January 2016
Sales in the adult trade category fell 12.9% in the first month of 2016, compared to January 2015, according to the trade houses that report figures to AAP’s StatShot program.