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This Week's Bestsellers: September 14, 2015
‘The Girl in the Spider's Web,' which continues Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series, is the #1 book in the country. Plus the literary journey to the next Star Wars movie begins, a Philadelphia bakery's book debuts in hardcover nonfiction before its official on-sale date, and much more.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending September 11, 2015
Hennessey + Ingalls prepares to move to downtown LA after years in Hollywood and Santa Monica; Paris’s Shakespeare & Co. readies its first café; and another indie is about to replace a former Borders Express.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending August 30, 2015
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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20 Years of Amazon.com Bookselling
In 1995, the year Amazon opened the virtual doors to its online bookstore, the company posted revenue of $511,000—a total that jumped to $15.7 million in 1996 and skyrocketed to $147.7 million in 1997.
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This Week's Bestsellers: September 7, 2015
Bryan Stevenson’s Carnegie Medal–winning ‘Just Mercy’ get a big bump this week, landing at #8 overall. Plus Sue Grafton knocks Harper Lee from the #1 spot in hardcover fiction, Brené Brown debuts strong in hardcover nonfiction, and much more.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending September 4, 2015
New York City continues to add more bookstores, with one slated to open on the Lower East Side early next year. Twice Told Tales will open in McPherson, Kans., and The Booksellers is opening in Dayton, Oh., this coming week.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending August 23, 2015
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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The Mysterious Bounce of ‘The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep’
How the self-published Swedish picture book become an overnight international sensation.
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This Week's Bestsellers: August 31, 2015
It’s homecoming week for fans of Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers, with the sequel to their picture-book hit ‘The Day the Crayons Quit.’ Plus big new books from nationally syndicated broadcaster Glenn Beck and popular Christian blogger Jen Hatmaker, and other notable debuts.
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Second Quarter Sales Dip at BAM
Revenue dipped 0.4% in the quarter compared to 2014, slipping to $107.9 million, while the net loss rose to $5.8 million from $3.0 million. Comparable store sales fell 0.3%.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending August 16, 2015
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Adult Fiction Print Units Bouncing Back in 2015
Since e-book sales exploded in 2009–2010, the adult fiction category has seen the steepest drop in print units of all the major book segments as readers migrated to digital formats, particularly in such fiction genres as romance, mystery, and science fiction.
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TurnRow Book Company Staff Takes to the Stage
Why the staff at TurnRow Book Company in Greenwood, Miss., put on a stage production of 'Glengarry Glen Ross.'
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This Week's Bestsellers: August 24, 2015
A memoir from actress Felicia Day, a favorite of Joss Whedon—and 2.5 million Twitter followers—debuts at #4 book in Hardcover Nonfiction. Plus ‘Devil in the White City’ and ‘Infinite Jest’ each get a boost from Hollywood, and new books from Jennifer Weiner and America’s Test Kitchen open strong.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending August 21, 2015
Several distinctive bookstores have opened this summer or are about to, including a bookshop with no name and one that only sells self-published authors.
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IndieCommerce Lags Other Online Retailers by 'A Decade,' Says NAIBA
Both the NEIBA and NAIBA boards contacted the ABA's board to express their dissatisfaction with ABA's IndieCommerce platform, which lacks many of the features that online shoppers have come to expect.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending August 9, 2015
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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How Some Indie Bookstores are Translating Trust into Sales
Independent booksellers are hoping to boost sales by finding new ways to capitalize on their customers' faith in their book expertise.
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This Week's Bestsellers: August 17, 2015
Conservative commentator Mark R. Levin has a big week with ‘Plunder and Deceit,’ the #3 book in the country. Plus Haruki Murakami’s earliest works get their first U.S. publication, and a biography of Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban scores on his home turf.
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June Bookstore Sales Rose 3.9%
Bookstore sales hit $698 million in June compared to $672 million last June.