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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending August 14, 2015
This week marked the opening of several unusual bookstore combinations, including a bookstore greenhouse and a tax prep office and bookstore. Colorado’s Lithic Press also added a bookstore and gallery.
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Find Waldo Local: Four Years of Searching
For the fourth year in a row, the American Booksellers Association partnered with Candlewick Press to Find Waldo Local.
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B&N Education Q1 Revenue Up 5.9%
Barnes & Noble Education, the company which was officially spun off from B&N in August, reported first quarter revenues of $239 million for BNE, an increase of $13.3 million (or 5.9%) over the same period a year ago.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending August 2, 2015
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: August 10, 2015
New from Dr. Seuss: the #1 title on PW’s Children’s Picture Book List , and across the country. Plus the author of ‘The Paris Wife’ returns to the 1920s, and UFC champ Ronda Rousey stages a comeback.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending August 7, 2015
M. Judson in Greenville, S.C.; the Little Bookstore in Shelbyville, Ill.; and UH Bookstore in Honolulu have already opened this month. And Webster Groves Bookshop, is celebrating its first half century.
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eCampus.com Wins 5-Year Contract at UW-Milwaukee
In a deal that bears striking similarities to ones that Amazon has crafted with Purdue and UMass Amherst over the past year, virtual textbook competitor eCampus.com has negotiated a $2.15 million contract with UWM.
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This Week's Bestsellers: August 3, 2015
YouTube personality Miranda Sings helps herself to the #1 spot on PW’s Hardcover Nonfiction list. Plus new books from a New Yorker staff writer, a professional wrestler, and a middle-grade fantasy author.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending July 26, 2015
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Airport Book Sales Begin to Climb
Like their Main Street bricks-and-mortar counterparts, bookstores at airports and train stations are benefitting from a print revival.
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Books-A-Million Investor Wants to Stop Buyout, Again
Susan Vance is trying to halt the proposed $21 million takeover of the nation's number two chain by the Anderson family, who are the controlling share holders in the company.
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Next Stop Harlem for Revolution Books
Another New York City bookstore has been forced to move because of rising rent. After closing its store in Chelsea, Revolution Books plans to reopen in a slightly larger space in Harlem.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending July 31, 2015
The long-anticipated ribbon cutting for Anderson Bookshop’s third Chicagoland store takes place this weekend as does the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival, which has been held every other year for the past decade.
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Record Day for 'What Pet Should I Get?' at BAM
Following record-breaking sales for Harper Lee’s 'Go Set a Watchman' on July 14, Theodor Geisel’s 'What Pet Should I Get?' repeated that feat at the nation’s number two chain retailer two weeks later, on July 28.
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New Trading Name of Nebraska Book
In the wake of the sale of its retail unit to Follett in mid-June, the company's new corporate name and the name on its trading platform is now Nebraska Book Holdings, Inc.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending July 19, 2015
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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‘Watchman’ Print King of The Digital Era
"Go Set a Watchman" sold more print copies in its first week than any book since Dan Brown’s "The Lost Symbol," which was released in September 2009.
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Rizzoli Gets Ready For Broadway
More than 600 people turned out on Tuesday, July 21, for a party thrown by illustrated book publisher Rizzoli to celebrate its new flagship bookstore at 1133 Broadway in New York City.
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This Week's Bestsellers: July 27, 2015
Harper Lee’s "Go Set a Watchman" sets a record, and then some, for first-week sales this year. Plus we look at new books by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ernest Cline, and others.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending July 24, 2015
Fourteen indies opened between April and June, according to the ABA. And new stores continue to open, including Books by the Beach in New Smyrna Beach, and a second location for Ye Olde Warwick Book Shoppe.
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