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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending March 6, 2015
The NEA’s Read Across America program continues through Saturday with a number of locations around the country celebrating children's literacy.
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What's Selling at the Bookloft
From snowy Great Barrington, Mass., in the Berkshire Mountains, bookseller Lauren Losaw talked about what she's been recommending to customers for fireside reading.
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Shortlist Announced for PW's 2015 Bookstore of the Year
Books & Books, Left Bank Books, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Powell’s Books, and Village Books made the cut for this year's Bookstore Award.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending February 22, 2015
PW's look at weekly book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Camex 2015: College Stores Revamp; Amazon, Indies Arrive on Campus
Five years ago, the National Association of College Stores issued a white paper that looked forward to what the state of the college store would be in 2015.
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Baker & Taylor Returns to Its Core
Baker & Taylor’s recent decision to divest two business lines was driven by a desire to focus its financial and human resources on its core areas.
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 2, 2015
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending February 27, 2015
Lots of good news for indies this week, from a 27% increase in the number of new member stores since 2009 to the re-opening of Bonnie Slotnik Cookbook’s in New York City’s East Village.
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Chegg Exiting Physical Textbook Biz
Under a new multi-year agreement with Ingram, Chegg, which has developed a number of services for college students, will continue to market textbooks under its brand, but will close its warehouse operations by the end of the year.
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CAMEX 2015: A Show of Amazon and Disruption
Amazon had an outsized presence at this year's campus retail educational conference in Atlanta.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 23, 2015
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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Borderlands Could Remain Open
The owner and staff have come up with a potential solution to keep the San Francisco indie alive, after it announced that the city's new minimum wage laws threatened to shut it down.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending February 20, 2015
Winter weather continues to affect bookstores and other small businesses, particularly in the Boston area, which is winding down its celebration of Valentine's Week.
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'Birdman' Drives Interest in Raymond Carver Collection
Sales of Carver's 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,' are up 121% after being featured in the Oscar-winning film.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending February 8, 2015
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen's Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 16, 2015
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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Indie Bookstores Fill Void Left by Borders
When Borders liquidated at the end of 2011, it left many communities without a bookstore.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending February 13, 2015
A flurry of bookselling events took place this week, including the introduction of carefully culled French sections, or "corners," in seven indies around the country.
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Teicher Says Wi10 Shows 'Resurgence' of Indies
This year's Winter Institute showcased the vitality of independent booksellers. “Anybody who doubts the resurgence of independent booksellers, I wish they could have been in Asheville,” said ABA CEO Oren Teicher.
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Bookstore Sales Fell 4.5% in 2014
Bookstore sales fell 4.5% in 2014, to $11.38 billion, down from $11.90 billion in 2013, according to preliminary estimates released Thursday morning by the U.S. Census Bureau.