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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending November 30, 2014
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen's Bookscan.
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Barnes & Noble Heads Back to the Future
Last week Barnes & Noble severed its ties with Microsoft, taking another step toward becoming, in the words of CEO Mike Huseby, a “client- and content-focused” company.
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Indie Optimism High for the Holidays
Despite an abbreviated selling season of only 27 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas (2012 had a 32-day season, the longest possible), most booksellers contacted by PW were buoyed by good sales so far this year and anticipate a strong finish to 2014.
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Douglas Preston on Amazon, Authors United, and What’s Next
Throughout the months-long dispute between Amazon and Hachette over e-book sales terms, Douglas Preston was one of the most outspoken authors on the matter.
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This Week's Bestsellers: December 8, 2014
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending December 5, 2014
This weekend bookstores around the country, and a few abroad, will be taking part in the fifth annual Take Your Child To a Bookstore Day.
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Publicity Campaign Calls on Booksellers to End Novel
Booksellers are usually tasked with selling books but, in a twist this holiday season, they’ve been invited to write the ending to one.
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B&N Reworks Microsoft Deal Making Nook Split Likely
A little more than two years after Barnes & Noble reached an agreement with Microsoft that created Nook Media, the two companies have terminated the original deal.
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Harper’s Invests in Book Culture
John “Rick” MacArthur is the minority partner in the third Book Culture to open in New York City at 450 Columbia Avenue, the former site of Endicott Booksellers.
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Thanksgiving Spending Drops
According to a National Retail Federation survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, the average shopper spent $380.95 last weekend, down 6.4% from $407.02 in 2013.
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Shopping for Books with the Obamas
PW was there when President Barack Obama and his daughters picked up 17 books at Washington, D.C.'s Politics & Prose bookstore on Small Business Saturday.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending November 23, 2014
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen's Bookscan.
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Will Print Unit Sales Rise in 2014?
With unit sales of print books up about 2% in the first 47 weeks of 2014, year over year, at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan, the industry is poised to post its first increase in print sales since 2008.
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Poisoned Pen: 25 Years of Innovation
Fifteen years ago, at the start of the millennium, PW named Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, Ariz., one of 11 innovative businesses destined to influence publishing in the 21st century.
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This Week's Bestsellers: December 1, 2014
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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Jessica’s Biscuit Closes Online Operation
The cookbook specialty retailer was one of the first independent, niche online bookstores.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending November 25, 2015
The Washington, D.C. area is about to add two more indie bookstores, while a mostly used store opened in Beacon, N.Y., last weekend.
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This Week's Bestsellers: November 24, 2014
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending November 16, 2014
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen's Bookscan.