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Idlewild Lands at Second Brooklyn Location
The New York City travel bookstore will open a store in Williamsburg this weekend.
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California Bookstore Day Plans Moving Forward
Eighty California indies are signed up to participate in the statewide California Bookstore Day on May 3, 2014, featuring exclusive publisher titles for sale.
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Rizzoli Open for Business, But Seeking New Space
The company responded to reports about the demolition of the Manhattan building housing its flagship store.
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Staples Adds Textbook Rental
BookRenter is partnering with the office giant to make 5.5 million titles available on its Web site.
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Adult Books & Authors at Wi9
A comprehensive list of the writers to look for and galleys and finished books available at the ABA conference.
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A Complete List of Children's Books and Authors at Wi9
PW has compiled a list of the children's books and galleys being given away at this year's Winter Institute, along with the buzz about why specific authors are attending.
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Applications Available for Binc College Scholarships
Bookstore employees, owners, and their dependents can apply for awards totaling $198,500.
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November Bookstore Sales Fell 4.2%
November bookstore sales fell 4.2% compared to November 2012, dropping to $818 million, according to preliminary results released Tuesday morning by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Class Action Suits Filed Against B&N
A number of law firms have filed class action lawsuits against Barnes & Noble that charge the company misled investors between February 25, 2013 and December 5, 2013.
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Big Hat Books Temporarily Closes
Big Hat Books, Indianapolis' only independent full-service general bookstore selling only new books, is temporarily closing while its owner looks for a new, smaller retail space. The 10-year-old bookstore will be closed for an undetermined length of time.
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Germany Girds for Fallout from Weltbild Insolvency
Germany is currently living through its “Borders incident," as Verlagsgruppe Weltbild, one of its largest bookselling companies, filed for insolvency January 10.
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Behind the Bestsellers, 2013
An analysis of the year's bestselling books reveals the clout big publishers have, how fast bestsellers rotate out, and much more.
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AAP Monthly Statshot, October 2013
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The Weekly Scorecard Tracking Unit Print Sales (in thousands)
Unit sales of print books fell 4% in the first week of 2014 compared to the week ended Jan. 6, 2013, at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan.
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Retail in Seattle: In the Shadow of Amazon
On the surface, Seattle might seem like a tough area to ply the independent bookselling trade. Yet many Seattle booksellers are upbeat about the prospects ahead.
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This Week's Bestsellers: January 13, 2014
Analysis of this week's PW Bestsellers lists.
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Holiday Sales for Children's Books Strong at Indies
PW's annual post-Christmas survey of two dozen bookstores across the country didn't turn up any blockbusters on a level with last year's Hunger Games trilogy; instead, shoppers gravitated to a mix of children's books.
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Holiday Retail Sales Dip at B&N, Nook Sales Plunge
Holiday sales for the nine-week period ended December 28 fell 6.6% at Barnes & Noble’s retail segment and tumbled 60.5% in its Nook division.
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Modern Times Falls on Hard Times
The San Francisco bookstore needs to raise $100,000 to stay open.
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Author Trying to Buy Main Street Books
Although she has yet to make an offer, a local author and blogger launched an Indiegogo campaign Monday to raise $15,000 by February 5 to purchase Main Street Books in St. Charles, Mo.