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What's Selling at the Doylestown Bookshop
Jennifer Brenninger of the Doylestown Bookshop in Doylestown, Pa., talks about several books she's enjoying handselling during the holiday season.
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Study Charts International Sales for Nobel Winner
How much difference does a Nobel win make to sales? BookNet Canada charted dramatic numbers for Alice Munro's books in 10 countries.
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Book House Ends Kickstarter Campaign Above Goal
The suburban St. Louis bookstore ended its four-week Kickstarter campaign on Sunday, more than $2,000 above its goal. The funds raised are being used to build out a section of its new home so that the store can open for business on weekends before Christmas.
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Small Is Beautiful: Micro Bookstores Find a Place
Some bookstores, particularly in urban areas and at upscale malls, are giving meaning to the term “small business.”
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This Week's Bestsellers: December 9, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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Book Sales Up During Thanksgiving Week 2013
Print sales held up well during the week of Thanksgiving this year, rising 7.5% in Nielsen BookScan’s retail & club channel compared to the week of Thanksgiving in 2012.
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Children's Booksellers Give Thanks for Thanksgivukkah: An Informal Survey of Black Friday Weekend Sales
The holiday started the evening before Thanksgiving, fueling "Thanksgivukkah" hype and perhaps goosing sales.
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Posman Unveils Curated Series
Posman Books in New York City has launched a curated romance series, exclusively available in its Grand Central Station store, selected by bestselling authors in the genre.
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Bank Street Bookstore to Move
The 33-year-old children's store will relocate at the end of February 2015.
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New Owner for Henry Bear's Park
In the latest proof that a new generation is interested in preserving indie bookstores Kas Sharma has purchased the longtime Boston area stores.
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Are Nonprofit Publishers Smiling?
Amazon's new charitable Web site, AmazonSmile, offers challenges for presses that would like to earn 0.5% on purchases.
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Small Business Saturday Gives Indies a Strong Start
An informal survey of new and established bookstores finds that holiday sales should be up again this year.
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'An Encyclopedia of Nerds' at Indies First
More than 1,000 authors participated in the first Indies First on Small Business Saturday.
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Supreme Court Won't Hear Amazon Appeal in NYS Tax Case
New York State’s collection of online sales tax has withstood a legal challenge by Amazon and Overstock, as the U.S. Supreme Court decided this morning not to hear an appeal of a March ruling by New York’s top court that found that the state could impose the tax.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending November 24, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: December 2, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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A Season of Decision For Barnes & Noble
Even when Barnes & Noble entered the reading device market with the launch of the Nook back in the fall of 2009, executives said the company’s long-term future continued to rest in selling content in both print and digital formats.
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The Strand Partners with Club Monaco
A “store-in-store” is how Strand marketing manager Lilly Widen described the new book shop inside Club Monaco’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
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The Holidays Are Here—and Booksellers Are Ready!
With Indies First, Shop Small, and Thanks for Shopping Indie, independent bookstores could get off to a strong start.
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BookPeople, RH Partner on Pen-Pal Literacy Initiative
More than 40 schools have signed on to participate in new pen-pal literacy program in Austin, Tex., launched by BookPeople and Random House Children’s Books.