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Finding New Ways to Grow in Bargain Books
Over the past five years several bargain book wholesalers have closed their doors, along with one of their largest customers: Borders.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 28, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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Obituary: Robert D. Hale
The former American Booksellers Association president and associate executive director died earlier this week; he was 85.
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New Bookstore Coming to Lawton, Oklahoma in 2014
New community-oriented bookstore Books & Banter to open March 2014 with plans to support literacy, music, and art.
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Len Vlahos, 'The ABA Guy,' to Publish YA Novel
Longtime American Booksellers Association staffer-turned-COO, now executive director of the Book Industry Study Group is adding a new title to his name: debut novelist.
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Obituary: Bookseller Diane 'DeDe' Gallagher (1938-2013)
Long-time Book Ends of Winchester, Mass., staffer died over the weekend.
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Barbara’s Returns to South Station; Letterpress Opens in Portland
Bookstores come back to two New England locations: a book cart in Boston's train station and a store in Maine's Northgate Plaza.
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Court Finds Illinois Online Sales Tax Law Unconstitutional
The collection of online sales tax has been building momentum over the last few years, but that drive suffered a setback late last week when the Illinois state supreme court ruled that state’s two-year old law to be unconstitutional.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending October 13, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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APSS Sets Its Sights on Special Markets
Since Brian Jud took over as executive director of SPAN (Small Publishers Association of North America) at the start of 2013, he has moved quickly to carve a new niche for the association, which was renamed the Association of Publishers for Special Sales (APSS)on July 1.
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Regionals Show Resurgence of Independents
There was a markedly optimistic tone at this year’s fall regional conferences and trade shows, held from September 20 to October 12 in airport hotels and conference centers from the Big Easy to Portland, Ore., and Providence, R.I.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 21, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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A Home Run for 'Hades'
The House of Hades, the newest book in Rick Riordan’s bestselling Heroes of Olympus series, sold almost 350,000 print copies in its first week on sale at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan.
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Chicagoland's Changing of the Guard: Lake Forest Books Sold
Bookseller Sue Boucher has joined several other Chicagoland booksellers who've recently entered retirement. She sold Lake Forest Books last week to its bookkeeper, Eleanor Thorn.
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Binc Raises $7,361 at Regional Bookseller Shows
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation raised $7,361 at this year's regional bookseller trade, by holding fundraisers ranging from a trivia contest at SIBA to a silent auction at Heartland.
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MPIBA a Big Success in Denver
The authors stole the show at the MPIBA's gathering of regional booksellers in Denver. Despite floods last month in Colo. and the government shutdown this month, MPIBA booksellers remain upbeat.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending October 6, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Supporting the Indie Wave
In mid-September, James Patterson caught booksellers’ attention with something other than his latest bestseller, when he appeared on CBS This Morning and announced that he would give $1 million directly to independent bookstores in the form of grants.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 14, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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GLIBA Establishes Jim Dana Literacy Grant
The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association has established an annual $1,000 grant to be made to a literacy program/organization nominated by a GLIBA member bookstore. The grant is named for GLIBA founder Jim Dana.