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Little Good News from Barnes & Noble
With losses mounting in its Nook segment, Barnes & Noble reported a net loss of $154.8 million in the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013 compared to a loss of $65.6 million in fiscal 2012. Total sales fell 4.1%, to $6.84 billion.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending June 16, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Summer Sales Outlook Bright
A tough start to 2013 in many parts of the country, with record snows, torrential rains, and tornadoes, plus the bombing in Boston, has made for a quiet year to date for many bookstores, according to PW’s survey of dozens of independents around the country.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 24, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending June 9, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 17, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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April Bookstore Sales Fell 5.5%
April bookstore sales fell 5.5%, to $758 million, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Colorado Booksellers Defeat Censorship Law
A week after Colorado booksellers challenged a law restricting the display of magazines about marijuana, the State of Colorado has agreed not to enforce it.
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Henry Bear's Park for Sale
A three-store book and toy mini-chain is the latest Boston-area book institution to go on the market. Its Cambridge location is a few doors down from Porter Square Books, also for sale.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending June 2, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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New Owner for Buttonwood Books
Betsey Detwiler, the 79-year-old owner of Buttonwood Books & Toys in Cohasset, Mass., is about to retire. After running the store for nearly two and a half decades, she will be leaving it in good hands: those of former employees and family members.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 10, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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Green Apple’s Mulvihill Spins “California Bookstore Day” for Indies
This year's BEA was the right place to pitch a proposal for "California Bookstore Day" to very receptive publishers.
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This Week's Bestsellers: Week of June 3, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
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Porter Square Rides the Neil Gaiman Wave
As Porter Square staffers and volunteers ready their biggest mailing ever, close to 5,000 books, the sale of the store continues to move forward and a new owner could be in place this summer.
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Word Up Community Bookshop Signs Lease
Word Up, the bookstore volunteer-run by residents of Washington Heights and Inwood, has signed a lease for a storefront at 2113 Amsterdam Avenue, at 165th Street. The store had been looking for a space for the past nine months.
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Buyer Attendance Up for BEA 2013
After a strong showing by booksellers and librarians at last year's BEA, which saw attendance rise 11%, this year's show looks headed for another jump, up 7%.
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Booksellers Opt Out of Billion Dollar Settlement
The ABA is among the parties chafing at a proposed $7.25 billion settlement in the antitrust lawsuit against Visa and MasterCard over fee fixing.
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Three-Way Tie for Romance: Focus on Romance 2013
The decline of print sales of romance books and the rise of e-books led to a three-way tie for the top format in the genre in 2012 among e-books, trade paperback, and mass market paperback. According to Bowker Market Research, the three formats each claimed 27% of spending on romance titles last year. Hardcover was a distant fourth, accounting for 16% of spending.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending May 26, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.