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BookCourt Seeks Funding for Bookstore/Writer’s Retreat
Brooklyn bookstore turns to Indiegogo to raise $300,000 for second store to the north. Closer to home it looks to add a second event space and cafe/bar.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending April 28, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Van Uum to Open Cincinnati Store in July
Former Joseph-Beth co-founder will open his second DK Booksellers, The Booksellers on Fountain Square. The first, in Memphis, is located in a former Davis-Kidd purchased from U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
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This Week's Bestsellers: May 6, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
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Goodreads Alternative Riffle Goes Live
The Odyl-powered social media tool for book discovery launched quietly earlier this week and dropped its invitation-only requirement.
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Obituary: Bryan Pearce
The longtime CEO of University Book Store in Seattle died on April 20 from cancer. He was 55.
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Celebrating at NEIBA Spring Forum
Author readings and a discussion of multi-publisher promotions and other ABA programs dominated this year's gathering in Cambridge, Mass.
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Book House Issues Call To Stave Off Eviction
The Book House, located in a St. Louis suburb for the almost 30 years, is appealing to customers and others for assistance to stave off eviction by a developer wanting to raze the building.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending April 21, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: April 29, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
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By Hosting Gloria Steinem, RiverRun Bookstore Makes a Point
By bringing the well-known feminist to New Hampshire, the Portsmouth bookstore generates a community-wide conversation on gender equality.
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What's Selling at the Reading Bug
Lauren Savage, owner of The Reading Bug in San Carlos, Calif., shares word of some titles that are moving quickly in her store.
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Senate Votes to Bring Marketplace Fairness Act to the Floor
With bipartisan support, legislation for sales tax for online-only retailers gets a step closer.
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Book Sales Slipped at Hastings in 2012
Book sales fell about 7% at Hastings Entertainment in 2012, to $101 million.
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Online Sales Fell 8% at Books-A-Million
Books-A-Million has never done a big business online, and sales through the Web site fell 8.6% in the fiscal year ended February 2, 2013, the company disclosed in its 10-k filing with the SEC. The decline, to $27.4 million, was attributed to lower sales of digital reading devices which offset higher sales of books and other products.
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Making Preorders Work For Indies
Most readers who preordered Charlaine Harris’s forthcoming Sookie Stackhouse novel, Dead Ever After (which will be released May 7), likely did so at Amazon, where it is 45% off and has hovered in the top 50 for weeks.
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Boston Bomber Chase Closes Bookstores & Libraries
At the request of police, businesses in Boston, Cambridge, Watertown, and surrounding communities will be closed Friday morning.
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Boston Book Industry Reacts to Marathon Bombing
Monday afternoon’s bombings had particular resonance for the literary community. The tragedy played out in front of the Boston Public Library, which remains closed, and forced the evacuation of Barnes & Noble at the Pru.
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Bookstore Sales Fell 3.6% in February
After increasing by more than 5% in January, bookstore sales fell 3.6% in February, to $958 million, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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This Week's Bestsellers: April 15, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.