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January Bookstore Sales Rose 5.5%
Preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show that bookstore sales increased 5.5% in January, to $2.13 billion.
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Porter Square Books for Sale
With retirement approaching, the owners of nine-year-old Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Mass., are looking for a buyer.
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 11, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending March 3, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Is the Time Right For True Bookstore Cafes?
Back in the 1980s—before bookstores began weighing the addition of cafes, possibly with wine and beer licenses—stores like Louie’s Bookstore Café in Baltimore and Trident Booksellers & Café in Boston aimed specifically to integrate food for the mind and the body.
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New ‘Abstract’ Holds Lots of Data
The number of employees working at book, periodical, and music stores fell nearly 60% between 2000 and 2011.
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How Many Copies Does It Take To Be an Amazon Bestseller?
Amazon, the biggest bookseller in America, is also famously one of the most tight-lipped.
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Shortlist for 'PW' Bookstore and Sales Rep Awards 2013
Five bookstores and six sales representatives are named semi-finalists for the twentieth anniversary PW book industry awards.
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Yawn's Books Expands Publishing Business
Yawn's Books in Canton, Ga. has been operating a publishing business since 2008 and with 92 print books and 13 e-books published, it is now expanding Yawn's Publishing.
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McNally Jackson to Open Store with Objects for Home Office
McNally Jackson Books will add a second store just feet away, Goods for the Study, which will carry desks, lamps, and prints from around the world.
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New Owner for The Book Stall
PW’s Bookstore of the Year for 2012 is about to change hands. Long-time owner Roberta Rubin signed a letter of intent with Stephanie Hochschild.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending February 24, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 4, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
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Barnes & Noble at the Crossroads
Barnes & Noble is facing its most tumultuous period since Len Riggio began building the retailer some 40 years ago.
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Children's Books at Winter Institute:
Photos from Kansas CityDespite all the snow, there was no shortage of children's book activity at Winter Institute this year. See our photos from the wintry gathering.
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B&N Not Accelerating Store Closings
Barnes & Noble used its third quarter conference call to try to undo the damage caused by a Wall Street Journal story that said the chain is accelerating its store closings and would close about one-third of its outlets over 10 years.
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Penguin Faces June 3 Trial in e-Books Case
Antitrust litigation for e-book pricing is moving to trial with Penguin in the defendant’s seat alongside Apple, despite Penguin’s settlement with the DoJ last December.
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After Poor Quarter, B&N to Shrink Nook Business
With sales in its Nook segment falling 26% in the third quarter ended January 31 and an EBITDA loss that increased to $190.4 million from $82.8 million, Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch said the company is taking “significant actions to begin to right size our cost structure in the Nook segment.”