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This Week's Bestsellers: May 9, 2022
Viola Davis has the #1 book in the country with the memoir 'Finding Me.' Plus Don Winslow's 'City on Fire' heats up our hardcover fiction list, and Alice Oseman's Heartstopper books get a boost from Netflix.
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Print Sales Fell 6% Last Week
With all categories except adult fiction posting declines, unit sales of print books fell 6.1% last week from the comparable week in 2021 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Celebrating Independent Bookstore Day
Independent Bookstore Day was held this past Saturday in both the U.S. and Canada. Booksellers were delighted with the return of the annual holiday celebrating bookselling, and turnout, they agreed, was excellent.
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Sales of Print Books Fell 12.6% in Mid-April
With sales declining in every category, overall unit sales of print books dropped 12.6% in the week ended Apr. 23, 2022, from the comparable week last year, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: May 2, 2022
Dav Pilkey's latest Cat Kid Comic Club installment, 'On Purpose,' is the bestselling book in the country for second week in a row. Plus a pair of celebrity debuts—Janelle Monáe's 'The Memory Librarian' and Randy Rainbow's 'Playing with Myself'—hit our lists.
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Print Book Sales Dropped 12% Last Week
Print unit sales were down in every category last week compared to the week ended April 24, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan, resulting in an overall decline of 12.6%.
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This Week's Bestsellers: April 25, 2022
TikTok nonna Barbara Costello debuts at #4 on our hardcover nonfiction list with 'Celebrate with Babs.' Plus readers say 'Hello, Molly!' (Shannon), #9 in hardcover nonfiction, and 'Red Notice' author Bill Browder issues a 'Freezing Order.'
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Sales of Print Books Jumped 16% Ahead of Easter
A huge spike in demand for children’s books in the lead-up to Easter resulted in a 16.8% increase in unit sales of print books in the week ended Apr. 16, 2022, over the comparable week in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Print Book Sales Saw an Easter Week Bounce of 16%
A huge spike in sales of children’s books in the final week before Easter led to a 16.8% increase in unit sales of print books last week over the week ended April 17, 2021.
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25 Years of Bestselling Authors and Books
James Patterson and the Harry Potter series were two of the most dominant forces in books over the past 25 years, as our analysis of the bestseller list from 2004–2021 shows.
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Book Sales in the U.S. Are Stronger Than Ever
The book business is working faster and smarter than ever before. One indicator of that: the surprising strength of book sales.
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The Book Wholesaling World Is Consolidating Too
The world of trade book wholesaling is shrinking, if not disappearing, writes ’PW’ veteran Judith Rosen.
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The Changing World of Bookselling
Despite strife and losses in the bookselling landscape, innovation prevails, writes longtime ‘PW’ bookselling editor Judith Rosen.
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Getting the Word Out: 25 Years of Changes to Book Publicity
Book promotion and publicity, once confined mostly to staid book reviewing, has no limits in the internet era, writes ‘PW’ associate news editor Sophia Stewart.
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Oldest Children’s Bookstore in Boston Area to Close
On April 30, the Children’s Book Shop in Brookline Village, Mass., will close its doors after 45 years; it is the area’s oldest independent children’s bookstore.
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Bookselling Spotlight: Montana Book Co.
We talk with Chelsia Rice and Charlie Crawford, co-owners of the Montana Book Co. in Helena.
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Unit Sales of Print Books Rose 10% in Early April
The shift in Easter book buying this year favored the publishing industry in the week ended Apr. 9, 2022 (Easter was April 4 last year, compared to April 17 this year), resulting in a 10.2% increase in unit sales of print books over the comparable week in 2021 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: April 18, 2022
Emily St. John Mandel's 'Sea of Tranquility' sails onto our hardcover fiction list at #2. Plus Ocean Vuong's 'Time Is a Mother' lands at #4 on our hardcover nonfiction list, and Jennifer Egan 'The Candy House' revisits the Goon Squad.
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Bookstore Sales Rose 27% in February
Bookstore sales were $583 million in February up from $459 million a year ago, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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