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Snow Days 2022: Four Novelists Expand Consciousness
Three authors joined author/moderator Emma Straub in a thought-provoking keynote panel, “Storytelling in the Cultural Moment,” to begin the third day of ABA's Snow Days online conference.
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Print Book Sales Dropped 16% Last Week
A year ago, sales of Dr. Seuss titles were soaring following the decision by Dr. Seuss Enterprises to stop publishing some older Seuss titles. With no such controversy this year, unit sales of print books fell 16.2% last week from a year ago.
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Snow Days 2022: Unions Are About Dignity, Respect
A pair of labor law experts explained the basics of unions and collective bargaining to ABA members during the Snow Days virtual conference replacing Winter Institute. It's about dignity and respect, they told booksellers.
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Snow Days 2022: Booksellers Time Travel to 2032, Return Before Lunch
In the first event of ABA's Snow Days conference, game designer Jane McGonigal led more than 500 participants in a few rounds of “mental time travel,” in which she asked listeners, among other things, to peer 10 years ahead to everyone's collective future in bookselling,
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Barnes & Noble's 'Solid' 2021
After seeing growth last year, B&N CEO James Daunt says the trajectory has changed for America's largest bricks-and-mortar bookseller.
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Amazon to Close All Bookstores
After opening its first bookstore with much fanfare in November 2015, Amazon is closing all of its 24 physical bookstores as well as its 4-star and pop-up stores, which carry a mix of items, including some books.
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Cincinnati's Blue Manatee Loses Lease, Will Close
The Blue Manatee Literacy Project announced that the children's bookstore is closing on March 13.
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U.K. Waterstones Buys Blackwell's
Waterstones, the U.K. bookstore chain owned and overseen by the same team—Elliott Advisors and James Daunt—that runs Barnes & Noble has acquired Blackwell's that operates 18 U.K. bookstores.
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New ABA Board Officers Outline Priorities, Goals
American Booksellers Association board president Christine Onorati and co-v-ps Kelly Estep and Angela María Spring have laid out the organization's priorities and goals for ABA membership.
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Cincinnati Bookstores Enjoy a Renaissance
Indie booksellers everywhere were disappointed when the American Booksellers Association called off this year's Winter Institute in Cincinnati, but local booksellers were even more disappointed: they had been looking forward to showing off their city’s rich literary offerings.
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Unit Sales of Print Books Up 4.3% in Mid-February
With every category except adult nonfiction reporting gains, unit sales of print books rose 4.3% in the week ended Feb. 19, 2022, over the comparable week in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 28, 2022
Sarah J. Maas has the #1 book in the country with 'House of Sky and Breath,' book two in her Crescent City fantasy series. Plus vol. two of MXTX's danmei series Heaven Official's Blessing is #7 in the country, and Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie help readers feel 'Good Enough.'
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Print Book Sales Rose 4.3% Last Week
Unit sales of print books rose 4.3% last week over the week ended February 20, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. The weekly increase was the best compared to 2021 so far this year.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 21, 2022
Elena Armas debuts at #3 on our trade paperback list with the TikTok hit 'The Spanish Love Deception.' Plus Chuck Klosterman's dream of 'The Nineties' is alive in hardcover nonfiction, and singer Chiquis Rivera's memoir lands on our lists in English and Spanish editions.
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Bookselling Spotlight: Soul Book Nook
Waterloo, Iowa’s Soul Book Nook is the first and only Black-owned indie in a state where, according to the most recent U.S. Census, less than 4% of the population identifies as African American.
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Unit Sales of Print Books Rose 2.8% in Mid-February
Unit sales of print books rose 2.8% in the week ended Feb. 12, 2022, compared to the similar in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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ABA Town Hall Focuses on Board's Commitment to Free Speech
The ABA's hour-long Town Hall drew almost 200 participants, with booksellers celebrating the board’s increased diversity, but also concerned about changes made this past fall to the ABA Ends Policies regarding its view on freedom of expression.
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Print Books Post First Weekly Sales Gain in 2022
Unit sales of print books rose for 2.8% last week compared to the week ended February 13, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. The increase was the first weekly sales gain this year.
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Bookstore Sales Rose 39% in 2021
Bookstore sales increased 28% in 2021 over 2020, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Sales were $9.03 billion, compared to sales of $6.50 billion in pandemic-ravaged 2020.
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Indigo Sees 17.9% Revenue Jump in Latest Quarter
Indigo Books & Music, Canada's leading book retailer, reported strong results for its third quarter ended January 1, 2022 with revenue up 17.9% and earnings jumping.
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