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Sales Jumped 20% at Half Price Books in 2021
In 2021, chain-wide sales at Half Price Books were up 20% over 2020. The company now runs 124 stores in 19 states. Employees have unionized at four different stores in Minnesota.
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Bookstore Sales Jumped in November
Bookstore sales were $709 million in November, up 43% from November 2020, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Unit Sales Have a Slow Start in 2022
Unit sales of print books fell 13.9% in the week ended Jan. 8, 2022, compared to the first week in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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For Booksellers, the Crystal Ball Stays Cloudy
Indie booksellers had a solid 2021, but are uncertain as to what 2022 will hold.
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This Week's Bestsellers: January 17, 2022
'My Little Golden Book About Betty White,' #3 in the country, honors the last of the Golden Girls, who died December 31. Plus the month's book club picks include a pair of debut novels, and Alice Oseman's fourth Heartstopper graphic novel sends pulses racing.
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Print Book Sales Get a Bad Start in 2022
Facing tough comparisons to 2021, when sales got off to a strong start compared to 2020, unit sales of print books fell 13.9% last week from the first week in 2021 at outlets that report to BookScan.
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Winter Institute Morphs Into Snow Days
After cancelling its in-person Winter Institute over Covid-19 concerns, the American Booksellers Association has announced that it will expand its virtual Snow Days event from two days to three. Originally set for March 8-9, the event will now run March 8-10.
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Fully Booked: Book Club Picks for January 2022
Barnes & Noble sings praises for 'Anthem,' 'Good Morning America' brings on 'The Maid,' and more in this month's book club picks.
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Dav Pilkey Dominated the 2021 Bestseller List
The 2019 PW Person of the Year, Dav Pilkey, continued his yearslong remarkable sales performance in 2021 with three of the year's top-selling titles.
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This Week's Bestsellers: January 10, 2022
The #1 book in the country is 'The Brightest Night,' the graphic novel adaptation of the fifth entry in Tui T. Sutherland's Wings of Fire series. Plus 'The Year of Magical Thinking' and other works by Joan Didion, who died December 23, see renewed interest.
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Unnameable Books Moves Down the Street
Brooklyn's Unnameable Books, which was once featured in 2008 on a 'New Yorker' cover illustrating the obstacles indies face against Amazon, is moving down the street from its current location.
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Politics & Prose Owners Recognize Employee Union
Politics & Prose owners Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine have reached an agreement with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400 for the union to represent about 50% of the indie bookstore's 100+ employees.
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The Raven Book Store Owner Sells Large Stake in Store to Seven Employees
Danny Caine, the owner of the Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kans., has sold a 49% stake in the 35-year-old bookstore to a group of seven employees.
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Print Unit Sales Dipped 2% in Mid-December
Unit sales of print books fell 2% in the week ended Dec. 18, 2021, from the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Unit Sales Rose 15.4% Last Week
Print book sales finished the last week before Christmas with a rush as sales increased 15.4% over the comparable week in 2020 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. The gain put an end to a two-week streak of declining sales.
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ABA Cancels 2022 Winter Institute
Citing the alarming rise in recent infections from the Covid-19 coronavirus, the American Booksellers Association has canceled the 2022 Winter Institute scheduled for February 13-16 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Refunds will be issued in January.
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Print Book Sales Dip During the Week Before Christmas
For the second consecutive week, unit sales of print books last week fell compared to 2020. Sales dropped 2% compared to the week ended December 19, 2020, after declining 12.2% in the prior week at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Harvard Book Store Wins Investment from Red Sox Owner
The Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Mass., has announced that John W. Henry, principal owner of the 'Boston Globe' and Fenway Sports Group—which includes the Boston Red Sox—is investing in the store and taking an ownership stake.
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Print Unit Sales Fell 12.2% in Early December
With only the adult fiction category posting an increase, unit sales of print books fell 12.2% in the week ended Dec. 11, 2021, from the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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A Sweet First Year for Sweet Pickle Books
Leigh Altshuler is one of a number of booksellers to open up shop during the pandemic, though her store on Manhattan's Lower East Side, to put it mildly, is unique: it's also a pickle shop.
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