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Senator Klobuchar Advocates Against Amazon, Other Monopolies
In a presentation cosponsored by the American Booksellers Association and Small Business Rising, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar spoke of pending legislation and other efforts to curb Amazon's stranglehold upon the economy.
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Print Unit Sales End May with 11.6% Increase
Unit sales of print books rose 11.6% in the week ended May 29, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 7, 2021
Amateur golfer Tom Coyne lands at #7 in hardcover nonfiction with 'A Course Called America.' Plus Harlequin's Love Inspired Romance line captures readers' attentions, and ob-gyn Jen Gunter puts forth 'The Menopause Manifesto.'
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Growth of Online Sales Cushioned Pandemic Blow at Indigo
Online sales jumped 127% at Indigo Books & Music in fiscal year 2021 over FY 2020, partially offsetting a 34% decline in sales through its physical stores. Still, sales dropped 5.5% in the year, and the bookseller's losses deepened.
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Sales of Adult Fiction Books Stay on Fire
Unit sales of adult books rose 25.8% last week over May 30, 2020, and for the first five months of 2021, adult book sales jumped 32.4% over the comparable period a year ago at outlets that report to BookScan.
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Seminary Co-op Launches Two Imprints
Seminary Co-op Bookstores announced that it will start two imprints, one in partnership with Northwestern University Press, and the other, which will focus on bookselling, with Prickly Paradigm Press.
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This Week's Bestsellers: May 28, 2021
John Green has the #2 book in the country with 'The Anthropocene Reviewed.' Plus the children's book world says goodbye to beloved creators Eric Carle and Lois Ehlert.
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Print Unit Sales Rose 2.3% in Mid-May
Unit sales of print books rose 2.3% in the week ended May 22, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Bookselling Profile: Hipocampo Children’s Books
In the months since Hipocampo Children’s Books has reopened to in-person browsing, a group of pre-teens and teens have made the space a regular stop on their wanderings through the Rochester, N.Y., neighborhood where it opened two years ago.
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Print Book Sales Rose 2.3% Last Week
Despite the blockbuster release of 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' by Suzanne Collins at this time last year, unit sales of print books managed to rise 2.3% last week over the week ended May 23, 2020.
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Booksellers Grapple with a Host of Issues at Annual Meeting, Town Hall
The ABA held its second virtual annual meeting Thursday, followed by a Town Hall. While some booksellers expressed concerns over publisher discounts and plans by Ingram to ship all IPS titles from a single warehouse, others focused on the future of in-person events.
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Eso Won and Crockett Named PW’s Bookstore and Sales Rep of the Year
Publishers Weekly has named the L.A.-based indie bookstore Eso Won Books its Bookstore of the Year, and Simon & Schuster sales rep Toi Crockett has been named PW Sales Rep of the Year. The announcement was made at the inaugural U.S. Book Show.
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CALIBA's Crosby Leaving for Utah Bookstore
Calvin Crosby, executive director of the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, has purchased Betsy Burton's majority share of The King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City and will be relocating. Burton is retiring this summer.
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This Week's Bestsellers: May 24, 2021
Stacey Abrams has the #7 book in the country with 'While Justice Sleeps.' Plus Jennifer Weiner and Emily Henry have new beach-bag bringalongs, and a trio of memoirs representing three generations of celebrity make strong debuts.
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Print Unit Sales Rose 8.8% in Mid-May
Unit sales of print books rose 8.8% in the week ended May 15, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Booksellers to CDC: In My Store, You Mask Up
Unclear. Unhelpful. Irrelevant. That's what booksellers are calling the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new guidelines on mask-wearing.
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Print Book Sales Rose 8.8% Last Week
Another good performance by the adult fiction category helped to drive up unit sales of print books by 8.8% last week over the comparable week in 2020 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Fiction sales increased 19% last week.
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CALIBA Creates Community for BIPOC Bookstores
The California Independent Booksellers Alliance has established the Mosaic Community, a new group for BIPOC store owners and booksellers.
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Booksellers Unionize at Los Angeles's Skylight Books
Booksellers at the Los Angeles independent bookstores Skylight Books announced Tuesday that they have unionized.
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Bookselling Spotlight: Prairie Lights
For decades Prairie Lights has been the hub of Iowa’s vibrant literary scene, hosting the author reading series Live from Prairie Lights for the past 20 years.
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