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The Customer Is Sometimes Right, Booksellers Say
Booksellers are increasingly willing to speak publicly about challenging and offensive customers, breaking with a wall of silence about those interactions that has largely held up even in an age of social media.
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Booksellers in Covid-19 Hotspots Exercise Caution
Booksellers in Arizona, Florida, and Texas are concerned about the surge in Covid-19 infections, and several have reverted from welcoming customers to browse back to curbside pickup.
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Sale of Book-Themed Masks to Benefit Binc
The ABA and Out of Print have collaborated on a new line of book-themed face masks. A portion of each sale will be donated to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 29, 2020
James McBride’s ‘Deacon King Kong,’ the latest Oprah’s Book Club pick, climbs back onto our hardcover fiction list. Plus children’s books new and old introduce concepts of race, and for ‘28 Summers,’ Elin Hilderbrand meets fans where they are.
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Print Sales Enjoy an Unexpected High
Led by social justice and Father’s Day titles, unit sales had their best week in mid-June.
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B&N Makes HQ Layoffs
Even as its stores reopen, Barnes & Noble has laid off a number of employees at its headquarters, including some book buyers.
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Print Unit Sales Post Another Week of Solid Gains
Two anti-racist titles, each selling more than 100,000 copies, and books bought for Father's Day led to a 9.1% increase in unit sales of print books last week at outlets that report to BookScan.
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John Bolton's Memoir Lands, Receives Mixed Reception from Bookstores
After months of delays due to the Trump administration's attempts to prevent its publication, John Bolton's White House memoir finally lands today—and while some booksellers are eager to sell it, others refuse to do so.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 22, 2020
Half of the 10 bestselling titles in the country address racism, racial polarization, and the work that needs to be done to combat them. Plus Stacey Abrams explains why 'Our Time Is Now,’ and TikTok propels the guided journal ‘Burn After Writing’ onto our bestseller list.
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Print Unit Sales Rise 5.6% in Mid-June
With all categories except adult nonfiction posting increases, unit sales of print books rose 5.6% in the week ended June 13, 2020, over the comparable week last year, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Print Unit Sales Had Small Gain Last Week
Led by sales in the adult nonfiction category, and especially by sales increases in titles on race and social justice, unit sales of print books rose 1.6% last week at outlets that report to BookScan.
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Author Elin Hilderbrand to Hold Four In-Store Events
Over the next two week, four bookstores — two in Delaware and one each in New Jersey and California — will host author Elin HIlderbrand for in-person book signings. All events will follow strict safety and health protocols set by her publisher, Little, Brown, and the stores themselves.
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April Bookstore Sales Tumbled 65.3%
Bookstore sales plunged 65.3% in April compared to April 2019, tumbling to $219 million. April is expected to be the worst month for bricks-and-mortar stores, with advance sales for May released by the U.S. Census Bureau showing improvement in total retail sales for the month.
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Print Unit Sales Increased 6.8% in Early June
Unit sales of print books rose 6.8% in the week ended June 6, 2020, over the similar week last year, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Many Bookstores Following Go Slow Approach to Reopening
Many U.S. governors have been eager to begin the multiphase reopening of businesses, but some bookstore owners are acting more cautiously than state guidelines recommend.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 15, 2020
Brit Bennett lands at #6 in hardcover fiction with ‘The Vanishing Half.’ Plus Megha Majumdar’s debut novel, ‘A Burning,’ is #18 in hardcover fiction, and 2018’s ‘I’m Still Here’ by Austin Channing Brown is one of two Reese’s Book Club picks.
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ABA's Priority Is 'Keeping Bookstores Open'
The ABA's Virtual Town Hall held Thursday addressed a wide range of topics, from the shift to online bookselling to racism to marketing activities, all with one thing in mind: the need to keep bookstores in business.
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Coalition Presses Tattered Cover to Make Changes
Controversy still swirls about the Tattered Cover after its co-owners' public declaration of neutrality on political issues. Although the store issued an apology, a coalition of individuals and literary organizations are demanding that the store become more inclusive.
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DC Ends Comics Distribution Pact with Diamond
In a surprising development in the direct market comics shop channel, DC is ending its 25-year relationship with Diamond Comic Distributors, the dominant distributor of comics periodicals in North America.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 8, 2020
‘How to Be an Antiracist’ and other books addressing systemic racism return to our bestseller lists. Plus musician Mikel Jollett debuts with the memoir ‘Hollywood Park,’ and science journalist James Nestor discusses the importance of ‘Breath.’
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