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This Week's Bestsellers: October 21, 2019
YA fantasy author Leigh Bardugo hits the charts with her first adult novel, 'Ninth House,' and more in this week's bestsellers.
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Bookstore Sales Fell 10.3% in August
Bookstore sales tumbled 10.3% in August compared to August 2018, according to preliminary figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The double digit decline suggests that college students are cutting their purchases of print materials in favor of greater use of digital content.
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Two Midwest Indies Find New Owners
Two indies on the market since July have found new owners. A former employee purchased Excelsior Bay Books near Minneapolis, while a trio of bookselling veterans bought Chicago's Pilsen Community Books.
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Mountains & Plains Booksellers Celebrate, Reimagine the West
This year's Mountains & Plains regional booksellers gathering in Denver was busy and productive, where indie booksellers celebrated their past and present, while reimagining their future as western booksellers.
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Print Unit Sales Up in Early October
With gains in the four major book categories, unit sales of print books rose 2.8% in the week ended Oct. 5, 2019, over the comparable week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 14, 2019
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow has the #1 book in the country with ‘Blowout.’ Plus Ryan Holiday, the Daily Stoic, reminds acolytes that ‘Stillness Is the Key,’ and Reese’s Book Club selects a nonfiction title about ‘Fair Play.’
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PNBA 2019: Strong Sales Make for Upbeat Show
With a good summer and the beginnings of a strong fall, booksellers at this year's Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association annual trade show, were decidedly upbeat.
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Heartland 2019: A Small but Mighty Show
Heartland Fall Forum, held for the first time in Cleveland, received high marks from both exhibitors and booksellers, who described it as a highly productive gathering of publishers, booksellers, and authors.
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New Booksellers Energize New England Bookselling Conference
New faces packed the New England Independent Booksellers Association’s fall conference in Providence, R.I., with a 50% uptick in first-time attendees over last year.
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Publishers Inch Toward Breaking Even with 2018 Sales
With the holiday season ahead, the industry has a chance to overcome a small unit decline in 2019.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 7, 2019
Journalist and cultural critic Ta-Nehisi Coates has the #1 book in the country with his fiction debut, ‘The Water Dancer.’ Plus Jonathan Van Ness of ‘Queer Eye’ goes ‘Over the Top’ and lands the #9 book overall, and Ann Patchett returns with ‘The Dutch House,’ #5 in hardcover fiction.
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At Final SCIBA, Booksellers Imagine “One California”
Southern California Independent Booksellers Association members unanimously voted to dissolve the bookselling organization at the nonprofit's Fall Trade Show, and are now hoping to unite California booksellers as a single organization.
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Print Units Slipped 0.4% in Mid-September
Unit sales of print books dipped 0.4% in the week ended Sept. 21, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: September 30, 2019
Eisner Award–winner Raina Telgemeier has the #1 book in the country with the middle grade graphic memoir ‘Guts.’ Plus Jacqueline Woodson’s third adult novel, ‘Red at the Bone,’ lands in hardcover fiction, and Joe Abercrombie launches the Age of Madness series with ‘A Little Hatred.’
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2019 SIBA Is Sweet for Children's Booksellers
The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Discovery Show was held in Spartanburg, S.C., for the first time, running from September 13–15, and drawing numerous new booksellers from across the region.
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SCIBA Board Passes Resolution to Dissolve
A few days before its annual Fall Trade Show, the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association board has passed a resolution to dissolve the bookselling organization at the end of 2019. SCIBA members will vote on the resolution at the trade show.
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Print Unit Sales Up 4.4% in Mid-September
Two adult fiction hits in the week ended Sept. 14, 2019, led to a 4.4% increase in unit sales of print books over the comparable week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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B&N's James Daunt Isn't Daunted At All
New Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt gets to work on rejuvenating America’s largest bookstore retailer.
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This Week's Bestsellers: September 23, 2019
Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Testaments’ and Stephen King’s “The Institute’ are the top-selling books in the country; each moved more than 100,000 print units in its first week on sale. Other new releases include the memoir ‘The Education of an Idealist’ by Samantha Power and ‘She Said’ by investigative journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey.
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SIBA 2019: Spartanburg Hosts High Energy Show
The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Discovery Show in Spartanburg, S.C. this past weekend was one of the best attended in years and offered an enthusiastic kick-off to the fall regional season, and a rousing send-off for outgoing executive director Wanda Jewell.
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