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Unit Sales Close Out February On Down Note
With the four largest categories posting high-single-digit declines, unit sales of print books fell 7% in the week ended Mar. 2, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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B&N Feels the Post-holiday Blues
A good holiday season for the retailer was dampened by soft early 2019 sales.
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 11, 2019
Don Winslow completes his Cartel trilogy with ‘The Border,’ #3 in hardcover fiction. Plus 'New Yorker’ staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe delves into a long-unsolved murder with ‘Say Nothing,’ and middle-grade fantasy writer Tui T. Sutherland’s Wings of Fantasy series gets its second graphic novel adaptation.
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 4, 2019
In its fifth week on sale, ‘Maid’ by Stephanie Land debuts at #19 in hardcover nonfiction. Plus Darria Long Gillespie’s ‘Mom Hacks’ enjoys some southern hospitality, and James Patterson’s ‘The Chef,’ first released in an interactive, condensed format, pubs in print.
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Print Units Fell Again in Mid-February
Unit sales of print books fell 6.4% in the week ended Feb. 23, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Culinary Bookstores Feed Local Appetites
Print cookbook unit sales were up 21% in 2018 compared with 2017. That’s good news for the modest but dedicated coterie of culinary bookshops across the country.
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BAM Closing Self-Publishing Unit
In an email sent to its self-publishing clients, Books-A-Million said that effective March 1 it is shutting down its self-publishing unit, BAM! Publish.
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Print Unit Sales Slipped 2.2% In Mid-February
Unit sales of print books fell 2.2% in the week ended Feb. 16, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 25, 2019
Love is in the air—and all over the children’s picture book list. Plus actor Gary Sinise writes a love letter to the U.S. military, and humorist John Kenney contributes ‘Love Poems for Married People.
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College Stores Adapt to Change
As sales of course materials decline, campus bookstores are pivoting to lifestyle goods and apparel and offering more services.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 18, 2019
‘On the Come Up,’ Angie Thomas’s follow up to ‘The Hate U Give,’ debuts at #2 in children’s frontlist fiction. Plus ‘Black Leopard, Red Wolf’ by Marlon James lands at #3 in hardcover fiction, and new nonfiction titles merge self-help and success.
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November Bookstore Sales See Big Gain
Bookstore sales in November jumped to $729 million, up from $663 million a year ago. The jump marks an increase of 9.9%, and is culled from preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 11, 2019
New books with real or hopeful ties to the White House debut this week, including the #2 book in the country, ‘From the Ground Up’ by Howard Schultz. Plus Pam Jenoff’s ‘The Lost Girl of Paris’ is #9 in the country.
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Slow Start for Print Units in 2019
Lack of a political bestseller and ramifications from printing issues have units down 5.9%.
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San Diego Bookseller Undergoes Surgery, Other Booksellers Keep His Store Open
After San Diego bookseller Seth Marko, the co-owner of the Book Catapult, underwent emergency heart surgery last week, other indie booksellers in San Diego and beyond stepped forward to keep the store open while he convalesces.
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Words Bookstore to Open In New Special Needs Center
Words Bookstore will open a second location this April in a 53,000 sq. ft. center in Livingston, N.J., designed entirely for people with special needs.
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Indigo's Q3 Earnings Hit by Postal Strike
A strike at Canada Post late last year caused headaches at Indigo Books & Music, resulting in a dip in sales of 1.7% for the company's third quarter and a steep drop in earnings for the period.
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Another Soft Week for Unit Sales in January
Sales of print units are off to a slow start in 2019, falling 8.6% in the week ended Jan. 26, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 4, 2019
Alan Bradley debuts at #6 in hardcover fiction with his 10th Flavia de Luce novel, ‘Golden Tresses of the Dead.’ Plus YA author Maureen Johnson’s Truly Devious mystery series hits our children’s fiction list for the first time with its second installment, ‘The Vanishing Stair,’ and Caroline Kepnes’s ‘You’ gets new life on Netflix.
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Polar Vortex Slams Midwestern Booksellers This Past Week
While much of the U.S. experienced cold weather this past week, Midwestern booksellers were especially affected by the Polar Vortex, causing days of subzero temperatures that kept customers out of stores.
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