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May Bookstore Sales Up $4 Million
Bookstore sales rose from $741 million last May to $745 million in May 2018, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau, an increase of 0.5%.
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This Week's Bestsellers: July 16, 2018
Chanel Cleeton's ‘Next Year in Havana’ gets a major boost from Reese Witherspoon as her latest book club pick. Plus Gary John Bishop’s ‘Unfu*k Yourself’ lands in hardcover nonfiction a year after its publication, and Alexandra Bracken’s ’The Darkest Mind’ preps for the big screen.
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Looziana Book Co. Starts Selling Southern Literature
The owners of Cavalier House Books have bought the customer database and sales history of the now-defunct Forest Sales and Distributing—and now they're building out their distribution business.
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Behind the Counter at America’s Smallest Indie Bookstores
A small shop on sleepy Main Street with books warmly displayed from floor to ceiling. That's indie bookselling for you, right? Hardly. The realities of day-to-day business are vastly more complex and challenging.
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Cooking and Sci-Fi Are the Hot Print Segments This Year So Far
Much lower sales for last year's religious phenom, 'The Shack,' contributed to a decline in fiction units in the first half of 2018.
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Powell's Books CEO to Retire
Miriam Sontz, CEO of the indie Oregon bookstore chainlet, will step down in January 2019. Emily Powell, president and owner, and John Kingsbury, COO, will assume Sontz's responsibilities after her departure.
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The Bestselling Books of 2018 (So Far)
As befits one more year of strident political discussion dominating public consciousness, political books sold well in the print sector in the first half of 2018. (Kids' books and nonfiction did pretty well, too.)
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B&N Launches New Kids' Program
Barnes & Noble has launched a nationwide program, "Kids' Book Hangout," intended to give young readers ages 6–12 a space to talk about books in its stores while playing games and activities.
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B&N Begins Another CEO Hunt
After Parneros’s firing, publishers offer ideas for what characteristics they would like to see in B&N’s next leader—who would be its fifth in five years.
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This Week's Bestsellers: July 9, 2018
‘Children of Blood and Bone,’ Jimmy Fallon’s first ’Tonight Show’ book club pick, is among the titles enjoying a boost in print unit sales this week. Plus Philadelphia Eagles QB Nick Foles publishers a memoir, and ‘Impractical Jokers’ costar James S. Murray launches a near-future SF trilogy.
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Amazon Works to Speed Pick-Ups
After complaints that Amazon has been slow in picking up orders from various suppliers, the company has instituted some changes to ensure speedier pick-ups.
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More Fiction Softness Leads To Dip in Units in Late June
Gains in the adult and juvenile nonfiction segments were not enough to counter declines in fiction, and as a result, unit sales of print books fell 1% in the week ended June 24, 2018, compared to the similar week in 2017, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: July 2, 2018
Beach read mainstay Elin Hilderbrand has the #2 book in the country with ‘The Perfect Couple,’ her first murder mystery. Plus Instagram cartoonist Catana Chetwynd debuts at #10 in the country with ‘Little Moments of Love,' and Carson Daly’s recommendation boosts ‘First, We Make the Beast Beautiful.'
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Bookselling Tips from Children's Institute 2018
The ABA's sixth Children’s Institute, which took place last week in New Orleans, featured a number of educational panels and roundtables on the day-to-day business of children’s bookselling.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 25, 2018
Anthony Bourdain’s ‘Kitchen Confidential’ is the #2 book in the country. Plus Kelly Clarkson’s endorsement boosts sales of the Plant Paradox books, and Gillian Flynn’s ‘Sharp Objects’ is set to premiere on HBO.
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Change Coming Slowly to B&N
The retailer cuts costs, but can’t predict when comp sales will increase.
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Increase in Nonfiction Led to 2% Unit Gain in Mid-June
Unit sales of print books rose 2% in the week ended June 17, 2018, over the comparable week in 2017 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Court Shakes Up Tax Landscape for Online Sales
The Supreme Court overturned the law requiring that the collection of taxes for online sales was limited only to states where the seller had a physical presence. Bricks-and-mortar retailers applauded the decision.
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Online Bookstore Bookwitty.com Shuts Down
Bookwitty.com, the global, online bookseller based in Paris, has stopped taking and fulfilling orders and is shutting down the site.
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