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April Bookstores Fell 2.9%
The sluggish start of bookstore sales continued in April. Total sales reported by the U.S. Census Bureau fell 2.9% in April compared to April 2017, dropping to $669 million.
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Print Unit Sales Stop Three-Week Slide in Early June
Unit sales of print books broke a three-week losing streak in the week ended June 10, 2018, as sales rose 3% over the week ended June 11, 2017, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 18, 2018
Bill Clinton and James Patterson have the #1 book in the country with 'The President Is Missing' and more in our analysis of this week's bestseller lists.
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Bookstore Sales Fell in April
Bookstore sales fell 3.0% in April compared to the same month last year, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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A Room of One's Own Bookstore Changes Hands
The Madison, Wisc.-based bookstore is changing hands. The bookstore's longtime co-owners announced yesterday that two current employees will become owner-managers of the 43-year-old business on July 1.
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Soft Fiction Sales Continue Into June
Unit sales of print books fell 2% in the week ended June 3, 2018, compared to the similar week in 2017, at outlets that report to NDP BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 8, 2018
A new Dungeons & Dragons reference guide, 'Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes,’ is the #3 book in the country. Plus novels by Nora Roberts and Karen Kingsbury offer different takes on the aftermath of violence, and YA author Stephanie Garber releases ‘Legendary,’ her sequel to ‘Caraval.’
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 4, 2018
Stephen King has the #1 book in the country with ‘The Outsider.’ Plus John McCain and James R. Clapper release political memoirs, and Bill Gates names his summer reads.
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More Fiction Softness Leads to Dip in Sales in Late May
Declines in both adult and juvenile fiction offset gains in nonfiction, resulting in a 1% decline in print unit sales in the week ended May 27, 2018, compared to the similar week in 2017 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Sales, Earnings Rose at Indigo in Fiscal 2018
Revenue at Indigo Books & Music rose 5.8% and net earnings increased by a slightly lesser amount, 4.3%, in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018.
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More Weakness in Adult Fiction Leads to Sales Dip
A second consecutive week of soft adult fiction sales led to a 1% decline in total unit sales of print books in the week ended May 20, 2018 compared to the similar week in 2017 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Booksellers Predict Hot Sales This Summer
In our annual pre-summer roundup, booksellers discuss upcoming trends, predictions for the season, and books they've got their eyes on.
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This Week's Bestsellers: May 28, 2018
Victoria Aveyard has the #3 book in the country with the YA fantasy ‘War Storm.’ Plus Jeanne Birdsall says goodbye to the Penderwicks, and Jessica Knoll says hello to ‘The Favorite Sister.’
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Soft Fiction Sales Result in Dip in Mid-May Unit Sales
Unit sales of print books fell by less than 1% in the week ended May 13, 2018, compared to the similar week in 2017, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: May 21, 2018
Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston has the #7 book in the country with the previously unpublished ‘Barracoon.’ Plus Mary Kay Andrews’s latest beach read flies high, and a pair of new books offer different takes on entrepreneurship.
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Patterson Earmarks $250K for Holiday Bonuses for Booksellers
Bestselling author James Patterson is re-upping his commitment to indie booksellers, pledging a significant personal contribution so that individual booksellers can enjoy holiday bonuses.
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March Bookstore Sales Increased 3.5%
Bookstore sales rose 3.5% in March over March 2017. Despite the March gain, bookstore sales were still down 2.8% in the first quarter of 2018 compared to the first period of 2017.
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Bookstore Sales Fell 8.4% in Q1
With sales falling every month in the first quarter of 2019 compared to 2018, bookstore sales were down 8.4% in the first period of this year compared to 2018.
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Indie Bookstores Find New Love for Romance Books
Politics and Prose and Harvard Book Store both have newly minted sections for romance books, signs of growing interest in a genre that indie booksellers have traditionally paid little attention to.
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