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WI13: ‘Sex and the City’ Glam Comes to Winter Institute
The premier educational conference of the American Booksellers Association, which is being held this week in Memphis, got a dose of star power when actress and producer Sarah Jessica Parker gave the conference's opening keynote on Tuesday.
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This Week's Bestsellers: January 22, 2018
Daniel H. Pink’s ‘When’ is the #10 book in the country. Plus a pair of psychological thrillers scare up spots on our lists, and YA author Neal Shusterman makes some noise with ‘Thunderhead.’
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‘Fire and Fury’ Drives Big Unit Sales Gain
Big sales of Michael Wolff's book contributed to boost sales 9% higher in the week ended January 14, 2018, than in the comparable week in 2017 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Nonfiction Categories Continued to Grow in 2017
Print units in juvenile nonfiction were nearly 8% higher in 2017 than in 2016, while adult nonfiction units saw a 3% increase.
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Indie Booksellers Go Viral with Promotions Featuring Trump's Provocative Language
After President Trump reportedly referred to certain countries as "shitholes" in a meeting with lawmakers late last week, a handful of indie bookstores seized on the commander-in-chief's purple language as a way to make a defiant political statement while promoting books.
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NEIBA Announces New Executive Director
Longtime book industry professional Beth Ineson will succeed Steve Fischer as executive director of the New England Independent Booksellers Association.
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A Soft Start to 2018
At outlets that report to NPD BookScan, unit sales of print books were 2% lower in the week ended Jan. 7, 2018, than in the first week in 2017.
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A Literary Center Grows in Orange, California
The Open Book in Minneapolis has become an inspiration for similar projects around the country, including Levin Staniec's 1888 Center in Orange, Calif., which finally secured a storefront last year.
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This Week's Bestsellers: January 15, 2018
Naomi Alderman’s ‘The Power,’ named to many “best of 2017” lists, is boosted onto our hardcover fiction list. Plus the movie tie-in edition of ‘Call Me By Your Name’ makes its first appearance on our lists, and former CPA Jesse Mecham explains why ‘You Need a Budget.’
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The Bestsellers of 2017
The year the crayons quit, 2017 finally saw adult coloring books give way—but the usual Big Five dominance was as present as ever.
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Bookstore Sales Dropped 6.4% in November
The late year swoon in bookstore sales continued into November with sales down 6.4% from November 2016. November was the fourth consecutive month bookstore sales fell compared to the same month in 2016.
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Feminism and Feel-Good Stories: A Children's Holiday 2017 Sales Report
Reports from around the country indicate a healthy season for children’s booksellers in particular, consistently citing sales hikes of 10% or more over the previous year.
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MPIBA Hires Tattered Cover Vet as Executive Director
Heather Duncan, a 28 year veteran of the Tattered Cover Book Store, has taken over the role of Executive Director of the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association.
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Flooding Shutters Falmouth's Eight Cousins Bookstore
The Falmouth, Mass., is closed indefinitely after a pipe burst in an apartment above the independent bookstore, collapsing the store's ceiling and damaging its entire stock.
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Michigan Mini-Chain Schuler Books to Close Lansing Store
One of the retailer's anchor locations, in an open air shopping mall in Michigan's capital city, will close next month. The chain's co-owner cited issues with the mall's management as the driving force behind the decision.
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Backlist Books Win in 2017
In a nonelection year that saw politics leap even more to the forefront of public discourse than the year prior, 2017’s biggest books were, for the most part, nonpolitical—and many came from the backlist.
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This Week's Bestsellers: January 8, 2018
Naomi Alderman’s ‘The Power,’ named to many “best of 2017” lists, is boosted onto our hardcover fiction list. Plus the movie tie-in edition of ‘Call Me By Your Name’ makes its first appearance on our lists, and former CPA Jesse Mecham explains why ‘You Need a Budget.’
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Indie Booksellers Show Post-Holiday Confidence
The unpredictable climate throughout the U.S. in December, both environmental and political, didn’t stop consumers from shopping at independent bookstores—and they have the sales to show for it.
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Print Sales Up Again in 2017
Although no new book sold more than one million print copies last year,, unit sales of print books were still 10.8% higher last year than in 2013.
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Monthly StatShot, August 2017
August sales of adult trade books slipped by 0.3% from August 2016, according to AAP’s StatShot program.
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