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Booksellers Prepare to Meet Demand for 'Fire and Fury'
Facing high demand and a pushed-up pub date, booksellers big and small are scrambling to get copies of Michael Wolff's political exposé.
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B&N Has Disappointing Holiday Sales
Sales for the nine-week holiday period ended December 30, 2017, fell 6.4% compared to the 2016 holiday season at the retailer. With the weaker than expected sales performance, B&N lowered its financial forecast for the fiscal year ending in April.
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ABA, Authors Guild Slam Trump's Legal Campaign Against 'Fire and Fury'
The ABA, Authors Guild, and National Coalition Against Censorship have issued separate statements condemning a cease and desist letter sent to Henry Holt by a lawyer for President Trump demanding that the publisher stop publication of Michael Wolff's White House tell-all.
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As Book World Closes, Indie Booksellers Eye Its Locations
As the Midwest chain liquidates its inventory, it is fielding requests about its 45 locations from potential buyers who are considering turning the now-available sites into indie bookstores.
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This Week's Bestsellers: January 1, 2018
Santa was good to booksellers this year. The week before Christmas, overall print unit sales were 7% higher than in the comparable week last year, and a lot of books saw substantial sales jumps. Here are the adult hardcover titles that saw the largest week-over-week increases in unit sales.
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Christmas Week Sales Jump 7% Over 2016
Led by solid gains through the retail and club channel, unit sales of print books rose 7% this Christmas week over last year. 'The Getaway' remained the season's most popular book, while Rupi Kaur sold a combined 136,000 copies of her two books in the week.
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Unit Sales Have First Weekly Holiday Increase in 2017
Unit sales of print books rose 3% in the week ended December 17, 2017, over the comparable period in 2016, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Incidents at Two Bookstores Seen as Outliers
Despite incidents at a few bookstores and today's super-heated political environment, booksellers say they remain confident that their stores remain places that promote civil debate.
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Forty Years at the Forefront for the Children's Book Shop
Over the course of its four decades in business, the tiny Boston-area specialty bookstore has weathered monumental changes in publishing, and had an outsized role in the world of children’s books.
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Patterson Offers 'Happy Holidays' for 320 Indie Booksellers
For the third year in a row, the bestselling author is giving holiday bonuses to indie booksellers. This year he sent checks ranging from $750 to $1,250 to booksellers and bookstore owners around the country.
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This Week's Bestsellers: December 18, 2017
What’s America reading? An array of nonfiction titles, for starters.
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Another Down Week for Holiday Sales
At outlets that report to NPD BookScan, unit sales of print books were 4% lower in the week ended Dec. 10, 2017, than in the similar week in 2016, marking the third consecutive week this holiday season in which sales were down.
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The Next Wave of Children's Bookstores, Part Two: Getting Political
This is the second in a two-part series, providing an in-depth look at new and soon-to-open children’s bookstores.
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Early Holiday Sales Languish
With sales through mass merchandisers down 8% in the first three weeks of the 2017 holiday selling season compared to 2016, total print unit sales were off 2.7% in the three week period compared to a year ago.
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October Bookstore Sales Fell 4.6%
The 4.6% decline in October bookstore sales from a year ago was the third consecutive month sales fell from the comparable month in 2016.
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'Handmaid's Tale' Was the Year's Most Read Novel on Amazon
'The Handmaid's Tale' and 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck' were the most-read fiction and nonfiction titles, respectively, on Amazon in 2017.
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As Wildfires Rage, So. California Booksellers Struggle to Stay Open
Indie booksellers in the region are struggling to keep their doors open as poor air quality is keeping away customers and home evacuations are upending employees.
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Franken to Resign, Booksellers Continue to Sell His Memoir
Minnesota booksellers say that, despite U.S. Senator Al Franken's imminent resignation from office, they intend to continue to sell his memoir as long as there is demand from customers for it.
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Holiday Book Sales Slipped Again
At outlets that report to NPD BookScan, unit sales of print books were down 1% in the week ended Dec. 3, 2017, from the similar week in 2016.
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