Bookstore Sales Up in January

-- Publishers Weekly, 3/13/2008 9:34:00 AM

Despite some soft sales reports from the chains, bookstore sales got off to a solid start in 2008, posting a 4.7% increase, to $2.28 billion, in January, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. The increase was nearly the same as gains for the entire retail segment, which had a 4.8% increase in January.