With one month remaining in the year, bookstore sales were up 0.8% through November, to $14.65 billion, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Store sales rose 7.5% in November, to $1.19 billion, the fifth consecutive month that bookstore sales have increased. The November jump beat the gain in sales for the entire retail segment, which rose 6.7% in November. For the first 11 months of the year, sales for all of retail increased 4.3%.