Print Unit Sales Slipped 1.6% Last Week
Following blockbuster sales of 'A Promised Land" in the week ended November 21, print unit sales dipped 1.6% last week. Barack Obama's memoir once again was the top seller by a wide margin last week, but sales amounted to about half of those in its debut week. more...'Unscheduled, Delightful Conversations': Book Biz Shares Memories of BookExpo
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Booksellers reported a significant drop in customer traffic and a commensurate drop in sales, but online orders were way up, forcing bookstores to adapt. Barack Obama's memoir and Jeff Kinney's latest were the most popular titles over the Thanksgiving weekend at stores surveyed by 'PW.' more...Book Clubs in Lockdown
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