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This Week’s Bestsellers: April 21, 2025
Lauren Roberts wraps up her Powerless trilogy with Fearless, the #1 book in the country. Plus TikTok-beloved Barbara Costello returns with a second cookbook, Every Day with Babs, and Jade Presley’s PW-starred The Never List brings the heat.
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PW Bookstore and Sales Rep of the Year 2025
The nominees for this year’s Bookstore and Sales Rep of the Year have much in common: dedication, experience, expertise, a focus on building community through books, and an abiding love of the written word.
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The Irresistible Allure of Books About Bookstores
A bumper crop of recent books across a wide variety of categories finds inspiration in that sense of community only independent bookstores can bring.
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What’s a Bookseller to Do with BISAC Codes?
The coding system was intended to help book-focused businesses categorize their collections. But some indie booksellers say that, as far as their businesses are concerned, BISAC has lost the plot.
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PW Bookstore of the Year 2025: Source Booksellers
This year’s award goes to the beloved Detroit shop whose octogenarian owner, Janet Webster Jones, is considered bookselling royalty.
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PW Sales Rep of the Year 2025: Ty Wilson
Before starting his career as a sales rep, Wilson was the adult book buyer for Tower Books and Copperfield’s. His accounts laud the passion and diligence he brings to his work.
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PW Bookstore of the Year 2025 Finalist: Monkey and Dog Book Shop
The Fort Worth, Tex., bookstore has grown from a 120-sq.-ft. space inside a gourmet products shop to a full-service store in the city’s cultural district. But don’t talk politics.
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PW Sales Rep of the Year 2025 Finalist: Kristin Rasmussen
Most recently co-executive director of the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, the regional sales manager for Scholastic was nominated for her dedication, experience in publishing, and invaluable insights.
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ABA Promises Huge Celebration of Indie Bookselling on April 26
The American Booksellers Association expects that this year’s Independent Bookstore Day on April 26 will be the largest yet, with 1,600+ indies in all 50 states and the District of Columbia celebrating. Exclusive IBD merch, special programming, and, of course, books will be highlighted during the day.
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PW Bookstore of the Year 2025 Finalist: East Bay Booksellers
Within months after this Oakland, Calif., bookstore was destroyed by fire last year, owner Brad Johnson had a new shop opened and focused on his mission of fostering curiosity, compassion, and intelligent critical thought.
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PW Sales Rep of the Year 2025 Finalist: Abby Fennewald
The Southeast field sales rep at Norton was nominated for always going above and beyond for her accounts. Abby Fennewald
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PW Sales Rep of the Year 2025 Finalist: Julia Callahan
The sales rep for Hachette was nominated by several California booksellers, who praised her follow-through and knack for problem-solving.
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PW Bookstore of the Year 2025 Finalist: Battenkill Books
The Upstate New York bookstore is known for being a vibrant community hub.
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PW Sales Rep of the Year 2025 Finalist: Keith Arsenault
The New England sales rep for Chesapeake & Hudson was nominated for his relentless work ethic and boundless energy.
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PW Bookstore of the Year 2025 Finalist: Ballast Book Company
At the Bremerton, Wash.–based bookstore, community building is the top priority.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: April 14, 2025
Abby Jimenez tops our hardcover fiction list with Say You’ll Remember Me. Plus Ahnest Kitchen’s Sarah Ahn lands at #2 on our hardcover nonfiction list with her Umma, and Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud team up for The Cartoonists Club.
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Book Club Picks for April 2025
Read with Jenna selects a new literary thriller from Amity Gaige, Reese’s Book Club spotlights Emily Everett’s debut, and more.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: April 7, 2025
Lightlark series author Alex Aster makes her adult debut with the rom-com Summer in the City, #1 on our hardcover fiction list. Plus longtime Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter recalls halcyon days for magazines in When the Going Was Good, and Gregory Maguire’s Wicked prequel Elphie proves popular.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: March 31, 2025
Suzanne Collins has the #1 book in the country, Jefferson Fisher’s The Next Conversation nabs the #2 spot on our hardcover nonfiction list, Stephen Graham Jones’s The Buffalo Hunter Hunter lands at #3 on our hardcover fiction list, and more.
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Canadian Booksellers Unite in Tariff Fight
The Canadian Independent Booksellers Association and Indigo Books have sent a joint letter asking Prime Minister Mark Carney to exempt books from the 25% counter-tariffs scheduled to take effect on April 2, saying they would have “devastating consequences.”