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This Week's Bestsellers: September 26, 2016
‘The Hidden Life of Trees,’ already a hit in the author’s native Germany, debuts at #6 on our Hardcover Nonfiction list. Plus graphic novelist Raina Telgemeier has the #6 book in the country overall with ‘Ghosts,’ memoirs from the worlds of broadcast TV, sports, and music step into the limelight, and much more.
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NEIBA 2016: A High Energy Show
From the opening keynote with Zadie Smith to the closing lunch with Douglas Preston, the energy at the 43rd annual NEIBA fall conference never failed. In part booksellers were buoyed by a strong year.
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NACS Cuts Staff by 17%
In response to changes in the industry, the National Association of College Stores eliminated 22 full-time and 13 part-time positions earlier this month.
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Bookstore News: September 22, 2016
Amazon moves into Southern California; a Wisconsin bookstore considers going co-op; Macmillan expedites holiday shipping; and more.
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Google Play Books App Adds Discover Feature
The new feature, intended to help users with book discovery, mines information from online book news, reviews and video content.
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Bookstore News: September 20, 2016
Amazon Books preps to debut outside of Boston; Curious George takes on a developer in Cambridge, Mass.; a long-time bookstore co-op in Wisconsin weighs its options; and more.
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Bookstore News: September 19, 2016
Bookstores are on the move in Alabama, Mississippi, and New Jersey; a bookstore gets a new life in Tampa; a Bronx bookseller’s business plan is named one of the best in the city; and more.
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SIBA 2016: Attendance Jumps Amid Debate to Move the Show to Spring
Attendance at SIBA's September 16-18 show was up 25% over 2015 and one of the main topics of conversation was the plan to move the event to the spring in 2018.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending September 11, 2016
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: September 19, 2016
Momastery blogger Glennon Doyle Melton’s new memoir is the #1 – and #2 – book in Hardcover Nonfiction, thanks to an Oprah nod. Plus Margot Lee Shetterly writes of a group of mid-century NASA mathematicians, all African-American women, in ‘Hidden Figures,’ and a pair of new books highlight the Sunshine State.
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Southern Booksellers Hit Savannah
SIBA's decision to move its fall show to the spring beginning in 2018 was questioned by some attendees as the regional meeting began on September 16.
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Parnassus Books Launches Online Auction to Help One of Its Own—and Binc
An outpouring of support from bestselling authors to raise money for a children's bookseller with cancer led the Nashville store to hold a larger auction to support the Book Industry Charitable Foundation.
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After Months of Strong Sales, Bookstores See Drop in July
Bookstore sales in July fell by just under 1% compared to July 2015, marking the first month in 2016 that sales were down.
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All Quiet at B&N Annual Meeting
Despite the release last week of disappointing quarterly results and the surprise dismissal of CEO Ron Boire in August, the chain's shareholders meeting, held Wednesday, was a tranquil affair.
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Bookstore News: September 14, 2016
Two bookstores set to open in Pittsburgh; another store spreads its wings in Georgia; a Baltimore bookstore receives local plaudits; and more.
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Summer 2016: Children's Booksellers More Than Hold Their Own with a Little Harry Potter Magic
Flat was the new up between June 1 and August 30 at many bookstores that participated in PW's informal survey of 20 stores throughout the country.
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Bookstore News: September 12, 2016
New stores open in Michigan, Massachusetts, and Kansas; a nonprofit preps a bookstore/literary center in North Carolina; and more.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending September 4, 2016
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Len Riggio Promises to Fix Barnes & Noble
After a slow start to the fiscal year, Riggio, who returned as Barnes & Noble's CEO after last month's ouster of Ron Boire, has plans to improve the bookseller's bottom line.
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Independent Booksellers See Second Strong Summer in a Row
Flat was the new up at many bookstores that participated in PW's annual summer sales survey.



