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B&N Reworks Microsoft Deal Making Nook Split Likely
A little more than two years after Barnes & Noble reached an agreement with Microsoft that created Nook Media, the two companies have terminated the original deal.
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Harper’s Invests in Book Culture
John “Rick” MacArthur is the minority partner in the third Book Culture to open in New York City at 450 Columbia Avenue, the former site of Endicott Booksellers.
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Thanksgiving Spending Drops
According to a National Retail Federation survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, the average shopper spent $380.95 last weekend, down 6.4% from $407.02 in 2013.
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Shopping for Books with the Obamas
PW was there when President Barack Obama and his daughters picked up 17 books at Washington, D.C.'s Politics & Prose bookstore on Small Business Saturday.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending November 23, 2014
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen's Bookscan.
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Will Print Unit Sales Rise in 2014?
With unit sales of print books up about 2% in the first 47 weeks of 2014, year over year, at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan, the industry is poised to post its first increase in print sales since 2008.
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Poisoned Pen: 25 Years of Innovation
Fifteen years ago, at the start of the millennium, PW named Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, Ariz., one of 11 innovative businesses destined to influence publishing in the 21st century.
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This Week's Bestsellers: December 1, 2014
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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Jessica’s Biscuit Closes Online Operation
The cookbook specialty retailer was one of the first independent, niche online bookstores.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending November 25, 2015
The Washington, D.C. area is about to add two more indie bookstores, while a mostly used store opened in Beacon, N.Y., last weekend.
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This Week's Bestsellers: November 24, 2014
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending November 16, 2014
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen's Bookscan.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending November 21, 2014
B&N is leading off the holiday push for bricks-and-mortar bookstores. This weekend it launches an expanded Discovery Weekend, one week in advance of Indies First/Small Business Saturday.
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SIBA Receives $40,000 Grant On Its 40th Anniversary
The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance received a $40,000 grant from the Reba and Dave Williams Foundation in honor of its 40th anniversary serving Southern booksellers.
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ABFFE to Merge with ABA
To expand free speech programming for indie booksellers the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, will become a distinct group within the ABA on January 1.
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September Bookstore Sales Fell 6.4%
Bookstore sales fell 6.4% in September compared to September 2013, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending November 9, 2014
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen's Bookscan.
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Amazon.book and the New Top-Level Domain Names
Amazon’s purchase of the .book generic top-level domain (TLD) has prompted speculation about how the e-tailer plans to use it.



