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Barnes & Noble Treads Water
There was a mix of good news and bad news in Barnes & Noble’s first-quarter financials, which the company released last week for the period ended August 2.
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Indies First Movement Expands
The ABA will launch a second, larger Indies First/Small Business Saturday campaign this Thanksgiving weekend.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending September 12
It's been a good week for indie bookstores with Maple Street Book Shop in New Orleans celebrating its first half century and two stores announcing successful transitions.
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Bookseller Profile: Hannah Moushabeck at Odyssey Bookshop
Hannah Moushabeck, age 25, is the children's department director at Odyssey Bookshop, a children's book editor for Interlink Publishing Group, and co-chair of the New England Children's Booksellers Advisory Council.
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A Strong Summer for Kids' and YA Books in Bookstores
Movies, movies, and more movies were the key to book sales for teens and younger readers this summer.
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B&N Quarterly Sales Fell 7%, But Losses Cut
Revenue at Barnes & Noble fell 7% in the first quarter ended August 2, to $1.23 billion, but the retailer cut its net loss to $28.4 million from $87.0 million in the first period of fiscal 2014.
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Rizzoli Bookstore to Reopen in Spring
After being forced to close last April, Rizzoli will be be back one year later.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending August 31, 2014
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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A Hot Summer For Indie Stores
Despite high rents and preliminary data from the U.S. Census Bureau that shows a 7.9% drop in overall bookstore sales for the first half of 2014, PW’s informal poll of nearly two dozen indie bookstores found that many overcame a tough winter and are, in fact, up for the year. Some are way up.
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This Week's Bestsellers: September 8, 2014
Commentary and analysis on PW Bestsellers, which this week feature new titles on top of both the fiction and nonfiction lists.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending September 5, 2014
The unofficial start of the fall season is beginning with a grand reopening of a bookstore under new ownership and the opening of two stores.
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Authors United Preparing New Amazon Initiative
The group of more than 900 authors will launch a new initiative, possibly next week.
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New Lease for Bank Street
The preeminent New York City children's bookstore will move to a smaller location in February 2015.
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This Week's Bestsellers: September 1, 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 August 24, 2014
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Tapping into Innovation: Lessons for Booksellers
As new directions for bookselling evolve, the industry is increasingly looking to take advantage of the changes taking place across the entire retail spectrum.
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending August 29, 2014
In the countdown to Labor Day, the pace at many bookstores hasn't slowed. Politics & Prose is readying for tomorrow's National Book Festival.
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Books-A-Million Has Solid Quarter
Books-A-Million reported that it cut its net loss for the second quarter ended August 2, 2014 to $3.0 million from $9.1 million in the comparable period last year.
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Laurel Book Store to Expand
The Oakland store is moving downtown in early October and quadrupling its space. To help defray costs she just launched an Indiegogo campaign.
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Ellora’s Cave CEO Confirms Amazon Sales Drop
Ellora’s Cave CEO Patty Marks confirmed the house is downsizing in the wake of what she described as "drastic" and unexplained declines in its e-book sales via Amazon.



