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This Week's Bestsellers: June 16, 2014
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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Tracking Amazon: '10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse' Bests 'Hard Choices'
After J.J. Smith's appearance on the "Steve Harvey Show," the author's "10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse," published in February, moved from #42 to #2 on Amazon's bestseller list, pushing Hillary Clinton's memoir down to #3.
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April Bookstore Sales Fell 1.3%
According to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau Thursday morning, April bookstore sales fell 1.3%, to $684 million.
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Chicago Indies Schedule July 12 Bookstore Day
Two months after California's Bookstore Day on May 3 proved to be an overwhelming success, Chicago indie booksellers are organizing their own bookstore day, scheduled for July 12.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending June 1, 2014
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 9, 2014
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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Is Amazon Really the Devil?
The Amazon-Hachette dispute is a lot more nuanced than has been portrayed in much of the coverage. The retailing giant has its (sometimes anonymous) defenders in the publishing industry, and Hachette has its critics.
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Tracking The Amazon-Hachette Response
The Amazon-Hachette dispute has dominated conversation in both the industry and the wider culture for the past month.
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Carmichael's to Open Children's Store in Louisville
When Carmichael's Kids opens in Louisville, Ky., this August, it will be the third store and first children's specialty book and toy store for Carol Besse and Michael Boggs, founders of Carmichael's Bookstore in 1978.
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Change Comes to Mysterious Galaxy
Mysterious Galaxy, one of the leading independent bookstores in Southern California, is transforming its Redondo Beach location into a special events business, and relocating its San Diego location.
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ABA Thanks Amazon
The Amazon contract dispute with Hachette has given the ABA the chance to create signs touting indie bookstores as retailers that carry all publishers' titles.
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PwC Predicts Slow Growth In Book Segment
In its 15th annual report, total book revenue in the U.S. is projected to rise to $37.04bn in 2018, and China will become the second largest book market in 2017.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 2, 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 May 27, 2014
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Willow Books for Sale
Another New England bookstore has put itself on the market. David Didriksen announced that he is retiring from the bookselling business and selling 18-year-old Willow Books and Café in Acton, Mass.
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BEA 2014: Amazon’s 'Bullying' Dominates Bookseller Sessions
ABA's Oren Teicher speaks out against Amazon’s “bullying assault of a major publisher” at the ABA annual meeting.
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BEA 2014: Bricks-and-Mortar Rebounding
Wednesday’s BookExpo panel on the future of bricks-and-mortar retailing couldn’t have been scheduled at a more auspicious time for indies: the day after the American Booksellers Association announced a resurgence in the number of independent bookstores.
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Hachette Says Amazon Needs to 'Value Appropriately' Authors, Publishers
Amazon has finally broken its silence over the dispute with Hachette, saying that while the two sides are working hard, the company is “not optimistic [the issue] will be resolved soon.”
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Tracking Amazon: 'Silent Spring' Moves and Shakes
Thanks to a Google Doodle commemorating Rachel Carson's 107th birthday on May 27, the writer and environmentalist's signature work, "Silent Spring," jumped nearly 3,000 spots on Amazon's bestseller list on Tuesday afternoon.
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Indigo Has Big Fiscal 2014 Loss
Indigo Books & Music reported a net loss of C$31 million in the year compared to net earnings of C$4.3 million in fiscal 2013. Sales slipped 1.3%, to C$868 million.



