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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending October 27, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Baker & Taylor Makes a Push to Reach Indies
Baker & Taylor, best known for serving the library market, is working to up its business with independent booksellers in a series of initiatives overseen by David Cully, who was hired by the company six years ago as executive v-p of merchandising and president of retail sales.
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ABA Cofounds Indie Biz Organization
Seven trade associations have created a new organization to foster the growth of independents.
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Obituary: Bookseller Katy Darr, 79
The former owner of the Bookmark and a founding member of the original Southeastern Independent Booksellers Alliance died on October 25.
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Marwil, Detroit's Oldest Bookstore, To Close
Marwil Books, which at 65, is Detroit's oldest bookstore, and one of that city's only remaining independents, is closing its doors in December. Owner Brian Kramer blames his store's demise on Amazon and on the high cost of textbooks.
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Amazon Launches ‘Day One’ Digital Literary Journal
Amazon Publishing announced plans to launch Day One, a weekly digital literary magazine focused on short fiction and poetry, including works from new authors and foreign authors in English translation.
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B&N Releases Upgraded Nook GlowLight E-reader
Barnes & Noble's Nook Media division is releasing a new Nook GlowLight with new lighting technology, increased storage, a higher res screen and “enhanced” discovery and recommendation features.
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August Bookstore Sales Dropped 4.5%
Bookstore sales fell 4.5% in August, to $1.93 billion, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Children's Store to Open in Allentown Area
Former R.J. Julia events director will launch Let's Play Books! at end of November.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending October 20, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Finding New Ways to Grow in Bargain Books
Over the past five years several bargain book wholesalers have closed their doors, along with one of their largest customers: Borders.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 28, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestseller Lists.
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Obituary: Robert D. Hale
The former American Booksellers Association president and associate executive director died earlier this week; he was 85.
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New Bookstore Coming to Lawton, Oklahoma in 2014
New community-oriented bookstore Books & Banter to open March 2014 with plans to support literacy, music, and art.
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Len Vlahos, 'The ABA Guy,' to Publish YA Novel
Longtime American Booksellers Association staffer-turned-COO, now executive director of the Book Industry Study Group is adding a new title to his name: debut novelist.
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Obituary: Bookseller Diane 'DeDe' Gallagher (1938-2013)
Long-time Book Ends of Winchester, Mass., staffer died over the weekend.
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Barbara’s Returns to South Station; Letterpress Opens in Portland
Bookstores come back to two New England locations: a book cart in Boston's train station and a store in Maine's Northgate Plaza.
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Court Finds Illinois Online Sales Tax Law Unconstitutional
The collection of online sales tax has been building momentum over the last few years, but that drive suffered a setback late last week when the Illinois state supreme court ruled that state’s two-year old law to be unconstitutional.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending October 13, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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APSS Sets Its Sights on Special Markets
Since Brian Jud took over as executive director of SPAN (Small Publishers Association of North America) at the start of 2013, he has moved quickly to carve a new niche for the association, which was renamed the Association of Publishers for Special Sales (APSS)on July 1.



