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Children's Book Week 2013: A Bookstore Photo Essay
Here's a look at the May 13–19 celebrations, held in more than 50 cities across the U.S.
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Borders Gift Card Holders to Get Nothing
The Borders bankruptcy plan will continue, without payments for any of the unredeemed $210.5 million on approximately 17.7 million outstanding gift cards.
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E-book Sales Were 15% of Canadian Market in 2012
BookNet Canada's latest consumer survey results suggests that e-book unit sales in Canada accounted for about 15% of the market.
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Barefoot Books Stops Selling to Amazon
Seven years after Barefoot Books in Cambridge, Mass., cut off Barnes & Noble and Borders, it announced that it has terminated its relationship with Amazon in North America and in the U.K.
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Philly Bookstore to Open Next Week
After the closing of two Borders stores and a Barnes & Noble, the Main Line is getting a new general store in time for the U.S. Open.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending May 12, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Losses Lead to Restructuring at Hastings
Hastings Entertainment reported a revenue decline of 5% in the first quarter ended April 30 and a net loss of $2.2 million compared to net income of $833,000 in last year’s first quarter.
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Trade Books a Winner in 2012
Total book industry sales fell to $27.12 billion in 2012, down by just under 1% from the prior year.
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HMH Extends Retail Terms
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has extended its retail payment terms (exclusive of Distribution Centers) from net 30 days from date of invoice to net 90 days from date of invoice. The new terms begin June 1.
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This Week's Bestsellers: May 20, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
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Astoria Bookshop to Open in August
After a long search for the right space for a general bookstore in the Astoria section of Queens, N.Y., Connie Rourke and Lexi Beach signed a lease.
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Community Bookstore to Open (Mostly) Used Bookstore
For the third time in less than a year a Brooklyn bookstore is expanding, this time from Park Slope to nearby Windsor Terrace, which had been the home of Babbo's Books.
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GLIBA Announces Annual Award
The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association will present the Great Lakes, Great Reads award annually at the Heartland Fall Forum to its members's single favorite frontlist title.
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Children's Bookselling: An Expansion and an Addition on the East Coast
While the number of children's-only bookstores may be dwindling, on the East Coast the ranks are growing with the addition of Edgewater Books near Annapolis, Md., and the expansion of Park Street Books & Toys in Medfield, Mass.
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Obituary: Milane Christiansen, 70
Milane Christiansen, who founded and ran the Book Works in Del Mar, Calif. for 30 years,died April 21 from complications of ALS.
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As One Bookstore Closes, Another Opens
A month after Booked for Murder, a 25-year-old Madison, Wisc. bookstore closes, a new bookstore with the same inventory, Mystery to Me, will open less than a mile away, near the UW-Madison football stadium.
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March Bookstore Sales Rose 1.1%
Bookstore sales in March rose 1.1%, to $931 million, according to preliminary estimates released Monday morning by the U.S. Census Bureau. For the first quarter of 2013, bookstore sales were up 2.2%, to $4.03 billion, compared to the first quarter of 2012.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending May 5, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Making Nonprofit Stores Pay Off
When Granada Books opens in downtown Santa Barbara, Calif., next month, it will operate on a hybrid model with a for-profit bookstore and a not-for-profit event series, Pomegranate Arts.
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