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This Week's Bestsellers: May 13, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
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B&N Opens New Store in Indianapolis
The store to replace Barnes & Noble's Clearwater Crossing store will carry over 60,000 books and have a NOOK Boutique and an expanded children’s department.
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Joseph-Beth Pops Up
Joseph-Beth Booksellers is the latest bookstore to experiment with a pop-up location.
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Book House Launches Fundraising Campaign
The Book House, the St. Louis bookstore being evicted from its current retail space, has launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise $50,000 to relocate.
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Microsoft to Buy Nook Media?
Barnes & Noble had no comment on a report in TechCrunch that Microsoft is offering to pay $1 billion for Nook Media, the B&N unit that houses its digital assets as well as the college stores. Microsoft and Pearson both hold stakes in the company.
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Coursera Partners with Chegg to Deliver Free Content
The deal gives online learning company Coursera's students access to course materials from Cengage Learning, Macmillan Higher Education, SAGE, and other publishers.
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Changes Afoot for Whale of a Tale Children's Bookstore
After running Whale of a Tale Children's Bookstore in Irvine, Calif. for 25 years, owner Alex Uhl looks forward to a smaller space and reduced schedule.
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Marketplace Fairness Act Sails Through Senate
After 69 to 27 vote yesterday evening to allow states to collect taxes from online sellers, the bill goes to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Borders Bankruptcy Wends On
More than two years after it filed for bankruptcy, the nation's former number two bookseller is going after the $485 million it paid in the 90-day period before it filed.
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BookCourt Seeks Funding for Bookstore/Writer’s Retreat
Brooklyn bookstore turns to Indiegogo to raise $300,000 for second store to the north. Closer to home it looks to add a second event space and cafe/bar.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending April 28, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Van Uum to Open Cincinnati Store in July
Former Joseph-Beth co-founder will open his second DK Booksellers, The Booksellers on Fountain Square. The first, in Memphis, is located in a former Davis-Kidd purchased from U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
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This Week's Bestsellers: May 6, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
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Goodreads Alternative Riffle Goes Live
The Odyl-powered social media tool for book discovery launched quietly earlier this week and dropped its invitation-only requirement.
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Obituary: Bryan Pearce
The longtime CEO of University Book Store in Seattle died on April 20 from cancer. He was 55.
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Celebrating at NEIBA Spring Forum
Author readings and a discussion of multi-publisher promotions and other ABA programs dominated this year's gathering in Cambridge, Mass.
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Book House Issues Call To Stave Off Eviction
The Book House, located in a St. Louis suburb for the almost 30 years, is appealing to customers and others for assistance to stave off eviction by a developer wanting to raze the building.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending April 21, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: April 29, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
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By Hosting Gloria Steinem, RiverRun Bookstore Makes a Point
By bringing the well-known feminist to New Hampshire, the Portsmouth bookstore generates a community-wide conversation on gender equality.



