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    What's Selling at the Reading Bug

    | 04/23/2013 @ 03:00PM

    Lauren Savage, owner of The Reading Bug in San Carlos, Calif., shares word of some titles that are moving quickly in her store.

  • Senate Votes to Bring Marketplace Fairness Act to the Floor

    | 04/23/2013 @ 09:30AM

    With bipartisan support, legislation for sales tax for online-only retailers gets a step closer.

  • Book Sales Slipped at Hastings in 2012

    By Jim Milliot | 04/23/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Book sales fell about 7% at Hastings Entertainment in 2012, to $101 million.

  • Online Sales Fell 8% at Books-A-Million

    | 04/22/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Books-A-Million has never done a big business online, and sales through the Web site fell 8.6% in the fiscal year ended February 2, 2013, the company disclosed in its 10-k filing with the SEC. The decline, to $27.4 million, was attributed to lower sales of digital reading devices which offset higher sales of books and other products.

  • Making Preorders Work For Indies

    By Judith Rosen | 04/20/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Most readers who preordered Charlaine Harris’s forthcoming Sookie Stackhouse novel, Dead Ever After (which will be released May 7), likely did so at Amazon, where it is 45% off and has hovered in the top 50 for weeks.

  • Boston Bomber Chase Closes Bookstores & Libraries

    By Judith Rosen | 04/19/2013 @ 08:45AM

    At the request of police, businesses in Boston, Cambridge, Watertown, and surrounding communities will be closed Friday morning.

  • Boston Book Industry Reacts to Marathon Bombing

    | 04/16/2013 @ 11:15AM

    Monday afternoon’s bombings had particular resonance for the literary community. The tragedy played out in front of the Boston Public Library, which remains closed, and forced the evacuation of Barnes & Noble at the Pru.

  • Bookstore Sales Fell 3.6% in February

    | 04/15/2013 @ 12:00AM

    After increasing by more than 5% in January, bookstore sales fell 3.6% in February, to $958 million, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

  • This Week's Bestsellers: April 15, 2013

    | 04/12/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.

  • Whither Bargain Books?

    By Judith Rosen | 04/12/2013 @ 07:00PM

    E-books are affecting bargain books, like everything else in the publishing industry.

  • Bezos on Competitors, Royalties, Kindles

    | 04/12/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Amazon may act as though it doesn’t hear criticism from outside of the company but, according to company founder and chairman Jeff Bezos, this is not the case.

  • Publishing’s Big Week…in 2012

    Jim Milliot | 04/12/2013 @ 12:00AM

    The release of The Hunger Games film and the debut of Fifty Shades of Grey resulted in a spike in sales in the first week of April 2012.

  • Goodreads a Hot Topic at SCIBA Spring Meeting

    By Wendy Werris | 04/11/2013 @ 09:00AM

    How independent booksellers can react to Amazon's purchase of Goodreads was a hot topic of discussion at the April 9 spring meeting of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association spring meeting that attracted about 60 booksellers.

  • Obituary: Marilyn Abel Dies at 74

    | 04/10/2013 @ 08:00AM

    The longtime executive director of the Educational Book and Media Association, died on April 5 following a brief illness. She was 74 years old.

  • NEIBA & NAIBA Launch Joint Ad Program

    | 04/10/2013 @ 08:00AM

    Through the newly created Nor'easter Advertising Program publishers will be able to reach independent booksellers from Maine to Virginia.

  • Blackwood & Brouwer to Close

    | 04/09/2013 @ 09:40AM

    The 23-year-old Kinderhook, N.Y. bookstore is the latest to suffer the double-whammy of aging staff and book industry changes.

  • Follett Acquires BetterKnow, Inc.

    | 04/09/2013 @ 09:30AM

    Follett will create an integrated course-materials solution this fall by combining the technology platform with its new includED program.

  • The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending March 31, 2013

    | 04/06/2013 @ 12:00AM

    PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.

  • The Bestselling Books of 2013, January-March

    By Gabe Habash | 04/05/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Eben Alexander’s Proof of Heaven and the latest Wimpy Kid title were the only books to sell over 300,000 print units in the first three months of 2013, according to Nielsen BookScan, but neither is in Amazon’s top 20 bestselling Kindle titles of the year, showing the disparity between print and e-book sales.

  • Vroman’s Bookstore Opens a Pop-Up Clearance Shop

    By Wendy Werris | 04/05/2013 @ 09:00AM

    The pop-up, which is open daily through April 30, is directly across the street from Vroman's and is selling book and gift items at a 75% discount.

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