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Hastings Cutting Back on Books
Hastings Entertainment said it is cutting back the space devoted to books, music and rental as it rolls out new products in an expanded electronics department and adds to its trends section.
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Facts & Figures 2012: All Our Coverage
Our annual collection of sales numbers for books sold in the last calendar year provides a clear picture of where the business of books is headed—e-books.
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The Bestselling E-books of 2012
A snapshot of the e-book industry today shows more than 1,000 e-books with sales of 25,000+. And while our survey of publishers is by no means complete, it's more than enough to prove that the book business is quickly moving to digital.
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The Highs and Lows in Paperbacks: Facts & Figures 2012
Looking at 2012’s huge drop in the number of mass market bestsellers with sales of more than 500,000 copies is alarming. In 2012, only 26 titles hit that figure and only three in the group reached the million mark.
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In Hardcover, the Big Didn’t Get Bigger: Facts & Figures 2012
Last year at the end of this annual bestseller article, we made the obvious prediction that unit sales for hardcover bestsellers would be even lower for 2012 books and that the “e-book explosion could be the culprit.”
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 18, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
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Bookmasters Partners with Classroom Library Co. on K-12
Classroom Library will begin selling Bookmasters’s lines of educational and children’s books with Express Publishing’s English Language Learning products and Stephen Cosgrove’s Serendipity series.
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Succession: Selling a Bookstore
One day after Porter Square Books announced that it is for sale, NEIBA offered member stores a workshop on "Planning Your Bookstore's Next Chapter."
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January Bookstore Sales Rose 5.5%
Preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show that bookstore sales increased 5.5% in January, to $2.13 billion.
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Porter Square Books for Sale
With retirement approaching, the owners of nine-year-old Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Mass., are looking for a buyer.
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 11, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending March 3, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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Is the Time Right For True Bookstore Cafes?
Back in the 1980s—before bookstores began weighing the addition of cafes, possibly with wine and beer licenses—stores like Louie’s Bookstore Café in Baltimore and Trident Booksellers & Café in Boston aimed specifically to integrate food for the mind and the body.
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New ‘Abstract’ Holds Lots of Data
The number of employees working at book, periodical, and music stores fell nearly 60% between 2000 and 2011.
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How Many Copies Does It Take To Be an Amazon Bestseller?
Amazon, the biggest bookseller in America, is also famously one of the most tight-lipped.
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Shortlist for 'PW' Bookstore and Sales Rep Awards 2013
Five bookstores and six sales representatives are named semi-finalists for the twentieth anniversary PW book industry awards.
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Yawn's Books Expands Publishing Business
Yawn's Books in Canton, Ga. has been operating a publishing business since 2008 and with 92 print books and 13 e-books published, it is now expanding Yawn's Publishing.
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McNally Jackson to Open Store with Objects for Home Office
McNally Jackson Books will add a second store just feet away, Goods for the Study, which will carry desks, lamps, and prints from around the world.



