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Books-A-Million Adds It Voice in Opposing DoJ Deal
Books-A-Million has joined the growing number of parties objecting to the Department of Justice’s agreement with Simon & Schuster, Hachette and HarperCollins to settle the department’s e-book price fixing lawsuit.
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Taking the Pulse of Children's Bookselling—and Summer Reading
If there's one thing that's certain, besides death and taxes, it’s that even children’s bookstores are currently moving a lot of copies of Fifty Shades of Grey. According to PW's informal survey of what books will be hot for summer, Fifty Shades is even outselling another popular trilogy: Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games books.
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What's Selling at Next Chapter Bookshop
Children's book buyer Hannah Johnson-Breimeier of Next Chapter Bookshop in Mequon, Wis., highlights a new middle grade novel that's doing well at her store.
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Canadian Book Sales Down in the First Quarter of 2012
Canadian sales of adult fiction and non-fiction down in the first quarter.
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Nook Sales Rise, Losses Increase at New Look B&N
The company reported that sales in the newly broken-out Nook business unit rose 34.3% in the year, to $933 million.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 18, 2012
Flynn’s Girl debuts in third place on this week’s Fiction list preceded by considerable fanfare. PW’s starred, boxed review called the book “a must read for any fan of bad girls and good writing,” and Janet Maslin in the New York Times called Flynn’s work a “dazzling breakthrough… wily, mercurial, subtly layered and populated by characters so well imagined that they’re hard to part with.”
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Save Bookstores Day Tomorrow
Saturday marks the second annual Save Bookstores! day with events at stores in the U.S. and Canada.
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ABA to DoJ: Keep the Agency Model
ABA CEO Oren Teicher weighed in against the Department of Justice’s proposed consent decree.
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Bookstore Sales Rose in April
According to estimates released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau, bookstore sales in April rose 3.8%, to $907 million. The increase in the month lowered the four month decline to 1.3%, with sales in the January-April period of $4.84 billion.
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Moonraker Books on Whidbey Island Turns 40 This Month
With no bookselling expertise but a love for the written word Josh Hauser opened Moonraker Books in 1972 and has kept going successfully for 40 years.
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Creekside to Become Book Café
Creekside Books & Coffee in Skaneateles, N.Y., is turning into a true bookstore café by moving its bestselling titles into the coffeehouse half in preparation for closing the bookstore side.
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Canadian Literary Nonprofit Tries to Restructure After Funding Cut
The Literary Press Group of Canada (LPG), which has been providing sales, marketing and distribution to 47 small literary publishers in Canada is suddenly struggling to restructure after a drastic cut in government funding.
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BEA 2012: Shifts Coming in BEA Schedule; ABA Upbeat
At yesterday afternoon’s ABA Town Hall Forum, BEA event director Steve Rosato announced upcoming changes to the show, including the fact that it will be on a single level next year when the construction is complete.
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Books & Books Westhampton to Launch Book Festival
Books & Books in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., is planning to launch an international book festival with the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center.
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BEA 2012: ABA Day of Education Goes Around the World
Panels on International Bookselling and Putting the "Sell" in Bookseller rounded out a day of panels focused on strengthening independents.
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Baker & Taylor Upgrades Ordering Platform
Baker & Taylor has launched a new ordering platform for its retail customers, the TS 360. With improved search capabilities and intuitive navigation, B&T says the new system will make it easier to find and purchase books, movies and music.
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Catching the Summer Book-Buying Wave
According to the calendar, it may not be summer for a few more weeks, but tell that to booksellers, who launched their summer selling season on Memorial Day. One week in and many independents are anticipating an up summer. A mild winter and a strong first quarter contributed to a number of booksellers’ sunny outlooks, along with strong sales for two trilogies: Fifty Shades of Grey, which Jackie Inman, owner of Bethany Beach Books in Bethany Beach, Del., projected will hold at least through July, and The Hunger Games, which got a significant boost from the film. “After several years of decline, [business has] turned the corner,” says Bill Reed, co-owner of Misty Valley Books in Chester, Vt. “We’re not back to where it was, but we’re okay.”
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Midtown Comics Opens in FAO Schwarz
Midtown Comics, which has been in Manhattan's central neighborhood since 1997, is opening a store inside FAO Schwarz's Fifth Avenue location. The retail spot will feature graphic novels, hardcovers, apparel, collectibles and other items.
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Indigo Revenues Down, But Kobo Sale Earns C$165 million
Revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31 were down by 2.3% for Indigo Books & Music, Canada’s largest book retailer, but buoyed by the C$165 million sale of its digital arm, Kobo, Indigo reported net earnings of C$93 million.
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