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Buzz Books at Winter Institute
With so many writers heading to the show, from debut novelists like Brandon Jones to seasoned writers like Julianna Baggott, PW asked a cross-section of publishers to pick the most buzz-worthy books at this year's Winter Institute. After the jump, 14 titles everyone is talking about...
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The Buzz Books of Winter Institute
With the ABA’s seventh Winter Institute starting today in New Orleans, we present a second look at some of the hot books that will be featured at this year’s event. The titles first appeared in the January 6 issue of PW.
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Needed: Bookseller/Rep Of the Year
For the 20th time in our history, PW will award its annual honor celebrating the best in the retail book space. At this year’s BookExpo America in New York City, the magazine will be handing out its Bookstore of the Year and Sales Rep of the Year awards. The award winners will also be profiled in our pre-BEA issue. But we need nominations, so e-mail your recommendations along with reasons supporting your choices to PWawards@publishersweekly.com.
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L.L. Bean Turns 100
Best known for its hunting boots, which according to a recent report in the Associated Press have ousted Uggs and Crocs as the must-have footwear on college campuses, 100-year-old L.L.Bean has begun hitting the books, hard. The family-owned retailer, which reported net sales of $1.44 billion in 2010, has long had a book department at its flagship store in Freeport, Maine, which founder Leon Leonwood Bean opened in 1917. And it carries maps, road atlases, and hiking guides at its nearly 20 retail stores outside of Maine. Now, as part of its anniversary celebration, Bean is heavily promoting three tie-in books on the llbean.com Web site and in its print catalogues, even pricing the books competitively with Amazon.
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New Leaf Restores Friday Hours
Saying that “things seem to be looking up,” Alim Thompson, CEO of New Leaf Distributing Company and New Leaf Sales and Distribution Services, said the company has restored its Friday hours. New Leaf had cut back to four days a week two years ago when business slumped.
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Bookstore Sales Dropped 8.6% in November
Bookstore sales had their steepest decline in the year in November, falling 8.6%, to $941 million, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Children's Authors at Winter Institute
This year more than 20 children’s book authors and illustrators will be on hand to greet booksellers at next week’s seventh annual gathering of the American Booksellers Association's Winter Institute in New Orleans. Click through for a complete list of children’s authors and illustrators who are scheduled to be at Wi7.
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Nominate Your Favorite Bookseller & Sales Rep
Publishers Weekly is celebrating booksellers and sales representatives with its annual PW Bookstore and PW Sales Rep of the Year awards. The awards will be presented in June at BookExpo America; to submit your nominations email PWawards@publishersweekly.com.
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Harper Launches Digital-to-Print At Retail Today
After announcing its intent to make its backlist available through On Demand Books’s Espresso Book Machine last fall, HarperCollins Publishers has now completed the process. And most of its backlist titles are now available as digital files that can be printed at nine independent bookstores with EBMs.
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BookPeople Launches E-Reader Service
BookPeople in Austin, Tex., just started a service giving e-reader owners a “one-on-one opportunity to learn the ins and outs of reading digitally and independently” with an in-store e-book expert who teaches customers how to find and purchase e-books from bookpeople.com.
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It's Official: MIBA and GLiBA Will Hold Joint Show
MIBA and GLiBA have made it official: they will hold a joint show in Minneapolis October 3-5, and call it the Heartland Fall Forum.
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WORD to Open in Jersey City in Late Spring
Six-year-old WORD in Brooklyn is looking to expand across the Hudson late this spring with a new bookstore/cafe in Jersey City, N.J., next to the Grove Street PATH station.
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Verso Survey Finds Room for Indie Branded e-Readers
According to a new survey from Verso Digital on consumer book-buying behavior, if independent bookstores marketed their own e-reader device--comparable in price and features to the Nook, Kindle, and Sony Reader--roughly 28% of respondents would be likely to buy it.
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Best of Times Going Through Worst of Times
Best of Times Bookstore and Cafe in Red Wing, Minn. announced that it is closing its doors at the end of January, its owner citing a weak economy and competition from Amazon.
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Zutaut Grows Bargain Book Enterprises
Former Strictly By-the-Book v-p of sales Jason Zutaut is using a combination of bargain book wholesale and retail to carve a profitable path through today’s economic landscape.
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Another Makeover for B&N
Barnes & Noble has undergone lots of changes since Len Riggio first took over the bookstore chain in 1965, and it is heading toward what could be its most dramatic makeover since Riggio bought the B. Dalton chain. Although it is far from certain what will happen, B&N is in the early stages of evaluating the possible spinoff of its Nook business. In its announcement last week, B&N said it was considering reporting Nook has a separate business segment while also “pursuing strategic exploratory work to separate the Nook business.”
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Books Soft at Target
Target reported that December sales of books, along with movies, music and electronics, were below expectations, contributing to a weaker than expected holiday season.
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Canadian Indie Booksellers’ Christmas Sales Held Steady
Despite pressures, Canadian indie booksellers Christmas sales mostly hold at 2010 levels.
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Wimpy, Hungry Holiday Titles Keep Cash Registers Ringing
The closing of hundreds of Borders bookstores in September and a strong list of new children’s titles as well as perennial favorites, including Harry Potter, made this one of the best holiday seasons in recent memory for many bricks-and-mortar children’s specialty bookstores.
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Barnes & Noble May Spin Off Nook Business
Barnes & Noble could be a very different company one year from now. Following a report in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal that B&N is looking to sell Sterling Publishing, the company disclosed Thursday morning that it is considering spinning off its Nook business into its own company.
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