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PW Daily's Guide to Graphic Novels
With burgeoning interest in the genre of graphic novels, during the next few weeks PW Daily is printing a selected list of titles a bookstore needs to stock a basic graphic novel section.
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Diamond in the Rough? Periodical Comics Distributor Looks to Pick up LPC Slack
The post-LPC comics and graphic novel distribution landscape is beginning to come into focus. Diamond Comics, the largest distributor of periodical comic books to the specialty comics market, is launching Diamond Book Distributors, a new division to distribute comics, graphic novels, manga and anime as well as toys and other pop culture product to the book trade.
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The Art of Selling Graphic Novels
Although graphic novels have been gaining critical recognition, as well as sales, over a period of 15 years, many booksellers still have not made the plunge into starting a section in their stores, or if they have, it consists of half a shelf tucked into a back corner and unseen by most customers. This causes a lot of booksellers to claim that graphic novels don't sell.
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COMICS: Not Just For Speciality Stores Anymore
It's no secret that the American comic book business, as we know it, is in deep trouble.
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Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos: Brand First, Profits Come Later
Dismissing concerns over Amazon.com's profitability, Jeff Bezos, the online bookseller's founder and CEO, told PW that the company’s growth was "beyond any realistic expectation," and at this point he is more concerned with branding and marketing the bookselling site than with showing a profit.
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Tucson Festival of Books Canceled
The 2020 Tucson Festival of Books has been canceled due to concerns about the new coronavirus.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for Week Ending April 7, 2013
PW's weekly look at print book sales powered by Nielsen Bookscan.
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B&N to Open Five Stores This Year
After closing 14 bookstores and opening none in fiscal 2012, Barnes & Noble said this morning that it will open five stores this year, while closing 15.
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The Weekly Scorecard: End of November 2019
Print Unit Sales Have Big Decline at End of November.



