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Bookshop.org to Take Over Sales for IndieBound.org
IndieBound.org, the ABA's consumer-facing online bookselling and marketing platform, will switch to using Bookshop.org links to handle sales and fulfillment beginning March 1.
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Wi2023: A Tour of Seattle Bookstores
The American Booksellers Association's 2023 Winter Institute will open on February 20 in Seattle with a range of bookstore tours introducing booksellers to an assortment of the city’s independent shops.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 6, 2023
Mike Pompeo has the #4 book in the country with 'Never Give an Inch.' Plus 'Times' royal correspondent Valentine Low sends in the 'Courtiers,' and 'The Amish Bachelor's Bride' author Pamela Desmond Wright is among the newer names in mass market romance.
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Print Book Sales Fell 4.2% Last Week
With sales of Prince Harry’s 'Spare' slowing, unit sales of print books fell 4.2% last week compared to the week ended January 29, 2022 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. The decline put an end to a two-week sales rally spurred by 'Spare.'
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This Week's Bestsellers: January 30, 2023
Grady Hendrix lands at #5 on our hardcover fiction list with 'How to Sell a Haunted House.' Plus 'A Man Called Ove' hits the big screen and returns to our lists, and a new Valentine's Day–themed Construction Site board book builds momentum.
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Prince Harry Memoir Led 1.2% Rise in Print Book Sales Last Week
Prince Harry's 'Spare' sold more than 195,000 copies in its second week on sale, helping to lift print book sales 1.2% last week over 2022.
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Union Election at Books-A-Million Outlet in Virginia Fails
A majority of the 15 employees at the Books-A-Million store in Leesburg, Va., voted not to join the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union during an official election.
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Cellar Door Books in Riverside, Calif., Forced Out of Retail Location, Will Relocate
The bookstore's owner was told by email last week that her month-to-month lease would not be extended and that the store should vacate the premises by the end of February.
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This Week's Bestsellers: January 23, 2023
Welcome to Prince Harry's house: 'Spare' is the #1 book in the country. Plus Jamie Oliver helps home cooks with the dishes, and a pair of second-in-a-series books enjoy better first weeks than their predecessors.
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More Than Books: Indigenous Voices in Publishing
Readers find community and a wealth of perspectives at Indigenous-owned bookstores.
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Prince Harry Ruled Book Sales Last Week
'Spare,' the memoir by Prince Harry, sold nearly 630,000 print copies in its first week on sale at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Even with that huge debut, total sales rose only 1.4% last week over the week ended January 15, 2022.
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Bookstore Sales Edged Up in November
Bookstore sales inched up 0.5% in November over a year ago, to $668 million, compared to $665 million in November 2021.
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Print Sales Flat at Start of 2023
Unit sales of print books dipped 0.1% in the week ended Jan. 7, 2023, from the comparable week in 2022, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Indie Bookstores Wrap Up 2022
Bad holiday weather put a damper on what was the most normal year for independent booksellers since 2019.
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This Week's Bestsellers: January 16, 2023
Holly Black has the #6 book in the country with the YA high fantasy 'The Stolen Heir.' Plus adult romance author Talia Hibbert makes the move to YA with 'Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute,' and January book club picks hit the bestseller lists.
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Romance Books Were Hot in 2022
2022 was a tale of two categories when it came to sales of adult books, with romance novels the runaway hit.
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Print Book Sales Start 2023 Flat with 2022
Unit sales of print books last week were even with the week ended January 8, 2022 with higher fiction sales offset by lower sales of nonfiction books.
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Book Club Picks for January 2023
Amerie and 'GMA' select the latest novel by Deepti Kapoor, B&N and 'Good Housekeeping' spotlight Parini Shroff's debut, and more.
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Colleen Hoover Was Queen of 2022's Bestseller List
It is something of an understatement to say that Hoover dominated the 2022 overall bestsellers list: she wrote the the three topselling books of the year, and her novels sold a combined 14.3 million print copies.
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Saluting Tattered Cover Founder Joyce Meskis
Former Tattered Cover owner Joyce Meskis is being remembered not only as a pioneer in bookselling circles but also a staunch supporter of the First Amendment.



