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ABA Town Hall Focuses on Board's Commitment to Free Speech
The ABA's hour-long Town Hall drew almost 200 participants, with booksellers celebrating the board’s increased diversity, but also concerned about changes made this past fall to the ABA Ends Policies regarding its view on freedom of expression.
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Print Books Post First Weekly Sales Gain in 2022
Unit sales of print books rose for 2.8% last week compared to the week ended February 13, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. The increase was the first weekly sales gain this year.
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Bookstore Sales Rose 39% in 2021
Bookstore sales increased 28% in 2021 over 2020, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Sales were $9.03 billion, compared to sales of $6.50 billion in pandemic-ravaged 2020.
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Indigo Sees 17.9% Revenue Jump in Latest Quarter
Indigo Books & Music, Canada's leading book retailer, reported strong results for its third quarter ended January 1, 2022 with revenue up 17.9% and earnings jumping.
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Print Unit Sales Dropped 3.9% in Early February
With the adult nonfiction category posting a 10.2% decline in print unit sales in the week ended Feb. 5, 2022, total unit sales of print books fell 3.9% from the comparable week in 2021 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 14, 2022
Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk lands at #15 on our hardcover fiction list with 'The Books of Jacob,' translated by Jennifer Croft. Plus 'I Must Betray You,' the latest YA historical novel by Ruta Sepetys, is #10 on our children's fiction list, and a pair of celeb book club picks make their debuts.
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Print Book Sales Fell 3.9% Last Week
With the adult nonfiction category posting a 10.2% decline in sales, total unit sales of print books fell 3.9% last week compared to the week ended February 6, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Book Club Picks for February 2022
Reese Witherspoon recommends the mysterious and the macabre, Oprah points the way to 'The Way to Integrity,' and more in our monthly roundup of book club picks.
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Unit Sales Dipped 1.6% at the End of January
Unit sales of print books slipped 1.6% in the week ended Jan. 29, 2022, from the comparable week in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 7, 2022
Mexican journalist Anabel Hernández has the #6 book in the country with 'Emma y las otras señoras del narco,' the rare Spanish-language title to make our lists. Plus 'The Good Place' creator Michael Schur distills 2,500 years of philosophy in 'How to Be Perfect.'
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Print Book Sales Fell 5.6% in January
Unit sales of print books fell 1.6% last week compared to the week ended January 30, 2021, and ended January down 5.6% compared to last January at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Bradley Graham Steps Down as ABA Board President
Bradley Graham, co-owner of Politics and Prose bookstore, has stepped down as president of the American Booksellers Association's board after assuming the position in May 2021.
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Black Booksellers Launch Petition to Pardon Marcus Garvey
A national coalition of African American booksellers and independent publishers are teaming with the Caribbean-American Political Action Committee on February 1 to launch a global effort to gather 100,000 signatures on a petition calling for the exoneration of Marcus Garvey, the celebrated 1920s Black nationalist political activist and entrepreneur.
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Indie Booksellers Pick Some Favorites
We look at the adult and children’s authors originally tapped by booksellers to appear at this year’s Winter Institute—although due to the cancellation of the in-person event, the panel will now be a February 8 virtual event.
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Print Sales Likely to Fall in 2022
The past two years saw strong gains in unit sales of print books due to the pandemic and other factors, but that trend is unlikely to continue this year.
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This Week's Bestsellers: January 31, 2022
TikTok sensation Colleen Hoover has the #1 book in the country with her new novel, 'Reminders of Him.' Plus Dana Schwartz's 'Anatomy: A Love Story' is the Reese's YA Book Club pick, and Katee Robert returns to Dark Olympus with 'Electric Idol.'
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Win Books for Life from Bookshop.org
To mark its second anniversary, Bookshop.org, has started what it is calling the Golden Bookmark Sweepstakes, which will award one person $600 in Bookshop.org gift cards each year for life, as well as a one-time prize of $500 to donate to a bookstore of their choice.
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Print Units Fell 2.6% Last Week
Unit sales of print books fell 2.6% last week compared to the week ended January 23, 2021 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Sales have fallen every week this year though the 2.6% decline is the smallest so far.
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Bookselling Spotlight: The Reading Bug
We spoke with co-founder Lauren Savage about how her vision for children’s bookshop The Reading Bug in San Carlos, Calif., has evolved and expanded since 2008.
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Print Unit Sales Fell 3% in Mid-January
Unit sales of print books dropped 3% in the week ended Jan. 15, 2022, from the comparable week last year, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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