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This Week's Bestsellers: November 01, 2021
The final installment of the Hajime Isayama’s Harvey Award–winning Attack on Titan series is the #5 book in the country. Plus Lucy Barton returns in Elizabeth Strout’s 'Oh William!,' and the latest adaptation of Frank Herbert's 'Dune' debuts along with its tie-in editions.
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Greenlight Bookstore Co-Owner Rebecca Fitting Steps Back
Rebecca Fitting, co-owner of Brooklyn’s Greenlight Bookstore, is leaving the store she cofounded with Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo 12 years ago, and has sold her stake in the business to Stockton-Bagnulo.
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Are Customers Shopping Early? Unit Sales Rose 7% Last Week
With all segments except adult nonfiction posting gains, unit sales of print books rose 7% last week over the week ended October 24, 2020. The increase could indicate that consumers are heeding warnings that they should buy holiday gifts early to avoid missing out on items due to shortages caused by supply chain problems.
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Bookselling Spotlight: Powell’s Books
The current status of Powell’s Books, one of the largest and best-known independent bookstores in the country, is in flux. “It has been an incredibly difficult period,” said Emily Powell, 43, owner and president.
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Print Sales Up 2.7% in Mid-October
Unit sales of print books rose 2.7% for the week ended Oct. 16, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 25, 2021
Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny have the #1 book in the country with 'State of Terror' as a second Clinton enters a new family business: political thrillers. Plus, John le Carré's last novel has hit shelves, and the follow-up to 'Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe' has a big first week on sale.
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Print Book Sales Post Another Small Gain
A small gain in adult nonfiction and more fiction increases led to a 2.7% increase in unit sales of print books last week over the comparable week last year.
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At Reimagining Bookstores, 'Provocations' Fuel Drive for Sustainable Bookselling
Reimagining Bookstores, a two-day online gathering of booksellers and publishing industry professionals, came to a close on October 19 with a clear mandate to continue building a movement to develop strategies that will lead to a more diverse, sustainable, and equitable bookselling trade in America.
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White Whale Bookstore Turns Five, Expands
Pittsburgh’s White Whale Bookstore celebrated its five-year anniversary on October 15 with something special: the grand opening of its newly expanded space.
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Major Indie Bookseller Initiative Poised to 'Reimagine' Bookstores
On October 18, nearly 600 indie booksellers and publishing industry professionals gathered online from 49 states and 12 countries for the start of a two-day intensive brainstorming session called Reimagining Bookstores.
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Print Unit Sales Up 2% in Early October
Unit sales of print books rose 2% in the week ended Oct. 9, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Another Pandemic Surprise: A Mini Indie Bookstore Boom
Though Covid-19 isn't going anywhere and challenges remain, new independent bookstores are opening up and doing well.
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Denver's Beloved Bookstore, Tattered Cover, Broadens Its Reach
The store has long had multiple locations, but the recent announcement of a new outlet in Colorado Springs early next year shows that the mini-chain's new owners hope to transform Tattered Cover into a real regional presence.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 18, 2021
Amor Towles's 'The Lincoln Highway' hits #1 overall in its first week on sale, and grunge god Dave Grohl, the Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman, has the #2 book in the country this week with 'The Storyteller.'
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Bookstore Sales Continued to Rebound in August
Bookstore sales continued their 2021 rebound in August, jumping 60.1% over 2020, as schools and colleges began to reopen. Sales were $1.23 billion, up from $770 million a year ago.
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Fiction Drove Small Gain in Print Book Sales Last Week
Gains of 26% in both the adult fiction and young adult fiction categories combined to increase total unit sales of print books by 2% last week over the comparable week in 2020.
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Former Congressman Steve Israel to Open Indie Bookstore
Retired eight-term congressman Steve Israel has announced plans to open Theodore's, an independent bookstore, in Oyster Bay, N.Y., in the next month.
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Bookselling Spotlight: The Dog Eared Book
The Dog Eared Book hosts few author events and has no local school partnerships or large initiatives underway. But as it approaches its seventh anniversary, the Palmyra, N.Y., store represents something rare in American bookselling today: it is simply a bookstore, and a highly successful one at that.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 11, 2021
Anthony Doerr snags a spot in the National Book Award for Fiction as a finalist for 'Cloud Cuckoo Land,' which charted overall as the #3 book in the country, while Stevie van Zandt's 'Unrequited Infatuations' lands at #7.
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Mountains & Plains Booksellers Celebrate In-Person Show, Return to Denver
The Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association's annual trade show, its first in-person gathering since 2019, was a celebration of a community's resilience, as new booksellers were welcomed to the gathering.
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