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ABA Invests $3M In IndieCommerce, Updates Policies
In a letter to members of the American Booksellers Association, Bradley Graham, president of the ABA board, explained several updates the organization has made to its Ends Policies, announced a $3 million investment in IndieCommerce, and outlined other priorities.
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Return of Live PNBA Delights Pacific Booksellers, Publishers
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association convened the first in-person fall regional conference to take place since the start of the pandemic in Portland, Ore., this week, attracting 180 booksellers, 150 publishers and 50 authors.
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Unit Sales Up 3.2% in Mid-September
Helped by a number of hot new releases, unit sales of print books rose 3.2% in the week ended Sept. 25, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 4, 2021
The #2 book in the country is 'Change Sings,' written by inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and illustrated by 'Otis' creator Loren Long. Plus Richard Powers has the #8 book in the country with 'Bewilderment,' and TJ Klune's latest fantasy, 'Under the Whispering Door,' has a great first week.
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At New Voices New Rooms Conference, Booksellers Find Solidarity and Confidence
Advice on how to cope with possible holiday supply disruptions and author presentations on forthcoming book, made for a fruitful New Voices New Rooms gathering of the New Atlantic and Southern Independent Booksellers associations.
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Regional Bookseller Associations Join Forces for Second Fall Conference
The New Atlantic and Southern Independent Booksellers Associations kicked off a combined virtual fall conference on September 27, marking the second year in a row that the two organizations have joined forces.
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Print Sales Down Again in Mid-September
Unit sales of print books fell 3.6% in the week ended Sept. 18, 2021, from the comparable week in 2020, according to NPD BookScan.
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Bookselling Profile: Source Booksellers
Source Booksellers has been transformed from a small business serving its Detroit community to an indie with a global customer base.
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This Week's Bestsellers: September 27, 2021
'An Unapologetic Cookbook' by Joshua Weissman is the #1 book in the country while Liane Moriarty continues to rise with 'Apples Never Fall' gripping the #2 spot in competition with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Colson Whitehead's 'Harlem Shuffle.'
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Print Unit Sales Dipped in Early September
Strong sales of adult fiction were not enough to prevent unit sales of print books from falling 1.2% in the week ended Sept. 11, 2021, compared to the similar week last year, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: September 20, 2021
Sally Rooney's 'Beautiful World, Where Are You' is the #1 book in the country. Plus 'The Hawthorne Legacy' by Jennifer Lynn Barnes is the week's seventh bestselling title, and the September book club picks are out and on our lists.
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Bookstore Sales Soar Again in July
Bookstore sales jumped 63.8% in July over a year ago. Sales were $716 million, making this the highest July total since 2012.
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Unit Sales Slipped 1.2% Last Week
Another strong performance by adult fiction was not enough to prevent unit sales of print books from falling 1.2% last week compared to the week ended September 12, 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Bookselling Profile: Children’s Book Cellar
When Ellen Richmond looks out the front window of the Children’s Book Cellar in Waterville, Maine, she sees a main street torn up by equipment but she also sees what it will be like when the work is finished.
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Print Sales Dip in Early September
Unit sales of print books fell 5.2% in the week ended Sept. 4, 2021, from the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: September 13, 2021
'Washington Post' investigative reporter Craig Whitlock has the #6 book in the country with 'The Afghanistan Papers.' Plus a cookbook and party guide inspired by 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' also lands in our top 10, and contemporary romance author Helen Hoang makes her first appearance on our lists.
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Adult Fiction Couldn't Save Last Week's Print Book Sales
With all categories except adult fiction having declines, unit sales of print books fell 5.2% in the week ended September 4, 2021 from the comparable week in 2020 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Print Unit Sales Fell 2.3% at End of August
Increases in fiction sales were not enough to offset another round of declines in nonfiction, leading to a 2.3% drop in unit sales of print books in the week ended Aug. 28, 2021,
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How TikTok Makes Backlist Books into Bestsellers
Books like Colleen Hoover's 2016 novel 'It Ends with Us' are blowing up with BookTok influencers—and seeing huge sales spikes that often send titles to the top of the bestseller lists.
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BIPOC Bookstores Form Community
The Mosaic Community was born in California and is recruiting members nationwide.
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